Colleges of Distinction 2010 - 2011 Guide. Tyson Schritter
to do on campus. The Carl Hansen Student Center is the hub of many student activities. The center is home to the student government office, the headquarters of several student clubs, and the editorial office of the student-produced Chronicle. Over seventy clubs and organizations provide an excellent forum for meeting students with similar interests. Greek life is also available through four national fraternities and sororities. Quinnipiac also schedules special events nearly every weekend, including Parents and Family Weekend, the Holiday Dinner, and award-winning productions by the theatre department. Recent productions have included Dead Man Walking, The Laramie Project, and The Troubles of Romeo and Juliet.
The Quinnipiac Bobcats play highly competitive NCAA Division I athletics in the Northeast Conference (NEC) in most sports, and in the prestigious ECAC in men’s and women’s ice hockey. Bobcat athletics involve the entire campus, from the Crazy Bobcat Club to student-athletes to fans in the stands. The university’s teams have a tradition of excellence. Check out www.quinnipiacbobcats.com .
Quinnipiac students are active, sports-minded, and interested in physical fitness. The university provides a full range of activities to help students stay in shape. Students field teams in fourteen intramural sports for both casual and competitive play (spring and fall tournaments are scheduled for the truly competitive). Other options include a well-equipped fitness center for strength training and cardiovascular exercise, as well as organized fitness classes like step aerobics, karate, and hip-hop dance.
SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES
Our graduates have a proven success record in every field, 90% of our graduates are employed or pursuing an advanced degree within one year of graduation…
A Pattern of Success
Quinnipiac offers first-rate preparation for both the workforce and advanced study. Within six months of graduation, 80 percent of Quinnipiac’s graduates are employed or in graduate school, and 90 percent are within a year. Quinnipiac graduates are employed in business, communications, education, social services, hospitals and health-care centers. Graduates have taken jobs at companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Dell Computers, JPMorgan Chase, and ESPN, as well as for the television program 48 Hours. Those who don’t continue their graduate work at Quinnipiac have continued on to colleges such as Yale University, Emerson College, Villanova, The New School, McGill University, James Madison University, the University of Connecticut, and the University of Rhode Island.
In addition to preparing students for entry into the workplace, Quinnipiac also works to connect graduates to jobs and employers that match personal interests. The assistant dean for career services in each of the schools specializes in career preparation and job opportunities for students within the division.
Quinnipiac’s office of development and alumni affairs coordinates events, programs, and activities that keep the university’s twenty-five thousand alumni, as well as parents, families, and friends, connected to the campus community and personally involved in Quinnipiac’s mission. The alumni association coordinates events and programs on campus and across the U.S., and provides career networking for alumni through its fourteen association chapters.
Notable alumni include William Weldon, chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson; Murray Lender of Lender’s Bagels; Albert Canosa, president and CEO of Raytech Corporation; David Nelson, president of Sierra Health Services; Hollywood film producer Jeffrey Chernov; Barbara Hartwell, chief of staff at Mashantucket Pequot Nation; and Turk Wendell, former relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.
Hear from several Quinnipiac seniors and how their education and experiences at QU have helped them feel well-prepared for their careers in this article from Quinnipiac Magazine.
FAST FACTS
Quinnipiac University is a four-year, independent, comprehensive university founded in 1929.
Web site http://www.quinnipiac.edu
Location Hamden, Connecticut—8 miles north of New Haven and 2 hours each from New York City and Boston.
Student Profile 5,900 undergraduate students (40% male, 60% female); 30 states and territories; 16% minority, 1% international. Additional 2,000 graduate, and law students.
Faculty Profile 300 full-time faculty. 15:1 student/faculty ratio. Average class size is 22.
Residence Life 95% of freshmen live on campus. Housing is guaranteed to all undergraduate full-time students and new construction has greatly expanded suite and townhouse style living options. Options include: traditional residence halls with doubles, quads and suites for freshmen housing, and suite-style apartments (some with kitchens) or townhouse (multi-level)-style housing, apartments, and university owned houses for juniors and seniors.
Athletics NCAA Division I, Northeast Conference (NEC), ECAC in ice hockey, 21 varsity sports: 7 men‘s: baseball, basketball, cross-country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, tennis; 14 women‘s: acrobatics and tumbling, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, ice hockey, golf, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball, indoor track, outdoor track; and 14 intramural sports for men and women.
Academic Programs Accounting; advertising; athletic training/sports medicine; behavioral neuroscience; biochemistry; biology; biomedical marketing; biomedical sciences; business BS/MBA program; chemistry; communications/media studies; computer information systems; CIS/accounting; computer science; criminal justice; diagnostic imaging; economics; education (5 year program BA/MAT for elementary and secondary grades); English; entrepreneurship; film, video and interactive media; finance; gerontology; health/science studies; journalism; history; independent major; interactive digital design; international business; journalism; legal studies; management; marketing; mathematics; microbiology/molecular biology; nursing; occupational therapy (5 ½ year BS/MOT); physical therapy (6 or 7 year BS/DPT); physician assistant (6 year BS/MHS); political science; psychology; public relations; social services; sociology; Spanish language& literature; theater.
Costs and Aid 2010-2011: $46,980 comprehensive ($34,250 tuition/fees). 75% of students receive some form of financial aid. Merit scholarships range from $6,000 to $20,000 based on high school rank in class and SAT (critical reading plus math) or ACT composite scores.
Endowment $238 million.
More Distinctions
Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional colleges and universities in the North in US News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges.
Quinnipiac is recognized in the 2011 Princeton Review, “The Best 373 Colleges.”
The School of Business is accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and is recognized in Princeton Review’s “Best 300 Business Schools”.
The School of Business was named as one of the Top 100 by Bloomberg Businessweek’s “Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2011.”
Recognized as an excellent university for “students and parents who want liberal arts and a direct payoff in career terms,” by Roland King, vice president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, in The Hartford Courant.
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