Motto | "Teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge" |
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Type | Private |
Established | 1948 |
President | Gerard J. Rooney, Ed.D. |
Undergraduates | 2,700 |
Postgraduates | 1,000 |
Location | Rochester, New York, United States |
Campus | Suburban, 154 acres (0.62 km2) |
Athletics | 23 varsity teams |
Colors | Gold and cardinal red |
Nickname | Cardinals |
Website | www.sjfc.edu |
University rankings | |
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National | |
U.S. News & World Report | 142 |
Washington Monthly | 147 |
St. John Fisher College Cardinals | |
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University | St. John Fisher College |
Conference | Empire 8, Eastern College Athletic Conference, Liberty League |
NCAA | Division III |
Athletic director | Bob Ward |
Location | Rochester, NY |
Varsity teams | 23 |
Football stadium | Growney Stadium |
Basketball arena | Manning & Napier Varsity Gymnasium |
Baseball stadium | Dugan Yard |
Nickname | Cardinals |
Colors | Gold and cardinal red |
Website | athletics |
St. John Fisher College is a private liberal arts college located in Pittsford, New York, United States, an eastern suburb of Rochester. Fisher is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the Doctoral Research Universities (DRU), which reflects the college's growth in the area of doctoral program offerings. It is named after John Fisher (1469–1535), an English Catholic bishop and theologian, who presided over the Diocese of Rochester, Kent, England, and is venerated by Roman Catholics as a saint.
St. John Fisher College was founded as a men's college in 1948 by the Basilian Fathers and with the aid of James E. Kearney, then the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. The College became independent in 1968 and coeducational in 1971. Today, Fisher is an independent, liberal arts institution in the Catholic tradition of American higher education.
Fisher is made up of five schools. It offers 35 undergraduate majors, as well as a variety of master's and doctoral programs.
The School of Arts and Sciences is the largest school within St. John Fisher College. It offers degrees and minors in over 20 undergraduate academic disciplines.
The School is named after Ralph C. Wilson, Jr., the founding owner of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. It is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and offers undergraduate degrees in Inclusive Adolescence Education and Inclusive Childhood Education. It also offers a master's degree and initial certification program for those areas. Teachers already holding initial certification can earn graduate degrees and professional certification in Literacy Education (B-6 and 5–12), Special Education, and Educational Leadership, as well as an accelerated Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership.