Recruit Bradley 2012

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Bradley University Fact Sheet
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Campus

  • 77 buildings on an 85-acre campus
  • Located in the historic West Bluff residential neighborhood
  • One mile from downtown Peoria
  • Eight miles from the airport

Accreditation

  • Accredited by 22 national accrediting agencies, including the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association

Academic programs

  • More than 100 undergraduate programs in five colleges:
    • Foster College of Business Administration (majors: 777)
    • Slane College of Communications & Fine Arts (majors: 829)
    • College of Education & Health Sciences (majors: 1080)
    • College of Engineering & Technology (majors: 844)
    • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (majors: 1165)
  • More than 30 graduate programs, including:
    • AACSB-accredited MBA
    • Theresa S. Falcon Executive MBA
    • Doctorate of Physical Therapy

Bradley students

  • 5,067 undergraduate and 746 graduate students
  • Students from 43 states and 33 countries
  • Students of color: 20% of the freshman class
  • Men: 46% of undergraduates; women: 54%
  • Freshman enrollment: 1,136
  • Transfer enrollment: 299
  • ACT scores:
    • Average: 25.3
    • Middle 50%: 22-28
  • Middle 50% SAT score: 970-1290
  • High school class ranking:
    • Top 10%: 25% of incoming freshmen
    • Top 25%: 62% of incoming freshmen
    • Top 50%: 92% of incoming freshmen
  • Five year average for graduates who started a career, graduate school, or other postgraduate experience within six months of graduation: 93%

Financial strengths

  • Endowment as of June 1, 2010: $211.8 million
  • 2010-11 budget: $154 million
  • Annual gifts from private sources: more than $10 million
  • Outside funding awarded to faculty through research grants and externally sponsored programs during 2009-10: $8.4 million

Tuition and expenses

  • 2011-12 tuition: $26,400
  • 2011-12 total (tuition + $8,200 room & board + $304 fees): $34,904

Financial assistance awards

  • Received by more than 85% of Bradley students

Faculty

  • More than 350 full-time faculty members
  • Full-time faculty with doctorate or terminal degrees: 84%
  • Student/faculty ratio: 14:1

Average class size

  • 23 students

Student organizations

  • More than 250, including the Lewis J. Burger Center for Student Leadership and Public Service

Technology

  • One of only a small percentage of institutions offering Internet2 access, which provides learning opportunities in collaboration with students and faculty at other institutions

Study abroad

  • Short-term academic programs with Bradley faculty and students
  • Extended study abroad opportunities at a number of distinguished universities and programs

Sports

  • A rich Division 1 athletic tradition within the Missouri Valley Conference, with numerous championships
  • Home to 14 varsity sports and an active intramural and recreational sports program
  • New 130,000-square-foot Markin Family Student Recreation Center
  • New 4,200-seat Renaissance Coliseum

Alumni

  • More than 60,000 worldwide
  • Famous Alumni:
    • Ray LaHood '71, U.S. Secretary of Transportation
    • General John Shalikashvili '58*, retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
    • Congressman Robert H. Michel '48, retired Congressman and longest serving Republican Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
    • Lillian Glass '74, noted speech pathologist and speech communication author and speaker
    • Rene C. Byer '80, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, senior photographer, Sacramento Bee
    • David Horowitz '59, consumer advocate
    • Tom Wagner '60, retired vice president for customer communication and satisfaction at Ford Motor Co.
    • Kary Mcllwain '81, President and CEO Young & Rubicam Chicago
    • Aaron Schock '02, youngest congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois, 18th District
    • Tami Lane '96, winner of an Academy Award, prosthetic make-up artist
    • The Honorable Joe Billy McDade, '59, '60, United States District Court Federal Judge
    • Richard Teerlink '61, retired chairman of Harley-Davidson, Inc.
       
      * deceased