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 2009) : | 10,851 total ... 6,146 undergraduate ... 4,705 graduate |
| Coeducational : | Since 1977 ... enrollment is now 49.5 percent women |
| Students of color : | 14.5 percent undergraduate ... 13.2 percent graduate |
| International students : | 290 students from other countries (fall 2009) |
| Tuition : | $28,944 (undergraduate 09-10); Tuition for graduate and professional programs is charged on a per credit basis and varies based on selected program of study |
| Room and board : | $8,042 is average |
| Financial aid : | Received by more than 90 percent of all undergraduates; for freshmen who applied |
| Student-faculty ratio : | 15:1 |
| Average class size : | 21 (undergraduate) and 19 (graduate) |
| Athletics : | 11 men's and 11 women's varsity teams ... over the last 30 years Tommies have won 240 men's and women's titles in Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference play and have taken hom the all-sports conference trophy 40 times |
| 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 : | 48 degree programs ... 43 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); 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 (61.1 percent in 2008) in the doctoral category; more than 1,000 students participate in 100 programs available in more than 40 countries |
| Libraries : | The university libraries (including the law library) contain 730,000 volumes, 95,000 electronic books, 40,000 electronic and print journals and 230 electronic databases, in addition to many services available to remote users via the libraries' Web page. |
| Annual budget : | $198.5 million |
| Invested funds and Endowment : |
Invested funds as of June 30, 2009: $408,964,595 Endowment funds as of June 30, 2009: $320,495,119 (includes outstanding pledges) |
| Value of physical plant : | About $670 million |
| Employees : | 2,066 total ... 457 full-time faculty ... 473 part-time faculty ... 1,136 staff |
| Relative size : | State's largest independent college or university |
| Accreditation: | The University of St. Thomas is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission. Many of our professional programs are accredited by their professional accreditation bodies. See individual programs for full information. |
