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Fast Facts About SLU

Saint Louis University is one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious Catholic universities. For more than 200 years, it has been providing students with a rigorous, transformative education of the whole person.

 

President

Fred P. Pestello, Ph.D. 

Locations

St. Louis, Missouri, and Madrid, Spain 

Tuition

$52,260 (FY23-24 undergraduate tuition); 90% of all SLU students received aid in 2022.

Religious Affiliation

Roman Catholic

Religious Heritage

Jesuit (Society of Jesus)

Student­-Faculty Ratio

9­-1

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SLU by the Numbers

97

bachelor's degree programs

126

master's and doctoral degree programs

$445M

in total aid awarded to students in 2022

99%

of SLU's first-time freshmen received financial aid in 2022

13546

students from all 50 U.S. states and 87 countries

18%

of SLU's 2022 freshmen will be the first in their families to complete a college degree.

2022

faculty members, with a 9 to 1 student-to-faculty ratio

$58M

in external research support in 2022

Academics

Program Rankings

U.S. News & World Report currently ranks 12 of SLU's graduate and undergraduate programs among the top 50 in the country

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Service and Student Life

Diversity

SLU was the first Jesuit university to receive the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.

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Athletics

NCAA Division I in 18 sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball; member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. 

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Study Abroad

More than 600 SLU students participate in international experiences each year. SLU's international campus in Madrid, Spain, is home to nearly 1,000 students from 68 countries and can accommodate some type of study abroad experience for all of SLU's undergraduate majors. 

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Service Learning

500+ partner organizations serve as sites for volunteer and service learning opportunities for SLU students. SLU offers 180+ community engagement courses.

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Faith

An average of 420 students of all faith backgrounds attend the 4:30 and 8 p.m. student Masses at Francis Xavier College Church each Sunday. 

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Outcomes

SLU granted 3,472 degrees during the previous academic year. More than 137,000 Billiken alumni live in all 50 states and 154 countries.

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