Seton Hall University

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Admissions
Financial Aid
Enrollment: 5,900 undergraduate; 3,200 graduate
Tuition and fees 2022-23: $48,960
% freshmen receiving financial aid: 98%
% freshmen applicants admitted: 73%
SAT score range: Critical reading 530-620; Math 540-630
Student-faculty ratio: 13 to 1
Graduation rate (within 6 years of enrolling): 63%
Median salary (10 years after enrolling): $57,200

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Founded 1856, named after Elizabeth Ann Seton, first American-born saint, operated by Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Main campus on 58 acres in South Orange, law school in Newark; new Inter-professional Health Sciences campus in Clifton and Nutley, opened in July 2018, houses College of Nursing, School of Health and Medical Sciences and new Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University. Eight schools including Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Nursing, Graduate School of Theology, Law. 60 majors in eight schools, with graduate programs in Stillman School of Business, school of education and law school. School of Diplomacy and International Relations alliance with United Nations Association of USA to educate international body of students to provide management personnel and leadership candidates for UN and related institutions with international relations and international businesses. Student body 55% female, 80% of freshmen live on campus, 70 countries represented. Ranked in 2022 US News & World Report as tied for #137 in National Universities, #51 in Nursing, Stillman School ranked #3 in US annual Poets & Quants Best Undergraduate Business Schools survey, behind only Notre Dame and William and Mary. Special centers include Asia Center; Center for Academic Technology; Center for Catholic Studies; Center for College Teaching; Center for Leadership Studies; Center for Public Service; Media Center; Writing Center; institutes include Institute for Service Learning; Institute on Work; Institute of Judaeo-Christian Studies; National Institute for Clergy Formation; NJ Institute for Collegiate Teaching & Learning; Nonprofit Sector Resource Institute; Puerto Rican Institute. Alumni include former Governor Chris Christie; former Governor Donald DiFrancesco; basketball commentator and former Seton Hall coach Bill Raftery; basketball commentator and former NBA Detroit Pistons coach Dick Vitale; actor Chuck Connors; co-inventor of three-way catalytic converter John Mooney; drummer in Bruce Springsteen E-Street Band and bandleader Max Weinberg; investor and philanthropist Raymond Chambers; US Army Chaplain and posthumous Medal of Honor recipient Major Charles Watters. President Joseph Nyre resigned unexpectedly July 2023 a year before his initial five-year term was due to end in summer of 2024, followed December 2022 disclosure that long-time employees of Seton Hall Law School had embezzled nearly $1 million over several years. Former president Nyre filed lawsuit February 2024, alleging wrongful discharge due to interference by former board chair seeking to aid personal friends in student admissions and intervention in termination of former law school dean. Msgr. Joseph R. Reilly named April 2024 as new president, a priest and Seton Hall alumnus, but disclosure that he had failed to report previous incidences of sexual abuse allegations led to calls for his resignation.

* Best Colleges, US News & World Report
* College Scorecard, US Department of Education

* College Navigator, National Center for Education Statistics
* Seton Hall president stepping down after troubled year at university, 7/24/2023, NJ.com
* Seton Hall president urged to resign after report he knew of sex abuse claims that he did not report