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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 (named one of the 2008 "100 Best Communities for Young People" by America's Promise Alliance)
• In Brown County (population of more than 230,000)
Enrollment (2008-09)
• 2,084 undergraduate students
• 53 graduate students
• Catholics: 58 percent
• Other faiths: 42 percent
Environment Conducive to Learning
• Student-to-faculty ratio: 14:1
• Average class size: 21
Community Life
• Students from 33 states and 28 foreign countries
• Service and leadership activities
• More than 67 student organizations
• 21 men’s and women’s NCAA Division III sports including nationally ranked hockey, football and basketball teams
• Year-round intramural programs
• 39 buildings on 93 acres
• 12 residence halls and off-campus housing
• Students living on campus: 74 percent
• 132 full-time and 48 part-time faculty, 640 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
• Students in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class: 22 percent
Financial Aid
• Students receiving financial aid including loans and work: 99 percent
• Students receiving need-based assistance: 62 percent
Faculty
• Locally, nationally and internationally respected professors and instructors
• Full-time faculty holding highest degrees in their fields: 86 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
• Developing World Science Field Trip
• Exchange programs in Australia, France, Japan, Germany, Philippines, Spain and Mexico
• Student teaching in Great Britain, Ireland, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, St. Lucia, Belize, St. Vincent, Japan, Botswana, Philippines and Canada
• Other study abroad sites throughout Europe, Australia, Africa, Central America, South America and the Middle East
Distinctions
• Four-year graduation guarantee
• The St. Norbert College Survey Center
• Center for Peace and Justice
• Center for International Education (CIE)
• Office of Leadership, Service and Engagement (LSE)
• Office of Career Services
Reviews
• Named as one of the 2009 “The Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review magazine
• Named to Templeton Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges
• Listed in U.S. News & World Report’s guide, “America’s Best Colleges,” every year since 1991
• 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”
• Named a “top school” by Kaplan/Newsweek College Catalog 2002
• Included in Peterson’s Competitive Colleges
Placement
• More than 96 percent are employed or attending graduate school when first surveyed nine months after graduation
Alumni
• More than 20,000 living alumni
• Many active resources for the college |
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