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Rosemont College

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Rosemont College
1400 Montgomery Avenue
Rosemont, PA 19010
610-527-0200

College Web Site

Type of Institution:

Private
Roman Catholic
Undergraduate & Graduate
Coeducational but overwhelmingly female

2006-7 Fees:

Undergraduate tuition: $21,465
Room/board: $9,200

Overview:

Rosemont College was founded in 1921 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus on the Sinnott estate in Rosemont, Pennsylvania.

Location:

The campus is located on a 56-acre campus in an attractive, historic suburban community 11 miles west of Philadelphia,

Academics:

Rosemont College offers students 22 majors. Each program offers an in-depth study of a particular subject area, as well as a breadth of study in the liberal arts.

Today Rosemont is one college with three schools: the Undergraduate Women's College (women), the School of Graduate Studies (coeductional) and the School of Continuing Studies (coeductional). The Undergraduate Women's College offers 23 majors, awarding Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees.

The most popular undergraduate majors are: Visual and performing arts;, Business, management; Marketing, and related support services, Social sciences, English language and literature/letters and Psychology.

The School of Graduate Studies offers co-educational graduate programs that award the Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, or the Master of Education degree.

Student Body / Faculty:

Rosemont has an undergraduate student body of just 425 full-time and 219 part-time students of which 562 are female.

Rosemont has 33 full-time and 134 part-time faculty members.

The student to faculty ratio is 8:1.

U.S. News & World Report Ranking:

Liberal Arts Colleges: third tier
Overall score: N/A
Average freshman retention rate: N/A
2006 graduation rate: (Predicted) N/A

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