Fast Facts

Founded

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• October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings as a school to prepare men for the priesthood

Type

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• 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

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• On the banks of the Fox River in De Pere, Wis. (a residential community of 22,000)
• Five miles south of Green Bay (named an All-American city in 1999)
• In Brown County (population of more than 230,000)

Enrollment (2007-08)

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• 2,086 undergraduate students
• 83 graduate students
• Catholics: 60 percent
• Other faiths: 40 percent

Environment Conducive to Learning

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• Student-to-faculty ratio: 14:1
• Average class size: 20

Community Life

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• Students from 26 states and 29 foreign countries
• Service and leadership activities
• More than 68 student organizations
• 20 men’s and women’s NCAA Division III sports including nationally ranked hockey, football and basketball teams
• Year-round intramural programs
• 38 buildings on 93 acres
• 11 residence halls and off-campus housing
• Students living on campus: 74 percent
• 109 full-time and 67 part-time faculty, 623 total employees (faculty and staff)

Degrees Available

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• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Music
• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Master of Science in Education
• Master of Theological Studies

Qualifications

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• Average ACT score: 24
• Students in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class: 27 percent

Financial Aid

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• Students receiving financial aid including loans and work: 97 percent
• Students receiving need-based assistance: 85 percent

Faculty

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• Locally, nationally and internationally respected professors and instructors
• Full-time faculty holding highest degrees in their fields: 93 percent

Special Opportunities

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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 Involvement (LSI)
• Center for Adaptive Education and Assistive Technology
• Office of Career Services

Reviews

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• Named as one of “The Best in the Midwest” by The Princeton Review magazine in 2007
• 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

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• More than 98 percent are employed or attending graduate school when first surveyed nine months after graduation

Alumni

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• More than 20,000 living alumni
• Many active resources for the college