Adelphi University comprises a small liberal arts college and a cluster of professional schools that have grown up in close relationship to the needs of the region. Our mission is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education and to offer professional preparation of the first rank in arts, education, business, clinical psychology, social work, nursing and other health sciences.

The University prepares a broad spectrum of graduates and undergraduates for a wide range of life pursuits while fostering a passion for knowledge; an understanding and a questioning of cultural values; and a view of themselves as independent, life long learners, and contributors to knowledge and service in an ever-changing world.

Adelphi University is committed to provide a high-quality education for all of its students: for undergraduates and graduates, for those coming directly from high schools, and for those who transfer from community and other colleges, for those studying the liberal arts and sciences, for those pursuing specific career preparations in the professional schools, and for those nontraditional students seeking access to higher levels of learning.

Recognizing the interrelatedness of worldwide political, scientific, and cultural life, the University is committed to sustaining and improving its ethnic, social, and geographic

diversity, and curricula that reflect global awareness. Thus, Adelphi recruits students not only from Long Island and the greater metropolitan New York area, but nationally and internationally as well. Adelphi also seeks to attract an outstanding faculty, committed to teaching excellence, scholarly inquiry and artistic achievement, and public service, from all parts of the United States and from abroad.

Adelphi believes in the broad development of students necessary to their serving as effective and enlightened persons in society. In addition, therefore, to its traditional emphasis on teaching and research, Adelphi supports the growth of students outside the classroom by offering a wide range of cultural and artistic programs, and leadership and participatory opportunities in athletics and recreational programs; in internships, public and community service; and in student government.

Adelphi University will be the leading private university in the region for undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty who value excellence in teaching, learning, research, scholarship, creative activity, and service to one’s community. The University will be known for the competence of its graduates, its strong programs and interdisciplinary orientation, its welcoming of the community onto the campus, and its impact on the broader society through educational, economic, intellectual and cultural initiatives.

Adelphi University is a place where:

• Exciting and challenging teaching, the high quality of libraries, laboratories, and technology, and the individual attention given to students, lead to high levels of student learning and rates of graduation, and to accomplished and high achieving graduates.
• Students are known by name and know the faculty by name; students learn in safe, beautiful, and inspiring settings; highly accomplished alumni assist current students; campus organizations, the arts, sports, internships and volunteer service off-campus contribute to student learning and development.
• Faculty are active scholars, artists, and practitioners; curricula are both grounded in the disciplines and interdisciplinary; and excellence is assured through continuing evaluation.
• Personal achievement is measured at least as much in terms of ethics, character and good citizenship as in terms of financial success or material gain.
• Members of the wider community find intellectual and cultural stimulation; and students from all parts of the world, and of all backgrounds and ages, find intellectual stimulation and engagement in the world of ideas.

Founded on June 24, 1896, Adelphi University is the first institution of higher education on Long Island. Its charter was one of the earliest granted by the New York State Board of Regents to a coeducational college. Now in its second century of practical preparation for undergraduates, graduate students, and returning adult students, Adelphi offers degrees in the arts, sciences, humanities, business, education, nursing and health maintenance, social welfare, and clinical psychology. Adelphi’s mission is to serve Long Island, the New York metropolitan region, and the nation.

Adelphi’s first classes were held in a building in Brooklyn that also housed Adelphi Academy, a preparatory school that still exists today. The University’s original enrollment was 57 students, taught by 16 faculty members.

Adelphi University’s roots reach back to 1863 and the founding of Adelphi Academy, a private preparatory school located at 412 Adelphi Street, Brooklyn, New York. The Academy was incorporated in 1869, and its Board of Trustees was charged with establishing “a first-class institution for the broadest and most thorough training, and to make its advantages as accessible as possible to the largest numbers of our population.” The school quickly gained a reputation for its innovative curriculum, particularly in physical and early childhood education. By 1893, 1,032 students were enrolled in its primary, grammar, three-year subcollegiate, and two-year collegiate divisions.

The appointment of Charles H. Levermore as the head of the Academy in 1893 was an integral moment in Adelphi’s history. Realizing the city of Brooklyn lacked a liberal arts college, Dr. Levermore seized the opportunity to establish Adelphi College. Through the efforts of Timothy Woodruff, former Lieutenant Governor of New York State and future president of the Board of Trustees, Adelphi College, with 57 students and 16 instructors, was granted a charter, one of the earliest charters granted to a coeducational college by the Board of Regents of the State of New York, on June 24, 1896. From that point on, degrees issued bore the seals of Adelphi College and of the University of the State of New York, and were signed by the officers of the College and by the Chancellor and Secretary of the University. For the next 25 years, the Academy remained intact yet separate from the College.

Over the next 100 years, Adelphi grew and changed significantly. For more than three decades following 1912, the institution served only women. In 1929, Adelphi moved to its present location, on 75 beautifully landscaped acres in Garden City, New York.

In 1944, Adelphi’s School of Nursing became the first such school established by a college in New York State in response to the pressing need for nurses created by the United States’ entry into World War II. To mark the opening of two federally funded residence halls for women, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt delivered an address at Adelphi entitled, “The Challenge of Nursing for Young Women Today.” Within five years, the School, one of the largest college-units of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps, graduated 500 nursing students into active service in the Corps and expanded the College’s enrollment by 1,200 students

After the war, Adelphi reverted to its original coeducational model to accommodate returning World War II servicemen. The School of Social Work was founded in 1949; doctoral education followed in 1950. Adelphi’s program in clinical psychology was formally organized in 1952 and evolved into the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, which was the first university-based professional school in psychotherapy.

In 1963, after another decade of expansion, Adelphi was granted university status by the Board of Regents. By the 1970s, the Garden City campus, established in 1929, had expanded from its original three buildings—Blodgett, Levermore, and Woodruff Halls—to 21 buildings on 75 acres, including the Leon A. Swirbul Library, which is now a fully computerized collection of more than 1.7 million volumes and microformat and audiovisual items.

Today, 1,261 full- and part-time faculty members serve a student body of more than 8,300 undergraduate and graduate degree candidates on the main Garden City campus and at facilities in New York City, Hauppauge, and Poughkeepsie. Adelphi University’s schools and programs include the College of Arts and Sciences; the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies; the Honors College; the School of Business; the Ruth S. Ammon School of Education; the School of Nursing; the School of Social Work; and Adult Academic Programs in University College. Uniting these diverse liberal arts and professional programs is their shared tradition of academic innovation and rigor, and their common philosophy of education and lifelong learning.

While focusing its rich resources on the needs of its students, Adelphi also seeks to serve its locality, state, and nation through the research and practice of its faculty; the strengthening of ties between the professional schools and community; the staging of distinguished cultural events at its campuses; and most essentially, the education of a generation of future leaders and informed citizens, professionals, and community members.

Adelphi University
P.O. Box 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
1-800-ADELPHI

Today, more than ever before, universities hold the key to ensuring our economic prosperity and quality of life. With more than 99,122 students on eight campuses across the state, Indiana University touches the lives of Hoosiers in thousands of ways.

• Nearly 250,000 IU alumni work in Indiana. More than 50 percent of Indiana’s physicians, 40 percent of nurses, 64 percent of optometrists, 35 percent of teachers, 75 percent of lawyers, and 90 percent of dentists are IU graduates.
• As part of the Indiana Life Sciences Initiative, IU is developing a business incubator and biomedical research center to launch new life sciences enterprises in Indiana.
• IU has recognized the central role of information technology in the 21st-century economy by creating the new School of Informatics.
• As part of Clarian Health Partners (University Hospital, Riley Hospital for Children, and Methodist hospital) and in collaboration with other hospitals, IU Medical Center health care specialists provide care for thousands of patients each year. In addition, many Hoosier citizens are treated at IU’s eye care centers, dental clinics, and Speech and Hearing Clinic.
• Through the Indiana Genomics Initiative (INGEN), IU scientists are using the genetic map published by the Human Genome Project to search for genetic factors that are crucial to treating many diseases.
• IU campuses across the state enrich the lives of Indiana residents with cultural offerings ranging from art exhibits, theatre, and dance to grand opera.
• IU not only trains future teachers for Indiana’s schools but also forms partnerships with schools and communities to improve education throughout the state.

You can explore this Web site to find many more ways in which Indiana University benefits Hoosiers every day.

Indiana University has eight campuses: the original campus in Bloomington, which is a residential campus; an urban campus in Indianapolis, which also includes the IU Medical Center; and six regional campuses in the Indiana cities of Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Richmond, and New Albany.

IU has:

• More than 99,122 students on its eight campuses
• 1,048 degree programs
• More than 474,000 living alumni, including more than 249,000 living in Indiana
• An annual operating budget of $2.5 billion
• More than 18,000 employees, including faculty and professional and support staff
• More than 150 research centers and institutes
• An endowment of more than $1.3 billion

Indiana University is internationally known for the quality of its academic programs and attracts students from all over the world. At the same time, IU plays a key role in the economic and social well-being of Indiana residents, offering educational, cultural, and financial benefits to the state.

Contact: 107 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7000 | (812) 855-4848

West Los Angeles College is an accredited California Community College offering paths to university transfer, career education and courses for personal or professional growth. It occupies 70 park-like acres overlooking Culver City, Marina Del Rey and Greater West Los Angeles. On a clear day, from the highest points on campus, you can see the Pacific Ocean. With an active student population of nearly 10,000 regular and extension students, our 110 full-time faculty, more than 300 hourly faculty and 112 classified staff create an educational environment unique in Southern California.

Our Dental Hygiene program is a national model and extremely competitive to enter. Our Paralegal program is the only one in the Los Angeles area recognized by the American Bar Association. The campus boasts state of the art childcare and learning services to help students succeed in their studies. Our athletic fields have been host to Olympic events (the hammer throw, and track and field event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games).

All students at West have the opportunity for success. The College awards more than 600 degrees and certificates annually in 39 different fields. Each year, West sends more than 300 transfer students to four year colleges and many West Associate degree and Certificate program graduates begin professional employment immediately after graduation in consumer education, engineering and industrial technologies, law and health.

Our students have gone on to the greatest of successes. More than 60% of our Associate Degree graduates each year transfer to four year colleges. Several of our former students are now faculty or staff members at West. Our athletes have gone on to professional sports, including NFL Hall of Fame inductee Warren Moon. A former President of the college was once a student at West.

West creates success through its innovative programs. The college offers traditional transfer and associate degrees through its academic programs as well as certificate and special programs. Each semester, the college offers nearly 1,000 classes in 12 different academic disciplines. The College also offers Associate Degrees in 41 different subjects, 16 different Certificates of Completion, 25 different Skill Certificates and 26 different Transfer Associate Degrees.

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Westside Extension has provided over 110,000 classes, serving over 50,000 different students. Each semester, Westside Extension offers more than 500 different classes in person and online, and with a class for everyone!

Our students reflect the diversity of our service area, as well as general trends in education and the economy. In the 2003-2004 academic year, we enrolled 8,305 students. Forty-six percent of our students were under the age of 24; another 29% were between 25 and 34 years of age. Students are 9% Asian/Pacific Islander, 46% African American, 29% Hispanic and 12% White. Sixty-three percent of our students are women.

A survey conducted by the District in 2005 provides additional insights into our students. There were approximately 1,200 responses. When asked to identify themselves by selecting a statement, nearly 74% chose the statement that began, “I am a student…” The survey also found that more than 90% of our students intend to complete a formal course of study, from certificates to Ph.D.s. This is somewhat contrasted by the significant number of “first generation” college goers present at West. For example, nearly 33% of students were born outside of the U.S. and another 21% of students whose parents (both) were born outside of the U.S. Equally, reflecting national averages, 27% of students reported that their parents had college degrees. In addition to being young, West’s students are also mostly single (74%) and have no dependent children (72%). Twenty-seven percent work full time, and additional 39% work between 10 and 39 hours per week.

The College is divided into four administrative groups: Academic Affairs, Administrative Services, Student Services and the Office of the President. Each of these groups represents the major operations of the College (college organization chart). The campus is governed through collegiate consultation and shared governance agreements as well as by educational codes and standards. The College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The accreditation review process recently (June 2006) reaffirmed West’s accreditation.

Academic Programs

List of Degrees & Certificates [pdf]

West offers close to 1,000 classes in 12 different academic disciplines. We confer Associate Degrees in 41 subject areas including 26 for Univerisity Transfer. We award 25 types of Skill Certificates for leading industries.

Class Schedule | College Catalog

View the class schedule for classes currently being offered. The College Catalog provides descriptions of degree and certificate paths, all classes offered, and a variety of information about all areas of the college.

Graduation Plan A & B

Graduation Plan A (the “Transfer Plan”) provides the requirements to graduate with an Associate Degree and qualify for transfer to a CA state university. Graduation PlanB (the “Career/Vocational Plan”) provides the requirements to graduate with an Associate Degree.

File for Graduation

Refer to Important Dates online or in the current class schedule to know the deadline for filing the paperwork needed to graduate. The deadline for June graduates is typically mid-November.

Interdisciplinary Programs

For High Schoolers: Programs for High School Students

For “Non-Traditional” & Low Income Students: Workforce, CalWORKs, TRIO

For Working Adults: ACT | Online | Weekend College

Links to Academic Departments & Programs

Founded in the wake of the gold rush by leaders of the newly established 31st state, the University of California‘s flagship campus at Berkeley has become one of the preeminent universities in the world. Its early guiding lights, charged with providing education (both “practical” and “classical”) for the state’s people, gradually established a distinguished faculty (with 20 Nobel laureates to date), a stellar research library, and more than 350 academic programs.

This California institution became a catalyst of economic growth and social innovation — the place where vitamin E was discovered, a lost Scarlatti opera found, the flu virus identified, and the nation’s first no-fault divorce law drafted. Scholars at Berkeley have conducted groundbreaking research on urban street gangs and on basic human nutritional requirements, identified why wartime supply ships were failing at sea, invented technologies to build faster and cheaper computer chips, and imaged the infant universe.

In recognition of broad and deep excellence, respected sources have repeatedly ranked UC Berkeley at or near the top in fields ranging from engineering and the “hard” sciences to the social sciences, arts, and humanities. The National Research Council, in the most recent version of its highly regarded report on U.S. public and private universities, ranked Berkeley no. 1 nationally in the number of campus graduate programs (35 out of 36) among the top 10 in their fields.

In accordance with UC’s “public” character, the university has long served talented individuals regardless of means. As early as 1897, financial aid was available for “needy and deserving” students. More than a century later, UC Berkeley combines outstanding teaching and research programs with broad access for students of all means — educating more federal Pell Grant recipients from low-income families than all eight Ivy League universities combined. Close to 30 percent of UC Berkeley freshmen are the first in their families to attend college.

The University of California was chartered in 1868 and its flagship campus — envisioned as a “City of Learning” — was established at Berkeley, on San Francisco Bay. Today the world’s premier public university and a wellspring of innovation, UC Berkeley occupies a 1,232 acre campus with a sylvan 178-acre central core. From this home its academic community makes key contributions to the economic and social well-being of the Bay Area, California, and the nation.

Student body

Number of students: 35,409 students as of Fall 2008 including 25,151 undergraduates and 10,258 pursuing graduate degrees.

Undergraduate gender: 53% female and 47% male (Fall 2008).
Graduate gender: 55% male and 45% female (Fall 2008) 

Degrees granted in 2007-08: Bachelor’s, 6,960; Master’s and professional degrees, 2,406; Doctoral, 865

Enrollment by ethnicity (Fall 2008)

Faculty

2,028 faculty members dispersed among more than 130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units. 

Student-to-faculty ratio: 15.1 to 1 (Fall, 2007)

Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students: 76%

Nobel laureates: Twenty faculty members, including seven current faculty.

National and international awards held by faculty.

Profile of admitted freshman

Number of applicants: 48,400 (Fall 2008)

4,300 students enrolled (Fall 2008)

21.5% of applicants admitted (Fall 2008)

3.82 (on a 4.0 scale) average high-school grade point for admitted freshmen (Fall 2008).

SAT scores: Average SAT Composite score of 1989 for admitted freshmen (Fall 2008).

85% from California (Fall 2008)

75% from public high schools (2008)

64% have at least one parent born outside the U.S. (2006)

30% are first in their family to attend a four-year college (2007)

Fields of study

130 academic departments and more than 80 interdisciplinary research units.

Colleges and schools: UC Berkeley is divided into 14 colleges and schools, most of which are subdivided into departments.

Most popular majors (as of Fall 2008): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 935 students; Molecular and Cell Biology, 787 students; Political Science, 762 students. 

Courses offered: More than 7,000 courses in some 350 degree programs; the campus produces more Ph.D.s annually than any other U.S. university. (Cal Facts 2008)

Measures of excellence

Rankings: UC Berkeley ranks first nationally in the number of graduate programs in the top 10 in their fields.

Research funding: In the 2007 fiscal year, Berkeley received $504.2 million in research funding — 75% from federal, state, and public sources; 19% from nonprofit sources; and 6% from the private sector. 

Public service by students: In any given year, more than 4,000 Cal students do volunteer work. UC Berkeley continues to be the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers since that organization’s inception in 1961.

Tuition, fees & financial aid

Some 65% of undergraduates receive some form of financial aid. For example, in 2007-08, 33 percent of all Berkeley undergrads were eligible for Pell Grants (family incomes typically less than $45,000 a year). Berkeley educates more of these economically disadvantaged students than all of the Ivy League universities combined. More than 8,400 undergraduates received a total of $40.5 million in scholarships, many of them privately funded.

Average undergraduate student budget 2008-2009:

A health insurance fee of $1,276 is included in student budget, but may be waived if proof of adequate coverage is presented.

* Non-resident tuition add $20,608

Average graduate student budget 2008-09:

These figures are estimated averages for the nine-month academic year. The expenses for Law/MBA/Optometry/JMP/Public Health/Policy students will vary from the above depending on the department, degree program, and year in school.

Campus budget & finances

Revenues: $1.789 billion in 2007-08 : Can also call Controller’s Office Lisa Vanderfin & Yaling Li)

• Funding sources, 2007-2008 (includes state research funds):
  • State funds: 34%
  • Tuition & fees: 19%
  • Private: 16%
  • Federal research: 18%
  • Other: 13%

• Sources of private funds, 2005–06: (Source: Cal Facts 2008 Jose)
  • Alumni, parents & friends: 49%
  • Foundations: 31%
  • Corporations: 15%
  • Other sources: 5%

Market value of endowment: $3 billion (June 2008). Birgeneau budget update is source of $3 billion June 08 figure

Philanthropic support: The state supplied 47% of the University’s budget in 1991-92 and today its contribution comes to about 33%. Private support is increasingly critical to preserving Berkeley’s excellence. Alumni, parents, and friends of the campus contributed $267.9 million in gifts and pledges in the 2006-07 fiscal year to support students, faculty, and research. There were 85,061 gifts and pledges from 57,850 donors. (Jose Rodriguez 4/21/08)

Economic impact: UC Berkeley employs 24,700 people. As detailed in a recent economic-impact report, the campus’s direct spending of more than $1 billion in the Bay Area generated an additional $464 million in spending and an additional 9,200 jobs for Bay Area residents.

Research

In the 2006-07 fiscal year, UC Berkeley received $545 million in research funding — 57% from the federal government, 20% from nonprofits; 4% from UC; 6% from the private industry sector, and 13% from other sources.

Inventions/patents as of June 2007:

• • 1,931 total inventions
  • 248 active license agreements
  • 532 active U.S. patents
  • 385 active foreign patents

Libraries and museums

In 2007, the Association of Research Libraries ranked the UC Berkeley’s University Library as the No. 1 public research university library in North America.

Number of libraries: Three main libraries (Doe, Moffitt, and the Bancroft), 18 subject-specialty libraries, and 11 affiliated libraries (with special collections) make up the UC Berkeley Library system.

Holdings: The Library has over 10 million book volumes, 90,000 current serial publications, 415,900 pamphlets, 5 million microform items, 410,000 maps, 109,000 government documents, 60,000 sound recordings, and 6,350 videos.

The Berkeley Natural History Museums include the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology; the UC Botanical Garden; the Essig Museum of Entomology; the University and Jepson Herbaria; the Museum of Paleontology; the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; and the Human Evolution Research Center.

Collections: A full listing of Berkeley’s many valuable collections of non-book artifacts and objects.

The Berkeley Art Museum houses diverse collections of more than 13,000 objects.

The Pacific Film Archive includes 10,000 films.

Athletics

Number of teams: 27 men’s and women’s intercollegiate squads

National championships won by Cal teams: 76

Olympic gold medals won by students and alumni (as individuals and teams): 91; nearly 300 Cal students and alumni have participated in the modern Olympic games as athletes and coaches.

Number of intramural sports offered: 9

Student-athlete academic achievement: Cal’s some 900 student-athletes achieved an average cumulative GPA of 3.0 in the 2007-08 school year. (Herb Benenson)

Alumni

Living alumni: 431,500 (January 2009)

Nobel Prizes won by alumni: 24

Famous alumni: Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple; Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google; Alice Waters, culinary hero; Maxine Hong Kingston, author of “Women Warrior” (see a more extensive list).

Fictional alumni: Jack Bauer, the hero played by Kiefer Sutherland in the hit show “24,” supposedly got his Masters of Science in “Criminology and Law” at Berkeley (no such degree is offered). Joanie Caucus of Doonesbury. C.J. Cregg of “The West Wing.” Elaine, Mrs. Robinson’s daughter in “The Graduate.”

Reference websites

Campus statistics: The Office of Planning & Analysis site includes a number of frequently requested statistics and their comprehensive Berkeley Profile.

Common Data Set: Information on the general campus; enrollment and persistence; first-time, first-year (freshmen) admissions; transfer admissions; academic offerings and policies; student life; annual expenses; financial aid; instructional faculty and class size; and degrees conferred.

Economic impact report for UC Berkeley

Student Data: The Office of Student Research site offers a statistical profile of the student population.

University of California systemwide statistics: Statistical summary and data on UC students, faculty, and staff.

The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

The Institute is committed to generating, disseminating, and preserving knowledge, and to working with others to bring this knowledge to bear on the world’s great challenges. MIT is dedicated to providing its students with an education that combines rigorous academic study and the excitement of discovery with the support and intellectual stimulation of a diverse campus community. We seek to develop in each member of the MIT community the ability and passion to work wisely, creatively, and effectively for the betterment of humankind.

The Institute admitted its first students in 1865, four years after the approval of its founding charter. The opening marked the culmination of an extended effort by William Barton Rogers, a distinguished natural scientist, to establish a new kind of independent educational institution relevant to an increasingly industrialized America. Rogers stressed the pragmatic and practicable. He believed that professional competence is best fostered by coupling teaching and research and by focusing attention on real-world problems. Toward this end, he pioneered the development of the teaching laboratory.

Today MIT is a world-class educational institution. Teaching and research—with relevance to the practical world as a guiding principle—continue to be its primary purpose. MIT is independent, coeducational, and privately endowed. Its five schools and one college encompass numerous academic departments, divisions, and degree-granting programs, as well as interdisciplinary centers, laboratories, and programs whose work cuts across traditional departmental boundaries.

How many students attend MIT?
4,172 undergraduates and 6,048 graduate students in fall 2007. (See Enrollments)

How difficult is it to get into MIT?
In 2007, 12.5 percent of first-year applicants were offered admission to MIT. (See Admission to MIT)

How much does it cost to attend MIT?
Tuition for the 2007–2008 academic year is $34,750. Tuition and fees are the same for undergraduates and graduate students. About sixty-five percent of all undergraduates receive some type of need-based financial aid. See Tuition and Financial Aid)

How many international students attend MIT?
394 undergraduates and 2,489 graduate students from 111 foreign countries. (See International Students and Scholars and Enrollments)

What is the size of the faculty?
1,008 professors of all ranks. (See Faculty and Staff)

How many people work at MIT?
About 11,100. (See Faculty and Staff)

How many Nobel Prize winners are at MIT?
Seven, currently. (See Faculty and Staff)

Boston College is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States. U.S. News and World Report ranks Boston College 34th among national universities.

Boston College confers more than 4,000 degrees annually in more than 50 fields of study through nine schools and colleges. Faculty members are committed to both teaching and research and have set new marks for research grant awards over the last ten years, more than $45 million in the last year alone.

The University has made a major commitment to academic excellence. It is in the process of adding faculty positions, expanding faculty and graduate research, increasing student financial aid, and widening opportunities in key undergraduate programs, such as foreign study, internships, community service, and personal formation.

Boston College has experienced tremendous growth in recent years, including a 75 percent increase in undergraduate applications over the past decade. During the same period, a remarkable increase in revenue from voluntary giving has helped to move the University’s endowment to approximately $1.75 billion, among the 40 largest in the nation.

History

from the south end to chestnut hill

Boston College was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1863 and, with 3 teachers and 22 students, opened its doors on September 5, 1864. Through its first seven decades, it remained an exclusively liberal arts institution with emphasis on the Greek and Latin classics, English and modern languages, and philosophy and religion.

Originally located on Harrison Avenue in Boston’s South End, where it shared quarters with Boston College High School, the University outgrew its urban setting toward the end of its first 50 years. It moved to then-rural Chestnut Hill, on the site of the former Lawrence farm, where ground was broken on June 19, 1909 for the construction of Gasson Hall. Gasson, known at the time as the Recitation Building, opened in March 1913. The three other buildings that would form the core of the campus ­ St. Mary’s Hall, Devlin Hall, and Bapst Library ­ opened in 1917, 1924, and 1928, respectively.

During the 1940s, new purchases doubled the size of the main campus. In 1974, Boston College acquired Newton College of the Sacred Heart, 1.5 miles away. With 15 buildings on 40 acres, it is now the site of the Law School and residence halls housing more than 800 students.

Though incorporated as a University from its beginning, Boston College did not begin to fill out the dimensions of its University charter until the 1920s, with the inauguration of the Summer Session, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Law School and the Evening College. The 1930s saw the introduction of the Graduate School of Social Work and the College of Business Administration (now known as The Wallace E. Carroll School of Management). The schools of Nursing and Education (now the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch School of Education) followed in 1947 and 1952. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences first offered doctoral programs in 1952, followed by the graduate schools of Education, Nursing, Management, and Social Work.

In 1927 Boston College conferred one earned bachelor’s degree and 15 master’s degrees on women through its Extension Division. By 1970 all undergraduate programs had become coeducational, and today women comprise more than half of the University’s enrollment. In 1996 the Evening College became the College of Advancing Studies, offering master’s as well as bachelor’s degrees. That same year, the University’s longest presidency, 24 years, came to an end when J. Donald Monan, S.J., became chancellor and was succeeded in the presidency by William P. Leahy, S.J.

In 1997, President Leahy announced the implementation plan for “Advancing the Legacy,” BC’s $260-million, five-year investment to strengthen education, reaffirm its Jesuit and Catholic mission, increase research, and improve the quality of student life.

In November 1999, Boston College launched a $400 million fund-raising campaign. “Ever to Excel: The Campaign for Boston College” will create 100 endowed faculty chairs, add $50 million to undergraduate and graduate financial aid, target support for academic centers, libraries, and selected undergraduate and graduate programs, and help fund new construction, including a planned student center and humanities building.