Quick Facts

• Catholic Benedictine Sponsorship
• Faculty
• Academic Programs
• Student/Faculty Ratio
• Gender
• Enrollment
• Retention
• Residential Life
• Graduation Rate
• Geographic Facts
• Multicultural/International
• Student Activities
• Placement
• Computer Facilities
• International Study

Catholic Benedictine Sponsorship

Benedictine men and women are actively involved on both campuses as teachers, administrators and role models. 70 percent of students are Catholic; students of all faiths welcome.

Faculty

294 full-time; 65 part-time. 80 percent of full-time faculty have the highest degree in their field. 100 percent of classes are taught by faculty members.

Academic Programs

More than 60 areas of study and 40 majors. Semester schedule. Core curriculum. Bachelor of arts, bachelor of science in nursing.

Student/faculty ratio is: 13:1, average class size is 21.

Gender

Percentage women: 52; percentage men: 48

Enrollment

First-year enrollment: 1,057 (995 new-entering first-year students); total undergraduate enrollment: 3928

Retention

Nearly 90 percent of first-year students return to CSB and SJU for their sophomore year.

Residential Life

All first-year and sophomore students and approximately 80 percent of all students live on campus.

Graduation Rate

81 percent of CSB/SJU students complete their degree; 90 percent of those graduates finish within four years. Nationally, the six-year completion rate is 58 percent of all private college students and 36 percent of public college students.

Geographic Facts

Number of states represented: 40 percent; percentage from Minneapolis/St. Paul area: 38 percent; percentage from greater Minnesota: 45 percent; percentage from outside Minnesota: 17 percent.

Multicultural/International

Multicultural percentage: 3.8 percent; international percentage: 3.8 percent; number of countries represented: 38; number of international students: 127.

Student Activities

Varsity sports: 11 at CSB, 12 at SJU; club sports: 21; intramural sports: 10-15; clubs and organizations: 65

Placement

Typically, 20 percent of all graduates go directly to graduate school. 70 percent of graduates have found career-related positions or entered service work.

Computer Facilities

100 percent of residence hall rooms are wired to high-speed campus network backbone. Every residence hall has a computer cluster with access to the same applications as those in classrooms, labs and access areas. Computer access areas are available for student use seven days a week, with modern PCs and laser printers. Wireless access is available in all academic buildings including both libraries, most inner campus outdoor green spaces, and in the majority of residence hall lounges.

International Study

We offer 16 semester-long international study programs to 13 countries on 6 continents: Australia, Austria, Chile, China, England, France, Greece, Guatemala, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Spain, and South Africa.  In addition, the colleges sponsor over twenty short-term international programs around the world each year. CSB and SJU rank first nationally in semester-long study abroad participation and fourth among baccalaureate institutions for total number of study abroad students with 515 students who studied abroad in 2005-06.  Fully 62 percent of CSB graduates and 55 percent of SJU graduates study abroad.