Students and Faculty
The university enrolls 3,567 students, as of Fall 2011. 2,752 of these students were undergraduates and 815 were graduate students. The student body is approximately 60 percent female and 76 percent of students study full time. Over half (55 percent) of undergraduate students live on campus. 11.4 percent of students identify themselves as belonging to a minority group.
The university employs 356 faculty members, and 308 staff. The student-faculty ratio is approximately 10 to 1.
Sr. Joan Lescinski, CSJ replaced Dr. Edward Rogalski as president in 2007, becoming the first woman to hold that office.
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