University Of San Francisco

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of San Francisco, or USF, was established in 1855 as Saint Ignatius Academy. It was founded by the Italian Jesuits Rev. Joseph Bixio, Rev. Michael Accolti and Rev. Anthony Maraschi. It became Saint Ignatius College in 1859 and the campus was moved to its present location in 1927. The college gained university status in 1930 and became the University of San Francisco. The campus covers over 50 acres in San Francisco, California. The academic units of USF are organized into the following schools and colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business and Management
• School of Education
• School of Law
• School of Nursing
• USF College of Professional Studies

USF offers several online study programs through its School of Business and Professional Studies.

USF officially recognized a number of fraternities and sororities. Some of the Greek organizations are Alpha Phi Omega, Beta Alpha Psi, Chi Upsilon Zeta, Delta Sigma Pi, Alpha Sigma Nu, Delta Zeta, Lambda Pi Eta, and Pi Sigma Alpha.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in law, nutrition and exercise therapy, computer science and engineering, and business and management.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Racially diverse student body.

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 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 8,750 in 2009-2010 (8,385 full-time equivalent).

About 31% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 69% of the class.

Undergrads are 60% of enrolled students, graduate students are 33%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 7%.

Students under 25 years old represent 62% of the student body. About 9% 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

USF provides on-campus housing for 2,191 of its 8,385 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

The school is in the Western Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 101 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 73 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

USF 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)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (15 awarded)

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

ART STUDIES (6 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (720 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Financial Planning and Services
• Human Resources Development
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (99 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Systems Security
• Information Technology
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (36 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (16 awarded)

• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (198 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Multicultural Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (82 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (25 awarded)

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

HOSPITALITY (25 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LAW (226 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (357 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Applied Economics
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Development Economics and International Development
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (17 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (94 awarded)

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

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (236 awarded)

• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (137 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (27 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (68 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (199 awarded)

• Community Psychology
• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology