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University description (as per official university website)
Fordham University is an independent university in the Jesuit tradition. It was established in 1841 as St. John's College by the Right Rev. John Hughes, Coadjutor-Bishop (later Archbishop) of New York, on old Rose Hill Manor in the village of Fordham, then part of Westchester County. The name Fordham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words "ford" and "ham," meaning a wading place or ford by a settlement.
Fordham College encourages its students to develop commitment to others and explore themes that are central to the Jesuit tradition: the dignity of the human person, the advancement of the common good and the option for the poor. In return, Fordham expects students to engage actively in their own education, to grow in personal and social values and to be willing to judge and be judged on clear and high standards.
Fordham's 10 schools enroll 14,448 students. There are 7,652 undergraduates, of whom 3,842 live in University-managed housing either on-campus or in the local community. The entering class includes 1,784 traditional full-time freshmen.
Fordham has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a commuter campus in Westchester, and the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y.
At Fordham, you have at your disposal On-Line Financial Planning a tool to help create a plan for financing the student's education over the four-year college career.
The four-year plan must take into consideration increases in the annual cost of attendance, which have historically averaged approximately 5% per year. |
