Today's college spotlight takes us to Western New York where we find St. John Fisher College. The attractive 154-acre campus sits in a residential neighborhood on the eastern edge of Rochester. Nazareth College is just a mile away to the south. Fisher's location gives students easy access to the museums, performances and restaurants in Rochester, and the wineries and other attractions of New York's Finger Lakes Region.
St. John Fisher Lacrosse
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Despite its name, this Catholic institution is really more of a small comprehensive university than a liberal arts college. St. John Fisher offers 32 majors, 9 pre-professional programs, 12 master's programs, and 3 doctoral programs. Among undergraduates, business, education, and health fields are the most popular. Academics are supported by a healthy 13 to 1 student / faculty ratio and small classes. This fact, combined with generous financial aid, has resulted in Fisher having higher retention and graduation rates than most schools with similar student profiles.
Sports are popular at St. John Fisher College, and the Cardinals compete in the NCAA Division III Empire 8 Athletic Conference. The college fields 10 men's and 11 women's intercollegiate sports.
To learn more about the school and what it takes to get in, check out the St. John Fisher College admissions profile as well as the school's official website. If you have visited or attended Fisher, please share your impressions with prospective students below.
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