SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY IS PROUD OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS – AND WE HOPE YOU ARE TOO! EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS TOP-RANKED INSTITUTION WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S SOFTBALL With a 9-1 winning season, football finished No. 1 in their conference for the Mid-States Football Midwest Division in 2017. MEN’S BASEBALL FOOTBALL Men’s baseball was the 2016 CCAC Tournament Champions — a first in the baseball program’s history! More than one-third of all SXU student athletes had a 3.25 cumulative GPA for the 2016-2017 academic year. Women’s softball finished second at the 2016 NAIA Softball World Series. Women’s basketball was runner-up in the 2016-2017 NAIA Division II Championship. In 2016 and 2017, SXU was ranked in the top 10 for “Best Value Regional Universities in the Midwest” by U.S. News & World Report. BEST VALUE In 2016 and 2017, SXU was ranked in the top third among all regional universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. TOP THIRD RANKED NO. 4 SXU was ranked No. 4 in Illinois for helping underserved students overcome barriers to complete their bachelor’s degree. (Illinois Education Research Council, 2017) SXU was ranked the second safest private or non-profit college in the State of Illinois by ADT. (May 2017) SECOND SAFEST 3.25 GPA
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SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY IS PROUD OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS – AND WE HOPE YOU ARE TOO!
EXCELLENCE IN ATHLETICS
TOP-RANKED INSTITUTION
WOMEN’SBASKETBALL
WOMEN’SSOFTBALL
With a 9-1 winning season, football finished No. 1 in their conference for the Mid-States Football Midwest Division in 2017.
MEN’SBASEBALL
FOOTBALL
Men’s baseball was the 2016 CCAC Tournament Champions — a first in the baseball program’s history!
More than one-third of all SXU student athletes had a 3.25 cumulative GPA for the 2016-2017 academic year.
Women’s softball finished second at the 2016 NAIA Softball World Series.
Women’s basketball was runner-up in the 2016-2017 NAIA Division II Championship.
In 2016 and 2017, SXU was ranked in the top 10 for “Best Value Regional Universities in the Midwest” by U.S. News & World Report.
BESTVALUE
In 2016 and 2017, SXU was ranked in the top third among all regional universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report.
TOPTHIRD
RANKEDNO. 4
SXU was ranked No. 4 in Illinois for helping underserved students overcome barriers to complete their bachelor’s degree. (Illinois Education Research Council, 2017)
SXU was ranked the second safest private or non-profit college in the State of Illinois by ADT. (May 2017)
SECONDSAFEST
3.25GPA
SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY IS PROUD OF ITS ACCOMPLISHMENTS – AND WE HOPE YOU ARE TOO!
HIGH-QUALITY ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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The Graham School of Management is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), one of the highest standards for business schools worldwide.
The Graham School of Management ranked in the top 10 for “The Best for Diversity” by Crain’s Chicago Business in May 2016.
GRAHAM SCHOOLOF MANAGEMENT
In July 2017, three SXU alumni were named Fulbright Scholars.
SXU’s Communication Sciences and Disorders students won the 2016 annual Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ISHA) College Bowl — defeating three-time winner, Northwestern University!
In July 2017, for the sixth time since 1986, an SXU alum, Thomas Freesmeier ‘08, won the prestigious Golden Apple Award for teaching.
COLLEGE OF ARTSAND SCIENCES
SXU ranks No. 1 for “Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs” for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; and for the past five years, SXU has ranked in the top 3, surpassing the likes of Johns Hopkins University, Duke University and Rush University.
SXU’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences has received the Center for Excellence in Nursing Education three consecutive years running. SXU is one of only nine schools in the country to achieve this prestigious designation in consecutive years from the National League for Nursing.
