Rosemont College is a private, coeducational Catholic learning institution located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1921 by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus originally as a Catholic women’s college. It was only in the Fall of 2009 that the college began accepting male students.
True to its Catholic tradition, the college’s main mission is “to develop in all members of the community open and critical minds, as well as the ability to make reasoned moral decisions.”
Rosemont College is made up of three schools: the Undergraduate College; the School of Graduate Studies; and the School of Professional Studies. The aim of the undergraduate college is to provide undergraduate degrees to men and women. It offers a number of majors and academic programs and awards Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees. Some of the majors available include Accounting, Biology, Pre-Med track, Pre-Nursing track, Pre-dental track, Business, Chemistry, Biochemistry track; Communication, Economics, Education, and many more.
For its School of Graduate Studies, it offers co-educational graduate programs that grant the Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts and Master of Education degrees. The college’s School of Professional Studies offers accelerated degree programs, certificates, and corporate training. Accelerated classes are held in the college’s main campus, the Philadelphia campus or online.
For academic year 2009-2010, cost of attendance for fulltime students living on campus is US$36,810 broken down into tuition and fees of US$26,230 plus housing fee of US$10,580. Financial aid in the form of loans, grants, scholarships and work-study arrangements is extended by the college to help its students pay for their cost of attendance.
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