St. John's University-New York

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

St. John's University, or STJ, was established in 1870 by the Vincentian Fathers. The university moved to its current location in Jamaica, Queens, in the 1960s. The main campus includes more than 100 acres in New York City. In 2001, STJ merged with the College of Insurance. Presently, the university has campuses in Staten Island, Oakdale, Manhattan, Paris, and Rome. STJ is organized into a number of academic units including:

• College of Professional Studies
• College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions
• School of Law
• St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• St. John's Distance Learning
• The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
• The School of Education

STJ has officially recognized several Greek fraternities and sororities which are governed by the African & Latino Fraternal/Sororal Alliance, Interfraternity Council, and Panhellenic Council.

St. John's has more than 150,000 alumni (as of 2008) and 86% of them presently reside in the Greater New York Metropolitan Area.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, law, business and management, religion and philosophy, media, and medicine.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 20,109 in 2009-2010 (17,439 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 72% of enrolled students and graduate students are 28%.

Students under 25 years old represent 82% of the student body. About 4% 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)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

St. John's University-New York provides on-campus housing for 4,001 of its 17,439 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Big East Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 103 male students received the aid (men were 49% of those receiving aid) and 106 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 51% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

St. John's University-New York offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Doctorate, Professional Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (898 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (41 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Computer and Information Systems Security
• Data Processing and Data Processing Technology/Technician

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (15 awarded)

• Graphic Design
• Illustration

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (608 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (12 awarded)

• Telecommunications Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (17 awarded)

• Human Services
• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

FUNERAL AND MORTUARY SCIENCE (0 awarded)

• Funeral Service and Mortuary Science

HOSPITALITY (42 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LAW (433 awarded)

• Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law (LLM, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Studies
• Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (423 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Studies
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (270 awarded)

• Advertising
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Photographic and Film/Video Technology/Technician and Assistant
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (37 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (180 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Pathology/Pathologist Assistant
• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (307 awarded)

• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (103 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (3 awarded)

• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (36 awarded)

• Divinity/Ministry (BD, MDiv)
• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (151 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Toxicology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (218 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (223 awarded)

• Clinical Child Psychology
• Clinical Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology