University Of Notre Dame

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

The University of Notre Dame du Lac, or simply Notre Dame, is a private, Roman Catholic, research university located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. It was founded by Father Edward Sorin, CSC, on November 26, 1842. It gained the status of university in 1844. The campus is spread across an area of 1,250 acres. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs. It is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Arts and Letters
• College of Engineering
• Mendoza College of Business
• School of Architecture
• The Graduate School
• The Law School

Notre Dame’s undergraduate program was ranked 18th among national universities by U.S. News & World Report for 2008-2009. The Notre Dame Student body represents all 50 states and over 100 countries. There are several religious clubs on campus including the Communion and Liberation of Notre Dame, Baptist Collegiate Ministry, Jewish Club, and Muslim Student Association.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, drama and performing arts, business and management, law, liberal arts, mathematics, medicine, and science.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

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

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.
• 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 11,731 in 2009-2010 (10,559 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 69% of enrolled students, graduate students are 27%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% 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)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Notre Dame provides on-campus housing for 7,058 of its 10,559 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Division I-A Independents), basketball (Big East Conference), baseball (Big East Conference), and track (Big East Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 241 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 178 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Notre Dame offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (69 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (959 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (68 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (13 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (27 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (42 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (113 awarded)

• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

ENGINEERING (280 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (15 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (17 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (215 awarded)

• Advanced Legal Research/Studies, Gen (LLM, MCL, MLI, MSL, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (757 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (59 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDICINE (100 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (19 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (159 awarded)

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

SCIENCE (301 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Chemical Physics
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (134 awarded)

• Psychology