Saint Joseph College Fast Facts
Bachelor’s and master’s degrees available from our:
- Undergraduate Women’s College (B.A.; B.S.)
- Co-educational Weekend Program for Adult Learners (B.A.; B.S.)
- Co-educational Graduate and Professional Studies Program (M.A.; M.S.)
- And planned for 2011, the Saint Joseph College School of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.)
More than 30 majors and pre-professional programs, plus accelerated bachelor’s-to-master’s degree options and online degree programs.
Faculty expertise:
- More than 80% of the College’s full-time faculty hold terminal degrees
- Faculty includes four Fulbright Scholars
- All classes taught by faculty (never teaching assistants)
Average class size is 15; student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1, allowing for mentorship and personal attention.
Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1932 in the Catholic intellectual tradition.
Location: beautiful 84-acre campus only one mile from West Hartford’s thriving downtown; three miles from Hartford and mid-way between Boston and New York City.
SJC is opening a new School of Pharmacy (2011); employment of pharmacists is expected to grow 22% between now and 2016.
SJC was ranked by The U.S. News & World Report in the Top Tier of Regional Colleges in the north in 2011.
Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) named Saint Joseph College as 2009 - 2010 Sportsmanship Award Winner.
Four of the last six students to win the prestigious Connecticut Chapter National Association of Social Workers Student of the Year award were SJC Social Work students
SJC participates in Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program - offered in Collaboration with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Our Accounting program is designed so you can complete all Accounting course requirements needed to sit for the State CPA exam as an undergraduate!
Recent pass rates on external exams for
- Education students: 100%
- Special Education: 100%
SJC is one of only 14 women’s colleges in the U.S. accredited by the American Chemical Society
In 2009, SJC was named to the Presidential Honor Roll for Community Service for exemplary service efforts and service to American communities
Campus Highlights
- Six Residence Halls — including suite-style housing for juniors and seniors
- NCAA Division III Athletics — eight teams
- The O’Connell Athletic Center — includes a six-lane pool, fitness center, indoor track, dance studio and more
- The Carol Autorino Center for the Art and Humanities — a thriving arts center
- The Saint Joseph College Art Gallery — houses a distinguished art collection featuring 2,000 works of art
- McGovern Student Center
- The Connor Chapel of Our Lady
- The Pope Pius XII Library — with 133,700 volumes and online resources
- Eight state-of-the-art science laboratories
- On-campus Nursing Lab
- Two laboratory schools
- The Gengras Center — private, special education school, located on campus
- The School for Young Children — model lab pre-school, one block from campus and in Hartford
