Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Religious Affiliation Catholic (Jesuit)
Population 4,000,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,634 (56%)
Days Without Precipitation 239 (33%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 10,033
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 23%
From Region 22%
Athletes 9.4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 57%
Hispanic 12%
Asian 11%
International 7%
Black 5%
Mixed 5%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Carroll School of Management 578 69% / 31% 5% $117,878 98 97%
Accounting 140 69% / 31% 2% $114,319 97 98%
Business Administration 9 +28 78% / 22% 0% $88,528 83 95%
Business Management and Administration 17 +1 76% / 24% 18% $88,528 83 95%
Entrepreneurship 48 +1 54% / 46% 0% $121,802 98 100%
Finance 212 +244 75% / 25% 7% $126,598 99 96%
Management and Leadership 110 +7 72% / 28% 7% $115,912 97 99%
Marketing 35 +62 37% / 63% 6% $106,099 94 95%
Operations Management 5 +14 40% / 60% 0% $88,528 83 95%
Telecommunications Management 2 100% / 0% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Connell School of Nursing 89 10% / 90% 1% $90,998 85 96%
Nursing 89 10% / 90% 1% $90,998 85 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Lynch School of Education and Human Development 20 30% / 70% 5% $64,569 34 95%
Education $68,343 46
Education 7 +14 57% / 43% 0% $68,125 45
Elementary Education 12 +14 8% / 92% 8% $62,336 28 95%
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 +3 100% / 0% 0% $66,487 40 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences 1,880 42% / 58% 7% $85,182 79 95%
General Engineering 22 +2 41% / 59% 0%
Computer Science 150 +10 73% / 27% 9% $145,945 100 96%
Information Science/Studies 7 +15 71% / 29% 29% $124,204 99 95%
Chemistry 15 +1 53% / 47% 0% $71,244 54
Earth and Environmental Sciences 2 0% / 100% 0% $68,948 47
Mathematics 31 +37 74% / 26% 13% $106,000 94 95%
Physics 14 +8 93% / 7% 14% $85,650 80
Biochemistry 25 36% / 64% 0% $71,110 53 88%
Biology 229 +1 38% / 62% 6% $75,124 63 93%
Neuroscience 106 +8 25% / 75% 3% $71,205 53
Environmental Science 7 +2 71% / 29% 0%
Environmental Studies 30 +1 37% / 63% 3% $76,521 66 100%
Natural Sciences 2 50% / 50% 0% $67,670 44
Public Health 12 +5 0% / 100% 0% $77,688 68
Economics $105,504 94 96%
Economics 338 +28 58% / 42% 14% $105,504 94 96%
African-American Studies 8 25% / 75% 0% $64,241 33
Applied Psychology 116 10% / 90% 4% $64,293 34 98%
Classics 9 +3 22% / 78% 0% $76,738 66
Communication 202 +5 33% / 67% 9% $76,109 65 97%
English 66 +20 23% / 77% 3% $66,214 39 93%
French 1 0% / 100% 0%
German 2 +1 100% / 0% 0% $78,709 70
History 49 +15 67% / 33% 10% $68,178 45 98%
Intercultural and International Studies 67 +14 37% / 63% 9% $76,487 66 92%
Interdisciplinary Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $67,500 43
Islamic Studies +2 $61,994 27
Italian +1 $79,346 71 100%
Linguistics 3 +1 0% / 100% 0% $78,203 69
Philosophy 27 +39 67% / 33% 4% $53,707 10 88%
Political Science 104 +55 52% / 48% 4% $84,604 78 94%
Psychology 166 +33 20% / 80% 4% $69,991 50 93%
Russian Studies $64,442 34
Social Sciences $71,300 54
Sociology 22 +14 36% / 64% 5% $78,079 69 95%
Spanish 1 +8 0% / 100% 0% $79,346 71 100%
Theology 3 +11 100% / 0% 0% $56,512 14 95%
General Education 11 82% / 18% 0% $65,475 37
Art History 9 0% / 100% 0% $50,691 6
Film Studies 6 +6 83% / 17% 17% $50,781 6
Music 2 +4 100% / 0% 0% $44,948 3
Studio Art 5 +8 60% / 40% 20% $51,290 7
Theater 3 +4 33% / 67% 33% $42,434 2
Criminal Justice 7 14% / 86% 14% $65,948 39

Financial

Tuition & Fees $77,999
ROI Percentile 86th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 86%
6-Year Graduation Rate 91%
Transfer-Out Rate 7%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 35.7% 916 65% / 35% 8% $113,302 97 97%
Humanities & Social Sciences 33.0% 847 32% / 68% 6% $72,300 56 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 14.0% 360 34% / 66% 4% $73,691 60 93%
Computer Science 6.1% 157 73% / 27% 10% $144,976 100 95%
Health Sciences 3.9% 101 9% / 91% 1% $89,417 83 96%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.4% 62 71% / 29% 10% $91,801 85 95%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.5% 39 44% / 56% 3% $75,968 65 100%
Education 1.2% 31 48% / 52% 3% $64,891 35 95%
Arts 1.0% 25 44% / 56% 12% $49,382 5
Engineering 0.9% 22 41% / 59% 0%
Professional 0.3% 7 14% / 86% 14% $65,948 39

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Humanities & Social Sciences $30.4M #77 41% $0.5M 57 #92 133 15
Physical Sciences & Math $26.0M #112 78% $0.1M 15 #148 269 23
Education $20.9M #27 21% $0 55 #47
Life & Natural Sciences $11.3M #157 71% $0.2M 6 #173 69 16
Health Sciences $3.9M #171 34% $0 4 #195 20 1
Computer Science $1.5M #205 67% $0 5
Engineering $1.3M #267 9% $0 7
Business & Economics $0.4M #252 10% $0 23 #53 77
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 $0 5
Total $95.7M #156 50% $0.9M 160 #133 568 72

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 13%
Yield (Unbound) 24%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 7

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 10% 10% 10%
Early Decision 32% 32% 32%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 45%
SAT Range 1440 – 1540
SAT Math Range 730 – 780
SAT RW Range 710 – 760

Rankings

Academics

Future Patagonia Vest Owners Top Investment Banking Feeders
Will Network for a Superday

Physical Sciences & Math

Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Pen, Paper, and Existential Dread (Theory)

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
The Control Group

Health Sciences

Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Code Blue Ready

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
Ledger Lords
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Culture Architects

Humanities & Social Sciences

Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Well-Versed
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Grassroots
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
Solidly Upper-Middle-Class Comm Degrees
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Arguing with God for a Grade Religion
The Faithful Scholars
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Field Observers

Education

No Johnny, Don't Eat Your Buggers Early Education
Story Time Pros
Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Lesson Planners
Everyone Gets a Medal Special Education
Resource Room Heroes

Professional

Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
Objection!