Xavier University

Xavier University

Latin: Universitas Xaveriana
Former names	Athenaeum (1831) St. Xavier College (1840–1930)
Motto	Vidit Mirabilia Magna (Latin)
Motto in English	He has seen great wonders
Type	Private Nonprofit Research Coeducational
Established	1831
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Endowment	US $156 million (June 2015)
President	Michael J. Graham SJ
Academic staff	Total: 667
Students	6,650
Undergraduates	4,485
Postgraduates	2,165
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Campus	190 acres (76.9 ha)
Colors	Xavier blue, silver, white
Athletics	NCAA Division I – Big East
Nickname	Musketeers
Mascot	D'Artagnan the Musketeer The Blue Blob
Affiliations	AJCUACCU GCCCU CIC
Website	www.xavier.edu

Xavier University (/ˈzeɪviər/ ZAY-vee-ər) is a co-educational Jesuit, Catholic university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The school is the sixth-oldest Catholic and fourth-oldest Jesuit university in the United States. Xavier has an undergraduate enrollment of 4,485 students and graduate enrollment of 2,165. Xavier is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts institution.

Xavier University was the first Catholic institution of higher learning in the Northwest Territory and is the fourth oldest Jesuit University and the sixth oldest Catholic university in the United States. The school was founded in 1831 as a men's college in downtown Cincinnati, adjacent to St. Francis Xavier Church on Sycamore Street. The Athenaeum, as it was then called, was dedicated to the patronage of Saint Francis Xavier by Bishop Edward Fenwick on October 17, 1831. Upon Bishop John Baptist Purcell's request, the Society of Jesus took control of The Athenaeum in 1840, and the name was changed to St. Xavier College in honor of the 16th century Jesuit missionary, St. Francis Xavier who, like the founder of the Jesuits, Ignatius Loyola, was a Spanish Basque.