Xavier: Where Tradition Meets the Future

Regarded as one of the top universities in the United States, Xavier University uses the 450-year-old Catholic, Jesuit ideals of academic excellence, commitment to service and the development of the whole person—intellectually, morally and spiritually—to produce some of the region's most sought-after graduates. Starting with a core curriculum that provides all students with a strong foundation in liberal arts and sciences, Xavier mixes in a solid grounding in ethics and values along with a significant emphasis on personal attention that results in student success. And others have taken notice. Here's how others see Xavier:

• One of "America's Top 200 Colleges"—Forbes 2011

• One of the "Best 376 Colleges in America"—The Princeton Review 2012

• One of the top 10 Midwest master's-level colleges for 16 straight years, including No. 3 in 2011 and 2010—U.S. News and World Report

• One of the "100 Best Values" in private universities—Kiplinger's Personal Finance

• Ranked No. 15 in the Midwest for "Great Schools. Great Prices"—U.S. News • One of the "300 Best Business Schools"—The Princeton Review

• Ranked No. 19 among top undergraduate entrepreneurship programs—Entrepreneur Magazine

• Ranked one of the "Best Undergrad Business Schools"—Business Week

• Ranked No. 1 in the nation for graduate business schools for physician-executives—Modern Healthcare

What helped these publications recognize Xavier is its outstanding success rate. For the last eight years, Xavier has been the No. 1 school in the Midwest for freshman retention—87 percent last year. The University's four-year graduation rate of 68 percent far exceeds the national average for public schools of just 25 percent. More than 200 companies recruit on campus annually, resulting in a staggering 95 percent or higher job placement rate among business, nursing, Montessori education, art and music graduates, and an 80 percent medical school acceptance rate—nearly double the national average.