Character
Coeducational Catholic college combining quality academic study with an array of opportunities for hands-on learning in real-world environments. Founded in 1957 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (MSC), Cabrini is a pioneer in integrating work for social justice into a college education. Cabrini prepares students to become ethical leaders empowered to make a difference in whatever walk of life they choose.
Academics
More than 30 undergraduate majors and programs of study in the liberal arts and sciences and in professional studies, including business and finance, education, communication, graphic design, and information science, among others. The College offers Master of Education and teacher certifications, and an innovative Master of Science in Organization Leadership.
Students
About 1,300 full-time undergraduates from 20 states and 15 countries and from a variety of racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. Roughly two-thirds of students live on campus. Cabrini also serves 1,925 graduate students at the Radnor campus and at 15 off-site locations.
Faculty
Cabrini’s faculty members are known for scholarly excellence in their fields.
Student-Faculty Ratio
14 to 1
Average Class Size (undergraduate)
16
Campus
112-acre resource-filled campus in a cathedral of trees in Radnor, Pennsylvania, 30 minutes from Center City Philadelphia. A rich, diverse urban-forest habitat envelops the campus.
Student Life
Nearly 50 student clubs and organizations in academic fields, sports, the arts, international and multicultural activities, community service, student government, publications and media, and other areas. Student life is lively off campus as well, as students take advantage of sports, cultural, and recreational opportunities on the suburban “Main Line” and in nearby Philadelphia.
Campus Ministry
Cabrini’s liturgical celebrations offer students opportunities to serve as Eucharistic Ministers, lectors, and choir members. Mass is celebrated regularly in the Bruckmann Memorial Chapel of St. Joseph during the academic year.
Study Abroad
Opportunities include short-term and semester abroad programs in Italy, England, Australia, Honduras, Ireland, Greece, and Spain.
Residence Halls
About 60 percent of Cabrini students live in one of 12 residence halls, which include traditional-style housing, apartments, and suites.
Living and Learning Communities
Living and Learning Communities (LLCs) are theme-based, mostly residential learning groups of about 20 students with common interests who live on the same residence-hall floor and take classes and engage in activities that focus on an LLC theme. LLCs include Academic and Career Exploration; Cabrini Cruisers LLC for commuters; Honors LLC; Environmental Awareness and Responsibility Themed Hall; Realizing Dreams; Voices of Justice; Honors; and Film and Media Studies: Culture Through the Lens of Art.
Athletics
Strong reputation in Division III athletics, with 16 sports for men and women. Cabrini’s Cavaliers compete in the Colonial States Athletic Conference, and have won the overall President’s Cup, awarded to the program with the best overall performance of the year, in six of the ten years it has been awarded.
Tuition and Fees
Tuition for the 2012-13 academic year is $28,090.
Room and board fees average $11,859.
Cabrini College has reduced undergraduate tuition and fees for Fall 2012.
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Financial Aid
More than 98 percent of Cabrini undergraduates receive financial aid in the form of both need-based aid and merit scholarships. Five full-time presidential scholarships are awarded annually.
Internships and Co-ops
Cabrini students explore internship and cooperative learning experiences—many of them paid—at leading area organizations, including Albert Einstein Medical Center, Comcast, NBC10, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia professional sports teams, and the U.S. Secret Service.
After Cabrini
Cabrini graduates have an outstanding record of success in careers and in graduate and professional school. Ninety-five percent of graduates are employed or are pursuing further study within 10 months of graduating.