Founded in 1906, Pace University educates achievers who are engaged with critical issues locally and globally. Known for its outcome-oriented environment that prepares students to succeed in a wide range of professions, Pace is a private metropolitan university which enrolls nearly 13,500 students in bachelors, masters, and doctoral programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, Law School, Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, and School of Education.

Majors and Degrees:

100 undergraduate majors offering 27 undergraduate and graduate degrees, 47 master’s programs, and four doctoral programs

Enrollment:

• Undergraduates 8,030
• Graduate Students 4,640
• Law Students 793
• Total 13,463
• International students (self-reported) 5%

Male/Female %:

• Male 39%
• Female 61%

Geography:

129 countries are represented by both immigrant and nonimmigrant students at Pace, including India, Taiwan, China, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Jamaica, France, Thailand, Russia, and many others.

New Recruits:

• Percentage First-year students who applied and received financial aid 74% (2005-2006
• Freshmen receiving scholarships 88% (2005-2006)
• Mean SAT 1 score 1074
• Mean High School Average 87
• Pace students received more than $200 million in financial assistance toward Pace degrees during the 2005-2006 academic year.

Resident vs. Commuter:

• Undergraduate Residents 36%
• Undergraduate Commuters 64%
• Graduate Residents 19%
• Graduate Commuters 81%

Working and Careers:

• Undergraduate average starting salary $47,439
• Graduate student average starting salary $59,962
• Number of co-op positions held by students More than 900
• Undergraduate co-op average hourly salary $13.89
• Graduate co-op average hourly salary $17.18

Pace co-op students work in over 900 co-op and internship placements each year with over 450 particpating employers. Of the students who responded to our co-op survey, 50 percent of those who held a position in their final year of study received a full-time job offer from their internship employer. More than 450 employers visit Pace campuses annually to interview students and participate in career fairs.

Faculty:

• Full time 460
• Part time 730
• Full-time faculty with PhD or terminal degree 404
• Part-time faculty with PhD or terminal degree 227

Undergraduate Student Diversity:

• Caucasian (Non-Hispanic) 53%
• Asian 11%
• African American 12%
• Hispanic 13%
• Other 11%
• Total number of undergraduate students who reported ethnicity 6,839
• Unreported 1,191
• Total number of undergraduate students 8,030

Undergraduate Enrollment by School-Matriculated:

• Dyson College of Arts and Sciences 2,808
• Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems 777
• Lienhard School of Nursing 512
• Lubin School of Business 3,043
• School of Education 267

Graduate Enrollment by School:

• Dyson College of Arts and Sciences 562
• Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems 563
• Lienhard School of Nursing 191
• Lubin School of Business 1,103
• School of Education 2,281
• School of Law 793

Athletics and Facilities:

Nineteen intercollegiate varsity sports are avaialble. Pace’s affiliations include:

• NCAA-Division I (baseball)
• NCAA-Division II
• Northeast-10 Conference
• Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

Goldstein Fitness Center

• 2,400-seat arena
• walking/jogging track
• eight-lane swimming pool
• weight/fitness room
• aerobics/dance studio
• training room
• locker rooms
• equipment room
• meeting rooms
• Athletics department
• University Health Care offices

Alumni:

• Worldwide (excluding deceased) 118,367
• New York State 63,908
• Living and Working in New York State 78,180
• New York City (five boroughs 33,855

Cornerstones:

• Chairman of the Board of Trustees Aniello A. Bianco '61
• President Stephen J. Friedman
• Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Geoffrey L. Brackett , PhD
• Executive Vice President Finance and Administration and Treasurer Rick N. Whitfield, EdD
• Operating Budget $270 million
• Government Grants and Contracts $8 million
• Institutional Support from New York State $1.2 million (2005-2006)
• Endowment $102.6 million (as of June 30, 2006)

Number of Employees (not including faculty):

• Full time 963
• Part time 485
• Total 1,448

Libraries:

• 792,436 bound volumes – of which 775,177 circulate
• videos
• specialized reference works
• subscriptions to thousands of serial publications
• online catalogs
• full text databases
• electronic reserves
• Internet resources
• online tutorials
• reference guides accessible remotely.