Xavier University is fourth oldest Jesuit Catholic University situated on a 190-acre
campus right outside downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. The university boasts 6285 students
on campus with 4572 undergraduates. The core curriculum, including first year classes,
opens multiple fields of studies and interests in a challenging environment. The
University houses the College of Arts and Sciences, the Williams School of Business and
the College of Professional Studies. 98% of students have a job, are accepted into
graduate school or volunteering with 6 months of graduation. All Xavier students have
the chance to apply to become a University Scholar which enables them to study any
major in small, specialized classes that promote deeper exploration and close faculty
support and to take special honors sections of core courses including the humanities,
sciences and social sciences, while also completing requirements for their major.
Among its over 90 undergraduates programs, Xavier offers several signature programs.
The Business Profession Program is the cornerstone of career preparation for
undergraduate students in the Williams College of Business and is designed to provide a
structured way in which students can gain knowledge, skills and networking contacts to
complement their education and to educate them on the fundamentals of the working
world. Offering programs that go above and beyond typical career workshops, the
Business Profession Program gives Williams College of Business undergraduates a
competitive edge in entering the labor market. Required for graduation, the Business
Profession Program has become an integral piece of the academic preparation that
students receive.
Within the College of Professionals Studies, students can engage in such programs as
Nursing, which also incudes an Accelerated BSN program, Health Services
Administration, Criminal Justice, Special Education, Early Childhood and Middle
Childhood Education. In addition to traditional liberals arts studies, the College of Arts
and Sciences also offers majors in such areas as Communication Studies, Sustainability
Economics and Management, Biomedical Sciences and Digital Innovation, Film and
Television. The Philosophy, Politics and the Public Honors Program is an innovative and
rigorous undergraduate program that focuses on the unifying concept of “the public
sphere” in democratic societies. The approach taken by this honors program is
expressed in the meanings of the several conceptions identified in its very name. The
program is highly selective, with 30 to 35 freshman students enrolling each fall.
The PPP curriculum creates an interdisciplinary investigation into the past, present, and
future of democratic institutions in theory and in practice. It teaches students to see
the world in a connected way, through the intersection between history, politics,
philosophy, and language. The program provides students with conscience
(philosophy), tools (politics), and the setting in which they can use what they have
learned (the public). The program does not favor philosophy or politics. The flexible
nature of the curriculum allows students to dive deeper into whichever field(s) they
choose. More importantly, the program highlights the ways in which philosophy and
politics interact.
Xavier offers all of its students access to the Professional Mentor Program that links
students with leading executives and career professionals offering an innovative
approach by providing students practical application of networking skills, personal and
professional growth over an extended period of time, as well as the Jesuit values
of service to others and cura personalis . Since its inception in 2003, the nationally
known Mentor Program has matched over 2,500 students with executives and career
professionals in the Cincinnati area and throughout the United States. The Program
serves Xavier students of all majors and collaborates with Mentors from more than 560
different organizations. The Xavier Professional Mentor Program is part of the Career
Development Office, whose mission is to “connect, educate and empower” students.
The Xavier Musketeers field 18 Division I sports teams who compete in the Big East
Conference along with 26 Club teams. There are over 160 clubs and organizations on
campus in which to become involved. Community service is a strong presence on
campus and Xavier students log an average of over 80,000 hours of community service
per year helping more than 160 local, national and international organizations.
