Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania located on 48 secluded acres, on a bluff above downtown.
- Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world.
- 10,368 students (Fall 2007)
- 5,907 undergraduate
- 3,780 graduate
- 681 law
- 15:1 Student-to-Faculty Ratio
- 447 full-time faculty
- 465 part-time faculty
- 10 schools of study
- 100 undergraduate degree programs
- 66 graduate degree programs
- 22 doctorate degree programs
- 10 men’s and 10 women’s varsity sports
- NCAA Division I basketball, Atlantic 10 Conference, and Division I-AA football, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
- About 3,500 students live on campus in six modern living-learning centers. (including 85 percent of freshmen and sophomores)
- Charles J. Dougherty, Ph.D. has been president of the University since 2001.
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