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Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University
5151 Park Avenue, https://www.sacredheart.edu/
Fairfield, CT 06825

Official telephone: (203) 371-7999
Fax number: (203) 365-7607
Website: https://www.sacredheart.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 6,960
Full-time undergraduates: 6,532
Part-time undergraduates: 428
Total graduate students: 3,939
Full-time graduate students: 2,396
Part-time graduate students: 1,543
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.7% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.5% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
13.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
76.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.4% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.1% Nonresident Alien
1.8% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 311 acres
Nearest major city: New York City

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 98%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 51%
Percent of students who live off campus: 49%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: yes
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 499
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Nurses Association; Exercise Science Club; American Sign Language Club; Business Administration Club; National Society Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's fencingyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1-AA, NCAA Div. I-AA
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's ice hockeyyes 
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's wrestlingyes 
Women's badminton NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crew NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sports NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's equestrian sportsyes 
Women's fencingyes 
Women's fencing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ice hockeyyes 
Women's ice hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rock climbing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rowing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rowingyes 
Women's rugby NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rugbyyes 
Women's sailing NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's weight lifting NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; basketball; cheerleading; field hockey; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; weight lifting; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: LaGuardia

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 37% within six months of graduation

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