Saint John's University,
Collegeville,
Minnesota
Partner in
liberal arts education with the
College of Saint Benedict
http://www.csbsju.edu/
Founded:
1857
Location: 2,400 acre tract in the heart of Central
Minnesota, 70 miles northwest of
Minneapolis/
St. Paul on
I-94. Minutes from the
College of Saint Benedict.
Affiliation:
Roman Catholic, sponsored by the
Benedictines of
Saint John's Abbey.
Partnership with the
College of Saint Benedict: In
1964 SJU began its first faculty exchange with the
College of Saint Benedict. Presently its partnership with
CSB offers complete
coeducational
academics and a variety of coed social, cultural and spiritual programs.
Undergraduate Enrollment (1997-98): 1,696; 79% live on-campus;
CSB and
SJU coordinate academic program, for a total student body of 3,636.
Geographic distribution: 83%
Minnesota (34% seven-county metro area, 22% Central Minn.), 8% bordering states, 7% other states, 2% international.
Academic Program: 35 majors, 30 minors, and 10 pre-professional programs. Most popular:
beer,
biology,
accounting,
psychology and
political science.
Faculty: 138 full time, 37 part time (includes undergraduate and graduate faculty); 24 full-time and 8 part-time are
Benedictines
Student/faculty Ratio: 13/1
Library:
Clemens Library at Saint Benedict's and
Alcuin Library at Saint John's. 547,532 volumes, 1,810 print periodical subscriptions, 1,255 owned or leased electronic subscriptions, 255,201 government documents, 110,214 microforms.