About CAS

The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) offers excellent academics, research, and experiential learning.

• We’re ranked among the Top 50 Colleges for Liberal Arts (College Factual).
• The college averages nearly 400 graduates each year.
• Ninety-eight percent of CAS students are employed, attending graduate school, or working in service or volunteer positions within six months of graduation.
• CAS offers 48 undergraduate majors and – through our Institute for Spirituality and Social Justice – graduate programs in Theology. 

The deans' office is committed to supporting the students, faculty and staff of the College of Arts and Sciences. The office values are:

• Intellectual inquiry--We are rigorous in our use of data, methods, interpretation, dissemination.
• Equity--We work to ensure that each person has access to what they need in order to succeed.
• Interdependence--We promote and celebrate working together.
• Individual development--We help each member of our community—students, staff, faculty—to develop into their best selves.
• Commitment to Xavier--We take pride in and leverage our position as a Jesuit Catholic university in Cincinnati.
• Courageous honesty--We speak the truth and listen to each other, while assuming good intention.