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Rockhurst College

Rockhurst University
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Latin: Universitas Rockhurstensis
Former names
Rockhurst College (1910–1998)
Motto Sapientia Aedificavit Sibi Domum (Latin)
Motto in English
Wisdom has built herself a home
Type Private nonprofit
research coeducational
Established 1910; 107 years ago (1910)
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment US $34.7 million
President Rev. Thomas Curran, SJ
Students 2,801
Undergraduates 2,130
Postgraduates 671
Location Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Campus Urban 55 acres (22.3 ha)
Colors Blue and white
         
Athletics NCAA Division IIGLVC
Sports 14 varsity sports teams
(6 men's and 8 women's)
Nickname Hawks
Mascot Hawk
Affiliations Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Website www.rockhurst.edu
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University rankings
Regional
U.S. News & World Report 15

Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, the school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Rockhurst University is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Helzberg School of Management recently gained accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Rockhurst was ranked as number 19 in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best Universities – Masters Midwest category, and Rockhurst has consistently appeared in the top fifteen universities in this category. In August 2009, Forbes magazine and the Center for College Affordability & Productivity (CCAP) published its annual college rankings list of America's Best Colleges. Of the more than 4,000 collegiate institutions in the United States, Forbes and the CCAP ranked Rockhurst University No. 250 in the nation and No. 3 in Missouri.

In 1909, Fr. Michael Dowling, S.J., the founder of Rockhurst, purchased 25 acres (10.1 ha) of land at 53rd Street and Troost Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri for $50,000. Rockhurst was chartered by the state as Rockhurst College in August 1910. It included the Academy of Rockhurst College, an institution of secondary education which became Rockhurst High School in 1923, though the two remained under a single corporate umbrella until the high school moved onto its own campus in 1962.


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