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Enrollment: 4,700 undergraduate; 300 graduate
Costs 2018-19: tuition $38,138; room & board $13,981
% freshmen receiving financial aid: 97%
% freshmen applicants admitted: 64%
SAT score range: Critical reading 460-550; Math 470-570
Student-faculty ratio: 13 to 1
Graduation rate (within 6 years of enrolling): 69%
Median salary (10 years after enrolling): $50,500

Founded 1933 as Monmouth Junior College, became Monmouth College in 1956 and Monmouth University in 1995 after receiving state designation. Campus features Wilson Hall, originally site of 52-room Shadow Lawn mansion constructed in 1903 at which President Woodrow Wilson stayed during his 1916 re-election campaign; after Shadow Lawn destroyed by fire in 1927, new mansion built for Mr & Mrs. Hubert Templeton Parson, former head of F.W. Woolworth Company, later became private girls' school until becoming part of College as Woodrow Wilson Hall with classrooms and administrative offices, designated 1978 as National Historic Landmark. Wilson Hall also site of filming motion picture Annie to depict Daddy Warbucks' mansion. Other arts facilities include 700-seat Pollak Theatre presenting live music, theatre and dance by national touring artists,.also screens HD broadcasts of MET Opera, National Theatre of London, and Bolshoi Ballet, along with children’s theater and other programming; 140 seat Lauren K. Woods Theatre, once carriage house for Murry and Leonie Guggenheim of Guggenheim family, renovated to host variety of musical events and theater productions.Ranked in 2019 US News & World Report as #28 in Regional Universities North. and tied for #13 in Best Colleges for Veterans. Forty-four percent of students live on-campus. most popular majors include: Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Communication, Journalism, Education; Health Professions and Related Programs; and Social Sciences. 23 graduate degree programs include MBA; nursing; social work; education; computer science, software engineering and information systems. Most of Monmouth's student body is drawn from the northeastern United States, although students from 29 states and 28 foreign countries add to the school's diversity. Site of archives donated by Bruce Springsteen attracting writers, scholars, and fans, also sponsors conferences, programs and other scholarly activities focused on Springsteen. Sponsors Monmouth University Polling Institute, recognized as a leading center for the study of public opinion on critical national and state issues, often cited in media.. Implemented new restrictions on fraternities and sororities in 2019 to reduce hazing, excessive drinking after controversial suspension imposed on all houses in fall 2018 semester.

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Woodrow Wilson Hall. Image: Monmouth University