University Of Rochester

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of Rochester, also known as UR, is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Rochester, New York, United States. It was established in 1850 as a Baptist-sponsored institution. It was finally renamed as the University of Rochester on January 31, 1850. The university confers undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and professional degrees to the students. UR’s River Campus is the center of its academic and administrative activities. It covers 200 acres.

U.S. News and World Report, in their popular National University Rankings (2008 edition), placed the University of Rochester 35th in the nation. It is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Eastman School of Music
• Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development
• School of Medicine and Dentistry
• School of Nursing
• The College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
• William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration

UR’s student body is ethnic and diverse. It enrolls students from all U.S. states and over 90 countries.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in music, science, mathematics, and engineering.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High male/female ratio.
• Good faculty-to-student 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 is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 9,735 in 2009-2010 (9,476 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 55% of enrolled students and graduate students are 45%.

Students under 25 years old represent 68% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Rochester provides on-campus housing for 4,120 of its 9,476 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the University Athletic Association for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (364 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (35 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (13 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (174 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Latin Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music 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
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (206 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FINE ARTS (15 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (436 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American Sign Language (ASL)
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (66 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (13 awarded)

• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (2 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MEDICINE (174 awarded)

• Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences
• Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Neuroscience
• Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (270 awarded)

• Conducting
• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (177 awarded)

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Critical Care Nursing
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (7 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (36 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (460 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Chemistry
• Epidemiology
• Genetics
• Geology/Earth Science
• Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
• Microbiology
• Neuroanatomy
• Optics/Optical Sciences
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Toxicology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (187 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Psychology
• Social Psychology