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FACTS-AT-A-GLANCE
Founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis, Bishop of Bridgeport.
- SHU is the second-largest Catholic university in New England and was the first in America to be led and staffed by lay people.
- The Princeton Review includes SHU in its “Best 371 Colleges: 2010” and “Best 301 Business Schools: 2010” and U.S. News & World Report ranks SHU among the best master’s universities in the North in its annual “America’s Best Colleges” publication.
- Over 6,000 students attend the University; the Fall 2009 headcount included 3,534 full-time undergraduates, 658 part-time undergraduates and 1,871 graduate students (Luxembourg campus included).
- The top four states in which first-year undergraduate students, or first-time-in-college freshmen, and their families permanently reside are New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
- 40% of the Class of 2011 had a high school GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- In acknowledgement of its outstanding efforts to serve and support students from first-generation, low-income, and otherwise underserved backgrounds, SHU has been included in the inaugural College Access & Opportunity Guide, the first comprehensive college guidebook dedicated to promoting college opportunity for the traditionally underserved.
Alumni
- More than 34,000 degrees have been awarded to over 30,000 alumni.
- SHU alumni can be found in nearly every state in the U.S.
Faculty
- More than 75% of the University's full-time faculty members hold the highest degrees in their field.
- The student-to-faculty ratio is 13:1, with an average class size of 20.5 students.
Academics
- The Princeton Review named Sacred Heart University's game design program as one of the best "Top 50 Undergraduate Game Design Programs" in the United States and Canada.
Technology
- Upon enrollment all full-time undergraduates receive their choice of a Mac or PC laptop computer included in the cost of tuition, which is replaced after two years. Students keep this laptop upon graduation.
- The University is fully wireless — indoors and out — and ranked 11th in the nation on Intel's most recent list of “Most Unwired College Campuses.”
Athletics
- Nearly 800 students participate in the University's 31 Division I athletic teams.
- For the 2007-2008 season, Sacred Heart University won its first Northeast Conference Commissioner’s Cup, awarded to the top-performing athletic program in the conference.
- SHU offers a wide variety of competitive club sports for the undergraduate student body. There are currently 18 active club sports teams that provide students with the opportunity to compete against other schools and universities, improve athletic ability, and make new friends.
Financial Aid
- More than 90% of all full-time undergraduates receive financial aid, representing a University commitment of nearly $30 million annually.
- In spring 2008, the University announced that full-time undergraduate students with family income below $50,000 who are admitted to SHU from Fairfield County high schools will be provided a tuition-free education.
Community Service
- Sacred Heart University has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service
- SHU's Habitat for Humanity campus chapter has earned a place in the top five collegiate chapters among more than 500 in the nation.
- More than 1,200 students and members of the faculty and staff volunteer in excess of 31,000 hours each year largely within the City of Bridgeport, but also regionally, nationally, and internationally.
- Sacred Heart University has earned public recognition from the state of Connecticut for its volunteer service efforts in twelve of the past fourteen years.
- In Spring 2008, SHU finished third in the nation in the “ONE Campus Challenge” - a campaign that seeks to raise public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, and disease.
Campus Housing
- Ninety-two percent of first-year students and approximately sixty percent of all full-time undergraduate students reside in campus housing.
- The University has 10 residence halls which constitute on-campus housing. Students are housed in 5 University-owned on-campus residence halls which comprise 10 total buildings, as well as 5 additional leased facilities bordering the main campus.
The Campus
- Sacred Heart University is set on 69.25 acres in suburban Fairfield, Connecticut, ranked in the top place to live in the Northeast and #9 in the country in Money magazine’s 2006 list of “Best Places to Live.” Fairfield is 90 minutes from Manhattan and 150 minutes from Boston.
- The University maintains branch operations for working adults in Stamford, and Griswold, Connecticut.
SHU Abroad
- SHU has the only American-accredited MBA program in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and a residential study-abroad program in the Irish-speaking community of Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland.
- International experiences are available to SHU students worldwide and through our varied study-abroad programs located at the American University of Rome, in Italy, the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, Australia, and the University of Granada, in Spain.
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