6800 Wydown Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63105

Situated in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, Fontbonne University is a four-year institution of higher learning that is dedicated to the liberal arts and sciences and a Catholic academic tradition. Here both diversity and inclusion are encouraged with about 38 percent of the student body identifying as minority and/or international students.

Students of Fontbonne University will find over 30 majors, and more than 25 minors, to choose from. Courses cover everything from advertising, deaf education, computer information science, and religious studies, to pre-law/social science, the fine arts, fashion merchandising, and journalism. Fontbonne University also offers 15 graduate programs in subjects like accounting, computer education, art, taxation, theatre education, family and consumer sciences, and early intervention in deaf education.

Founded in 1923 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the Missouri university currently boasts nearly 3,000 students yet maintains a student-faculty ratio of 14 to one. In addition, over two-thirds of the faculty holds a Ph.D. or the highest degree in the field in which they teach.

Quick Facts:

Fontbonne University has been accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

Students of Fontbonne University participate in such extracurricular groups and organizations as: History Club, Math and Computer Science Club, National Student Speech Language Hearing Association, Psychology Club, Student Human Environmental Sciences Association, Dance Marathon, and the Association of Communication English Students.

This Missouri university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC).

Fontbonne University students participate on athletic teams like: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's baseball, and women's bowling.

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