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University description (as per official university website)
HISTORY OF JCU
John Carroll University, one of 28 colleges and universities operated in the United States by the Society of Jesus, was founded as St. Ignatius College in 1886. It has been in continuous operation as a degree-granting institution since that time.
In 1923 the College was renamed John Carroll University, after the first archbishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. In 1935 it was moved from its original location on the West Side of Cleveland to its present site in University Heights, a suburb 10 miles east of downtown Cleveland.
In September 1968 the University made the transition from full-time male enrollment to a fully coeducational institution as women were admitted to the College of Arts and Sciences for the first time.
Profile:
John Carroll University (JCU) is a Catholic, Jesuit university dedicated to developing women and men with the knowledge and character to lead and to serve. Founded in 1886, JCU is one of 28 Jesuit universities in the United States and has been listed in U.S. News & World Report magazine's top-ten rankings of Midwest regional universities for 19 consecutive years. Degree programs are offered in more than 30 major fields of the arts, social sciences, natural sciences and business at the undergraduate level, and in selected areas at the master's level.
Twenty-six buildings on sixty landscaped acres make up the Carroll campus. Wireless internet access is available to all students on campus, as are the campus Fitness Center and swimming pool. The new Dolan Center houses the departments of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics and computer science, and psychology, and supports initiatives to improve K-12 education and encourage technology start-ups in northeastern Ohio. JCU enrolls approximately 3,200 undergraduate students and 850 graduate students. JCU's faculty-to-student ratio is 1:14.
John Carroll earned the 7 spot among Midwest schools offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and ranked 13th among universities selected for the “Great School, Great Prices” value category comparing academic excellence with cost. This is the 19th consecutive year John Carroll has achieved high rankings.
Divisions:
Colleges of Arts and Sciences (art history, biology, chemistry, classical languages [Greek, Latin], communications and theater arts, computer information systems, computer science, education [early childhood, middle childhood, adolescent/young adult, multi-age], engineering physics, English, history, humanities, mathematics, mathematics teaching, modern languages [French, German, Spanish], philosophy, physical education & exercise science, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology)
John M. and Mary Jo Boler School of Business
Accountancy*, business information systems, business logistics, economics, finance, management, marketing.
Master's level: accountancy, biology, business (MBA), communications management, community counseling, education, educational administration, school counseling, school psychology, English, history, humanities, integrated science, mathematics, nonprofit administration, religious studies.
Scholarships:
JCU Merit Scholarships
JCU Donor Scholarships
JCU Departmental Scholarships
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