美国天主教大学 简介
美国天主教大学The Catholic University of America(简称CUA)成立于1887年，是美国罗马天主教会官方大学，也是美国天主教高等教育中心所在，全校有九成学生都笃信罗马天主教。 USNEWS全美大学排名120，《美国新闻与世界报道》选为二级国家级大学，《纽约时报大学指南》给予三颗星的学术评分。
《纽约时报大学指南》指出，大学最好的学科是历史、英文、心理学和宗教，最热门的学科则是政治和经济。学生选修最多的学科，分别是社会科学(4%)、工科(2%)、健康职业 (10%)、商科(7%)、教育(5%)、计算机及自然科学(5%)、生物科学(5%)。
The Catholic University of America (CUA), located in Northeast Washington, D.C., is the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops. Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday, the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904.
CUA's programs emphasize the liberal arts, professional education, and personal development. In areas besides academics, the school stays closely connected with the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations. The American Cardinals Dinner is put on by the residential U.S. Cardinals each year to raise scholarship funds for CUA. The university also has a long history of working with the Knights of Columbus, and the university's law school and the university's basilica have dedications to the involvement and support of the Knights of Columbus.
The university's campus lies within the Brookland neighborhood, known as “Little Rome”, that contains 60 Catholic institutions, such as the academic institutions of Dominican House of Studies and Trinity Washington University.
The university has been visited twice by reigning Popes. Pope John Paul II visited on October 7, 1979. On April 16, 2008, the Pope Benedict XVI came to campus and addressed representatives of Catholic education gathered in the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center. The Pope used the opportunity to revisit the topic of Catholic education and academic freedom, with which he had been involved before becoming pope and which had precipitated the firing of a tenured CUA professor.
School Type
Independent, Coed
Setting
Urban 193-acre campus
Degrees Offered
Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral, and First Professional
Comprehensive Costs
$42,970 includes full-time tuition ($30,520), mandatory fees ($1000), and room and board ($11,450). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition: $1125 per credit hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load
(Cost includes full-time tuition plus additional fees such as room and board and mandatory fees)
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult , 81% of applicants were admitted
Application Deadlines
7/15 (transfers)
Admissions
Freshman
Admission: 5,180 applied; 4,199 admitted; 908 enrolled Average high school GPA: 3.24