Roosevelt University

RICH AND VIBRANT HISTORY
Roosevelt University was founded on principle: Higher education should be available to all academically qualified students, regardless of class, racial or ethnic origin, gender or age. This 1945 “experiment” has been a success from the start. Today, Roosevelt is a national leader in educating socially conscious citizens for active and dedicated lives as leaders in their professions and their communities.

The University offers diverse, differentiated academic programs at two campuses—both located in thriving commercial and cultural districts—as well as online. The northwest suburban Schaumburg Campus is a hub of scientific study, home to the new College of Pharmacy. On the lakefront Chicago Campus, a new 32-story Vertical Campus will house classrooms, labs, student and academic services, and student residences. And the Roosevelt Lakers, the sports teams that have returned after a more than 20-year absence, continue to pick up the pace on campus.

RELEVANT, INNOVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE ACADEMICS
Roosevelt’s collaborative learning environment, based around small classes, fosters supportive student–faculty relationships. More than 1,000 outstanding faculty and staff provide 7,300 students

of varied backgrounds and ages the tools to succeed in the professional marketplace—through classroom and online course work, and through experiential and service-learning opportunities.

Students may pursue more than 80 undergraduate and 50 graduate programs across six colleges. Relevant programs are developed with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation—for example:

• ARTS AND SCIENCES—Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), new PhD in industrial/organizational psychology, the first social justice major in the Chicago area, and home to many of the University’s centers and institutes, including the Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation
• BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION—master’s degree programs in real estate, the region’s first master’s degree in accounting forensics, and sustainability-focused courses on responsible business practices
• EDUCATION—advanced degree programs in leadership development, as well as Early Childhood Residency Fellows, the only master’s-level partnership with Chicago Public Schools
• PERFORMING ARTS—fast-track MA in directing, a three-summer program for high school theatre teachers
• PHARMACY—the Midwest’s only three-year, year-round Doctor of Pharmacy degree program
• PROFESSIONAL STUDIES—accelerated paralegal studies degree, graduate program in training and development, Illinois’ only master of science in hospitality and tourism management, and the first bachelor’s degree in sustainability studies

EXCITING TIME OF TRANSFORMATION
Roosevelt has rapidly evolved from a primarily part-time, commuter student body to a more traditionally aged, full-time population, with approximately 12 percent living in University housing on the Chicago Campus.

• Surpassed 80,000 graduates in May 2010, an average of 1,667 per year for the last six years
• Aggressive student recruitment efforts that have produced 17 percent growth in full-time equivalent students during the last decade, including significant growth at the downtown Chicago Campus
• 62 new, full-time faculty members in the last two years
• Largest number of full-time undergraduates in University history—with a record number of freshmen living on campus
• Among the most diverse student populations, particularly among private institutions— ranked by The New York Times as the country’s 10th most diverse student body, and by U.S. News & World Report as the Midwest’s most diverse—with 42 percent non-white and non-international students enrolled in 2010–11
• Growth in the endowment from under $30 million to more than $70 million in the past eight years
• Prudent financial management that has produced more than two decades of balanced budgets
• Men’s intercollegiate athletics reinstated after a 22-year absence, and women’s programs inaugurated