Fordham University 福坦莫大學

Overview At Fordham University, "New York is [your] campus" as the school’s website says. With campuses throughout New York City, students live and learn in the thick of an urban experience. The school’s original Bronx campus, Rose Hill, is in walking distance to the Bronx Zoo, New York Botanical Gardens and Little Italy. Today, Fordham has two more campuses: Lincoln Center, which is close to Central Park, and Westchester campus, which is in West Harrison, N.Y. Freshmen do not have to live on campus, but any student who is promised housing upon admittance to the school is guaranteed a room for four consecutive years. Students can travel between campuses on the school’s Ram Van, a burgundy shuttle that runs every half hour. The van makes enough trips, the school has calculated, that it’s covered a distance equivalent to traveling around the world 18.5 times a year. The Fordham Rams play in the NCAA Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. Fordham University, a Jesuit institution, does not have a Greek system.

Among Fordham’s graduate programs is the highly ranked Fordham School of Law, which is home to the first Fashion Law Institute in the country. Graduates and undergraduates alike may take advantage of the Louis Calder Center, a biological field station where environmental studies courses and research are conducted. A dozen graduate students a year can live in log cabins on the biological field station to be closer to their research. Notable alumni include NBA sportscaster Mike Breen, former U.S. Rep. Robert Giaimo of Connecticut and former U.S. Postmaster General John E. Potter.

Academic Life The student-faculty ratio at Fordham University is 14:1, and the school has 47.5 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Fordham University include: Business Administration and Management, General, Economics, General, Finance, General and Psychology, General. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 90 percent.

Source from: USNEWS

2017 Rankings Fordham University is ranked #60 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.

#60 (tie) in National Universities #42 (tie) in High School Counselor Rankings #77 (tie) in Business Programs

Schools within the University Fordham College at Lincoln Center Fordham College at Rose Hill Gabelli School of Business School of Professional and Continuing Studies Gabelli School of Business (Graduate Only) Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Graduate Only) Graduate School of Education (Graduate Only) Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education (Graduate Only) Graduate School of Socail Service (Graduate Only) School of Law (Graduate Only)

Source from: USNEWS