	Fordham University 2016 University Academic Rankings
Fordham University (/ËˆfÉ”ËrdÉ™m/) is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in New York City, United States. It was founded by the Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St. John's College, placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become an independent institution under a lay board of trustees, which describes the university as "in the Jesuit tradition." Fordham is composed of ten constituent colleges, four of which are for undergraduates and six of which are for postgraduates. It enrolls approximately 15,000 students across three campuses in New York State: Rose Hill in the Bronx, Lincoln Center in Manhattan and Westchester in West Harrison. In addition to these campuses, the university maintains a study abroad center in the United Kingdom and field offices in Spain and South Africa. Fordham awards the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees, as well as various master's and doctoral degrees. The 2016 edition of U.S. News and World Report lists Fordham as a national university and ranks it 66th in this category. Its graduate programs in law, business, English, history, social work, education, and sociology are ranked among the top 100 in the nation. The university has been historically renowned for its humanities programs, with its alumni ranking among the top 5 highest-paid humanities graduates of any university in the country. Fordham Preparatory School, a four-year, all-male college preparatory school, was once integrated with the university and shares its founding. It became legally independent in 1972 and moved to its own facilities on the northwest corner of the Rose Hill campus; however, the school remains connected to the university in many ways. History \| 1841-1900 Fordham was founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop) of the Diocese of New York, the Most Reverend John J. Hughes. The college was the first Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States. In September 1840, Hughes purchased most of Rose Hill Manor in Fordham, New York, for slightly less than $30,000 with the intent of establishing St. Joseph's Seminary following the model of Mount Saint Mary's University of which he was an alumnus. "Rose Hill" was the name originally given to the site in 1787 by its owner, Robert Watts, a wealthy New York merchant, in honor of his family's ancestral home in Scotland. The seminary was paired with St. John's College, which opened at Rose Hill with a student body of six on June 21, 1841. The Reverend John McCloskey (later archbishop of New York and eventually the first American cardinal) was the school's first president, and the faculty were secular priests and lay instructors. The college presidency went through a succession of four diocesan priests in five years, including the Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley, a distant cousin of Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt and a nephew of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. In 1845, the seminary church, Our Lady of Mercy, was built. The same year, Bishop Hughes convinced several Jesuit priests from the St. Mary's Colleges in Maryland and Kentucky to staff St. John's. In 1846, the college received its charter from the New York state legislature, and roughly three months later, the first Jesuits began to arrive. Bishop Hughes deeded the college over but retained title to the seminary property, about nine acres. In 1847, Fordham's first school in Manhattan opened. The school became the independently chartered College of St. Francis Xavier in 1861. It was also in 1847 that the American poet Edgar Allan Poe arrived in the village of Fordham and began a friendship with the college Jesuits that would last throughout his life. In 1849, he published his famed work "The Bells." Some traditions credit the college's church bells ... [more on wikipedia]

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Fordham University Details

Fordham University Details
detail	value
state	New York
conference	Patriot League / Atlantic 10 C...
public	Private
scores	1885/1257/28
level	Good
rank	[109
overall ROI rank	[167
size	medium-small
undergrads	8633
grads	6598
price	65330
drop	22
stem	7
research	19
scores valid	True

Common Questions...

What are the academic rankings for Fordham University?

1. number 109 for Academics.

2. number 167 for ROI (Return on Investment).

What universities are similar to Fordham University?

1. American University

2. Tulane University of Louisiana

3. Elon University

4. Texas Christian University

5. Duquesne University

6. Georgia College and State University

7. Belmont University

National Academic Rankings

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Fordham University National Academic Rankings

Fordham University National Academic Rankings
category	rank	scores	difficulty	smartest	brainpower	faculty	research	salary ROI	overall ROI
Top250	109	108	130	89	128	140	148	204	167
Div1	68	39	47	59	79	86	91	92	87
Div1 Nonivy	60	31	39	51	74	80	86	91	84
Div1 Private	24	28	28	23	24	26	27	41	37
Private	68	84	88	47	59	50	49	84	88
Atlantic 10 Conference	3	4	4	3	4	6	9	12	6
Patriot League	5	9	9	3	3	5	5	10	9
New England Region	52	58	64	37	53	53	54	74	64
State of New York	11	17	20	9	12	16	14	22	13
Top Ten Top250	109	108	130	89	128	140	148	204	167
Top Ten Atlantic 10 Conference	3	4	4	3	4	6	7	8	6
Top Ten Patriot League	5	9	9	3	3	5	5	9	8

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92.62	American University	Washington DC	Patriot League	Private	Good	113	180
86.09	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	61	106
84.47	Elon University	North Carolina	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	Good	200	178
79.99	Texas Christian University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	AboveAverage	214	181
77.96	Duquesne University	Pennsylvania	Northeast Conference / Atlanti...	Private	AboveAverage	346	374
77.91	Georgia College and State University	Georgia	Peach Belt Conference	Public	AboveAverage	334	352
77.84	Belmont University	Tennessee	Ohio Valley Conference	Private	AboveAverage	246	291
77.83	Seton Hall University	New Jersey	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	365	390
76.63	Bentley University	Massachusetts	Northeast 10 Conference	Private	Good	232	199
76.00	Pepperdine University	California	West Coast Conference	Private	Good	212	231
75.37	Skidmore College	New York	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	Private	Good	210	220
75.20	The University of Alabama	Alabama	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	175	112
75.12	Trinity College	Connecticut	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Good	215	225
70.92	Saint Joseph's University	Pennsylvania	Atlantic 10 Conference	Private	AboveAverage	398	372
70.82	West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania State Athletic Co...	Public	AboveAverage	315	361
70.24	Xavier University	Ohio	Big East Conference	Private	AboveAverage	436	336
70.21	Appalachian State University	North Carolina	Sun Belt Conference	Public	AboveAverage	230	228
70.13	Harding University	Arkansas	Great American Conference	Private	AboveAverage	395	316
70.04	Biola University	California	Golden State Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	397	467
69.82	Loyola University Maryland	Maryland	Patriot League	Private	AboveAverage	249	245
69.80	Butler University	Indiana	Pioneer Football League / Big ...	Private	AboveAverage	349	204
69.67	James Madison University	Virginia	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	196	170
69.58	University of Redlands	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	AboveAverage	380	460
69.15	University of Northwestern-St Paul	Minnesota	Upper Midwest Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	412	246
69.02	Samford University	Alabama	Southern Conference	Private	AboveAverage	431	272
68.97	New York University	New York	University Athletic Association	Private	Excellent	35	101
68.95	Saint Mary's College of California	California	West Coast Conference	Private	AboveAverage	461	440
68.86	Stetson University	Florida	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	AboveAverage	344	395
68.83	Loyola University New Orleans	Louisiana	Southern States Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	411	391
68.39	John Brown University	Arkansas	Sooner Athletic Conference	Private	AboveAverage	489	421
68.25	Indiana University-Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	102	92

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98.38	University of Tulsa	Oklahoma	American Athletic Conference	Private	Good	139	75
96.00	American University	Washington DC	Patriot League	Private	Good	113	180
95.90	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association ...	Private	Excellent	99	68
95.89	Illinois Institute of Technology	Illinois	Division III Independents	Private	Good	122	55
95.76	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	California	Big Sky Conference / Big West ...	Public	Good	96	88
95.46	SUNY College at Geneseo	New York	State University of New York A...	Public	Excellent	111	184
95.13	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	131	93
94.65	Missouri University of Science and Technology	Missouri	Great Lakes Valley Conference	Public	Good	105	32
94.06	Southern Methodist University	Texas	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	80	73
93.39	Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association (Average)	-	Upstate Collegiate Athletic As...	-Conf-	Excellent	-	130
93.19	Centennial Conference (Average)	-	Centennial Conference	-Conf-	Excellent	-	170
92.65	Macalester College	Minnesota	Minnesota Intercollegiate Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	133	146
92.52	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	109	69
92.41	Baylor University	Texas	Big Twelve Conference	Private	Good	134	128
92.15	Colgate University	New York	Patriot League	Private	Excellent	92	83
91.95	Colby College	Maine	New England Small College Ath Conf	Private	Excellent	132	155
91.76	Tulane University of Louisiana	Louisiana	American Athletic Conference	Private	Excellent	61	106
91.49	Wake Forest University	North Carolina	Atlantic Coast Conference	Private	Excellent	66	50
91.38	American Athletic Conference (Average)	-	American Athletic Conference	-Conf-	AboveAverage	-	98
90.92	Davidson College	North Carolina	Pioneer Football League / Atla...	Private	Excellent	155	129
90.76	Drexel University	Pennsylvania	Colonial Athletic Association	Private	AboveAverage	120	134
89.35	Scripps College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	127	204
88.66	Reed College	Oregon	No Conference Affiliation	Private	Excellent	106	144
88.52	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Alabama	Conference USA	Public	AboveAverage	153	148
88.52	University of Delaware	Delaware	Colonial Athletic Association	Public	AboveAverage	107	138
88.38	Washington and Lee University	Virginia	Old Dominion Athletic Conference	Private	Elite	117	46
88.34	Southern California Intercoll Ath Conf (Average)	-	Southern California Intercoll ...	-Conf-	Excellent	-	130
88.21	Indiana University-Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	102	92
87.52	University of Missouri-Columbia	Missouri	Southeastern Conference	Public	AboveAverage	121	98
87.21	University of Central Florida	Florida	American Athletic Conference	Public	AboveAverage	103	141
86.52	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten Conference	Public	AboveAverage	119	98
85.80	Claremont McKenna College	California	Southern California Intercoll ...	Private	Elite	95	118
85.62	University of California-Irvine	California	Big West Conference	Public	AboveAverage	108	162
85.62	Iowa State University	Iowa	Big Twelve Conference	Public	AboveAverage	129	71
84.95	University at Buffalo	New York	Mid American Conference	Public	AboveAverage	124	190
81.64	University of Utah	Utah	Pacific 12 Conference	Public	AboveAverage	142	86
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