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FORDHAM FACTS
History
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| Fordham University is an independent university in the Jesuit tradition. It was established in 1841 as St. John’s College by the Right Rev. John Hughes, Coadjutor-Bishop (later Archbishop) of New York, on old Rose Hill Manor in the village of Fordham, then part of Westchester County. The name Fordham is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words “ford” and “ham,” meaning a wading place or ford by a settlement. Rose Hill is the name given to the site in 1787 by Robert Watts, a wealthy New York merchant, in honor of his family’s ancestral home of the same name in Scotland. The College, which opened with a student body of six, was originally staffed by diocesan clergy. In 1846, the year the New York State Legislature granted the College a charter, Bishop Hughes recruited five French Jesuits from St. Mary’s College in Kentucky and other communities, and the Society of Jesus then assumed the administration of the College. The name was officially changed to Fordham University in 1907. In 1969 the Board of Trustees was reorganized to include a majority of non-clergy members. |
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| Joseph M. McShane, S.J. |
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Enrollment
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| Fordham University enrolls 14,666 students. Of the 7,994 undergraduates, 3,878 live in University-managed housing. The entering freshman class consists of 1,904 students. There are 6,672 graduate and professional students, of whom 225 live in University-managed housing. Students are enrolled at ten schools of the University. |
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Campuses
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| Rose Hill, the original campus, adjacent to Little Italy, the Bronx Zoo, and the New York Botanical Garden, is situated on 85 acres in the north Bronx. A total of 6,685 undergraduates and graduates attend, with 3,172 living in University housing. |
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| School (Established) |
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Enrollment |
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| Fordham College at Rose Hill (1841) |
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3,334 |
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| College of Business Administration (1920) |
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2,069 |
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| Fordham College of Liberal Studies – RH (1944) |
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284 |
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| Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1916) |
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760 |
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| Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (1968) |
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238 |
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| The Lincoln Center campus, was established in 1961 on eight landscaped acres adjacent to Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Approximately 7,800 professional and undergraduate students attend, with 931 living in University- operated housing. |
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| School (Established) |
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Enrollment |
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| Fordham College at Lincoln Center (1968) |
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1,766 |
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| Fordham College of Liberal Studies-LC (1944) |
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366 |
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| Graduate School of Business Administration (1969) |
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1,437 |
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| Graduate School of Education (1916) |
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1,258 |
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| Graduate School of Social Service (1916) |
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1,343 |
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| School of Law (1905) |
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1,636 |
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| The Westchester campus was established in Tarrytown in 1976 and relocated to West Harrison in 2008. It enrolls 175 students from Fordham College of Liberal Studies and houses branches of Fordham’s Graduate Schools of Business Administration, Education, and Social Service. There is no University housing on this campus. |
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| The Louis Calder Center – Biological Field Station at Armonk, NY, in is a 114-acre field station with a 10-acre lake and laboratories. |
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Undergraduate Demographics
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Men 44.8%; Women 55.2%
Minorities 25.4%: African American 5.4%, Hispanic 12.7%, Asian 7.0%, American Indian/Alaskan .3%
Geographical origins: 46 states, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and 59 countries. |
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Carnegie Classification
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| Research University (High Research Activity). This classification is based on the number of doctoral degrees awarded, research expenditures and numbers of research staff. Fordham is one of 282 universities in the United States that is classified as a research university. |
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Alumni
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| Undergraduate |
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75,071 |
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| Graduate |
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69,734 |
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| Total |
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144,805 |
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Degrees Conferred
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| 2007-2008 |
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4,358 |
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| Doctor of Philosophy |
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100 |
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| Doctor of Education |
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8 |
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| Doctor of Ministry |
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1 |
| Juris Doctor |
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472 |
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| Master of Arts, Science, Education, Law or Philosophy |
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841 |
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| Master of Business Administration |
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473 |
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| Master of Social Work |
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554 |
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| Graduate Certificate or Professional Diploma |
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44 |
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| Bachelor of Arts, Science or Fine Arts |
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1,865 |
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Faculty
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Full-time Instructors
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686 |
| Men 60%; Women 40%; Minorities 16% |
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| Tenured Faculty |
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374 |
| Men 65%; Women 35%; Minorities 13% |
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96 percent of faculty hold the Ph.D. or other terminal degree.
Undergraduate student/faculty ratio: 11.8:1; average class size: 22
Jesuits at Fordham: 36; Jesuits among faculty: 23; Jesuits in University administration: 13 |
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Libraries
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| The University libraries, including the William D. Walsh Family Library, its branches and the Law School Library, house more than 2.2 million volumes, 31,470 serials and electronic journals, and more than 3.4 million microfilm units. |
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Tuition (2008–2009)
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| Undergraduate |
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$34,200 |
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| Graduate |
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$650 to $1,120
per credit |
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| Law |
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$41,500 |
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Finances
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| Fiscal year 2008 |
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| Operating revenues |
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$408,903,000 |
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| Operating expenditures |
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$396,050,000 |
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| June 30, 2008 |
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| Endowment and other investments |
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$472,546,000 |
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Varsity Sports
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| Fordham sponsors 22 men’s and women’s varsity sports teams. The Fordham Rams are members of the NCAA Division I and compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track, rowing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, volleyball, and water polo, and in the Patriot League (Division I-AA) for football. |
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University Colors
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| Fordham's traditional colors are maroon and white. |
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Mascot
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| The Ram. |
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© Fordham University 2009
Produced by Development and University Relations. Updated December 2008
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