Quick Facts
Quick Facts| Affiliation : | Catholic |
| President : | Father Dennis Dease (1991- ) |
| Founded : | 1885 in St. Paul, Minn., by Archbishop John Ireland |
| Type : | Liberal arts, comprehensive regional university |
| Enrollment (fall 2007) : | 10,984 total ... 6,076 undergraduate ... 4,908 graduate |
| Coeducational : | Since 1977 ... enrollment is now 51 percent women |
| Students of color : | Just over 10 percent overall |
| International students : | 2.6 percent overall ... 1.4 percent undergraduate ... 4.1 percent graduate |
| Tuition : | $27,328 (undergraduate 08-09) |
| Room and board : | $7,614 is average |
| Financial aid : | Received by more than 90 percent of all undergraduates; for freshmen who applied, the average award was about $16,700 |
| Student-faculty ratio : | 15:1 |
| Average class size : | 21 (undergraduate) and 19 (graduate) |
| Athletics : | 11 men's and 11 women's varsity teams ... men's teams captured their Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference all-sports title 19 of the last 25 years; women have won that title 15 out of the last 20 seasons |
| U.S. News and World Report rank : |
St. Thomas is in the third tier in the national university-doctoral category. Prior to 2001, St. Thomas was ranked as a regional university and consistently placed in the top 10 of 124 Midwest universities |
| Undergraduate degrees and majors : | Bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, bachelor of music, bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, bachelor of science in electrical engineering ... 96 majors and 58 minors |
| Graduate degrees : | 46 degree programs ... 39 master's, two education specialist, one juris doctor, and four doctorates |
| Divisions : | Seven academic divisions: College of Applied Professional Studies - Education (bachelor's, master's, specialist doctorate) and Professional Psychology (master's and doctorate); College of Arts and Sciences (bachelor's and master's); College of Business (bachelor's and master's); School of Engineering (bachelor's and master's); St. Paul Seminary School of Divinity (master's and doctorate); School of Law (juris doctor); School of Social Work (bachelor's and master's) |
| Campuses, year established and size : | St. Paul main, 50 acres, 1885 ... St. Paul "south," 28 acres, 1987 ... Minneapolis downtown, about three city blocks, 1992 ... Gainey Conference Center in Owatonna, 160 acres, 1982 ... Bernardi Campus in Rome, Italy, 20,000-square-foot residential estate on Tiber River, 2000 |
| Off-campus class sites : | Bloomington, Chaska, Eagan, Maple Grove and Rochester, all in Minnesota |
| Study-abroad programs : | St. Thomas is ranked by the Institute of International Education in the top five nationally for the percent of undergraduates studying abroad (60.5 percent in 2007) in the doctoral category; more than 1,000 students participate in 100 programs available in more than 40 countries |
| Libraries : | Four, with 615,000 volumes, seating for 2,630, electronic catalog |
| Annual budget : | $164.6 million |
| Invested funds and Endowment : |
Invested funds as of June 30, 2007: $436,700,119 Endowment funds as of June 30, 2007: $460,027,362 (includes outstanding pledges) |
| Value of physical plant : | About $500 million |
| Employees : | 1,854 total ... 395 full-time faculty ... 381 part-time faculty ... 1,078 staff |
| Relative size : | State's largest independent college or university ... state's 16th-largest nonprofit organization |
