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Fast Facts
Founded
• October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings as a school to prepare men for the priesthood
Type
• Coeducation since 1952
• Catholic
• Norbertine Order of priests and brothers
• Private
• Nonprofit corporation
• Residential
• Liberal arts and sciences with more than 40 areas of study
Location
• On the banks of the Fox River in De Pere, Wis. (a residential community of 22,000)
• Five miles south of Green Bay
• In Brown County (population of more than 230,000)
Enrollment (2011-12)
• 2,174 undergraduate students
• 51 graduate students
Environment Conducive to Learning
• Student-to-faculty ratio: 14:1
• Average class size: 21
Community Life
• Students from 26 states and 35 foreign countries
• Service and leadership activities
• More than 73 student organizations
• 20 men’s and women’s NCAA Division III sports including nationally ranked hockey, football and basketball teams
• Year-round intramural programs
• 39 buildings on 108 acres
• 16 residential living options
• Students living on campus: 74 percent
• 139 full-time and 58 part-time faculty, 642 total employees (faculty and staff)
Degrees Available
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Master of Science in Education
• Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
• Master of Theological Studies
Qualifications
• Average ACT score: 24.6
• Average GPA: 3.46
• Students in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class: 26 percent
Tuition
• Visit the Finance Department website for tuition, student fees, housing and meal plan information and costs.
Financial Aid
• Students receiving financial aid including loans and work: 97 percent
• Average financial aid award per recipient: $23,686
Faculty
• Locally, nationally and internationally respected professors and instructors
• Full-time faculty holding highest degrees in their fields: 87 percent
Special Opportunities
• Classes taught by full professors rather than graduate teaching assistants
• Collaborative research with faculty as early as freshman and sophomore years
• Minors in Leadership Studies, American Studies, Japanese Language, Japanese Area Studies, Peace and Justice, Women and Gender Studies, Classical Studies and Philippine Studies
• Students can design personal majors
• Professional internships
• Honors Program
• Literary awards
• Student Government Association representation in college decision-making
• Peace Corps Preparatory Program (one of only seven in the U.S.)
• Campus ministry activities
Study Abroad Programs
• More than 75 opportunities in 36 different countries
• Approximately 140 St. Norbert students study abroad each year
• Semester- and year-long programs for students in every field of study
• Credit-bearing internships and service-learning opportunities may supplement a student's experience abroad.
• Students may use their entire financial aid award for one semester of off-campus study.
Distinctions
• Four-year graduation guarantee
• The St. Norbert College Strategic Research Institute
• Center for Peace and Justice
• Center for International Education (CIE)
• Office of Leadership, Student Engagement and First Year Experience (LSE)
• Office of Career Services
• Sturzl Center
Reviews
• Named one of “The Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review for 2012
• Named to the John Templeton Foundation Templeton Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges
• Listed in U.S. News & World Report, “America’s Best Colleges,” since 1991. Ranked in the 2012 edition as one of the “Best National Liberal Arts Colleges.”
• Ranked “very competitive” in Barron's “Profiles of American Colleges”
• Included in The New York Times' “Fiske Guide to the Best Buys in College Education”
• Selected for the 2010 Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in recognition of the college's exemplary practices of community engagement.
Placement
• More than 94 percent are employed or attending graduate school when first surveyed nine months after graduation
• To learn what others have done with their degrees from St. Norbert College, visit the Career Service Office's alumni profiles web page.
Alumni
• More than 20,000 living alumni
• Many active resources for the college |
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