Saint Norbert College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized suburb.

Overview

St. Norbert College, also known as SNC, is located in De Pere, Winconsin, United States. It was established in October 1898 and founded by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator. The college was named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. It became coeducational in 1952. It offers degree programs in over 40 areas of study and enrolls approximately 2,000 students annually. SNC'c campus is beautifully nestled in an area of more than 90 acres and has about 38 buildings. It is made up of the following academic units:

• Humanities and Fine Arts Division
• Natural Sciences Division
• Social Sciences Division

SNC has officially recognized numerous student clubs such as the Campus Crusade for Christ, College Democrats, Alpha Xi Delta, Discoveries International, Kappa Beta Gamma, Phi Alpha Theta, Student Education Association, Students in Free Enterprise, and Theta Phi.

The sports teams of SNC are nicknamed the Green Knights. They participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. The college participates in various sports including football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer, and men’s and women’s golf.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, science, and business and management.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,137 in 2009-2010 (2,260 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 94% of enrolled students and graduate students are 6%.

Students under 25 years old represent 95% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Saint Norbert College provides on-campus housing for 1,650 of its 2,260 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Midwest Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Saint Norbert College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (117 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Graphics
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Natural Resources Management and Policy

DESIGN (15 awarded)

• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (75 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (75 awarded)

• Area Studies
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (51 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication and Media Studies
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (40 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (18 awarded)

• Psychology