Cardinal Stritch University

Cardinal Stritch University is a private Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The university also has sites located in Kenosha, Wisconsin; Madison, Wisconsin; Eden Prairie, Minnesota and Rochester, Minnesota, as well as multiple Outreach programs throughout Wisconsin.

Cardinal Stritch University's total enrollment for the 2009–2010 academic year was 6,276. Tuition that year was $20,000. About 82 percent of Stritch students benefit from scholarships, grants, work-study programs and loans.Cardinal Stritch University offers a variety of degree programs and has programs available that provide flexible scheduling for working adults.


Cardinal Stritch University was founded in 1937 as St. Clare College by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi to train nuns as teachers. It was renamed Cardinal Stritch College in 1946 for Cardinal Samuel Stritch of Chicago, who was archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee during the 1930s. The institution became Cardinal Stritch University in 1997. In 1998, the university expanded to offer its first doctoral program. Cardinal Stritch University is the nation's largest Franciscan University.

The university's motto, Ut probetis potiora ("To value the better things"), is taken from Philippians 1:10.

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