Saint Marys College Of California

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Saint Mary’s College of California is located in Moraga, California. This coeducational private Roman Catholic college was established in 1863 by the Rev. Joseph Alemany, OP, Archbishop of San Francisco, California. Originally the college was a diocesan college for the boys. The college offers its students seminar programs, liberal arts education, business programs and nursing programs. The college has various colleges under it which are:

• School of Economics and Business Administration
• School of Education
• School of Liberal Arts
• School of Science

There are many student organizations and clubs in the college, which are linked to service, health, recreation and extracurricular activities. Mary is an online creative literary journal that the college students publish on campus. The students of Saint Mary’s College also take part in sports such as basketball and rugby.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and liberal arts.
• High faculty salary.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,840 in 2009-2010 (3,068 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 61% of enrolled students and graduate students are 39%.

Students under 25 years old represent 68% of the student body. About 11% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Saint Marys College Of California provides on-campus housing for 1,537 of its 3,068 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the West Coast Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 100 male students received the aid (men were 48% of those receiving aid) and 108 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 52% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Saint Marys College Of California offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (5 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (397 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance and Financial Management Services
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (12 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (116 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Montessori Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Archeology
• Engineering

LAW (7 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (192 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDIA (45 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (15 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (39 awarded)

• Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (32 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (24 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (47 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology