Seton Hall University
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| Motto | Hazard Zet Forward (Norman French/English) |
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Motto in English
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Despite hazards, move forward |
| Type |
Private Sea-grant |
| Established | 1856 |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Endowment | $242.7 million (2016) |
| President | Amado Gabriel Esteban |
| Provost | Larry A. Robinson |
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Administrative staff
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860 |
| Undergraduates | 5,800 |
| Postgraduates | 4,500 |
| Location | South Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban, 58 acres (0.2 km2) |
| Colors | Blue, gray, and white |
| Athletics | NCAA Division I – Big East |
| Sports | 14 varsity teams |
| Nickname | Pirates |
| Mascot | Pirate |
| Affiliations |
ACCU NAICU |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 299 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 118 |
Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1856 by then-Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named after his aunt, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Seton Hall is the oldest diocesan university in the United States.
Seton Hall consists of 11 schools and colleges with an undergraduate enrollment of about 5,800 students and a graduate enrollment of about 4,400. It was ranked tied for 118th in Best National Universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2017, with the School of Law ranked tied for 63rd. The Stillman School of Business was ranked 78th of 132 undergraduate business schools in the nation by Bloomberg Businessweek in 2014.
Seton Hall University was also ranked one of the top five universities for undergraduate internships by the International Business Times in 2011.
Like many Catholic universities in the United States, Seton Hall arose out of the Plenary Council of American Bishops, held in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1844, with the goal of bringing Catholicism to higher education in order to help propagate the faith. The Diocese of Newark had been established by Pope Pius IX in 1853, just three years before the founding of the college, and it necessitated an institution for higher learning. Seton Hall College was formally founded on September 1, 1856, by Newark Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley, a cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt. Bishop Bayley named the institution after his aunt, Mother Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was later named the first American-born Catholic saint.
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