Saint Xavier University Media Kit

• College of Liberal Arts and Education
• College of Nursing, Health Sciences and Business

• 100% of full-time graduates in 2023-2024 earned an academic scholarship.
• 54.1% of students received Pell Grants in 2024.
• The University awarded more than $50 million in scholarships in 2021-2022.

• Latinx: 51.7% 
• White: 29.5% 
• Black or African American: 11.8% 
• Multiracial: 2.4% 
• Asian: 2.1% 
• Unknown: 2.2% 
• First Generation: 68.9% (Undergraduate), 76.8% (New First Time Freshman)

As of fall 2023.

• Saint Xavier has established numerous giving opportunities to advance the University and benefit our students. You can make an immediate impact on our students and mark your legacy at SXU by giving to the Saint Xavier Fund, Champ's Kitchen (on-campus food pantry), scholarships, and more.
• More than $15 million in federal grants since 2017 to support student success
• 3 major grants from the U.S. Department of Education’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions program
  • SXU's Comprehensive, Aligned Supports for Attainment (CASA) initiative strengthens the University's capacity to enhance educational outcomes by eliminating equity gaps and increasing retention and graduation rates for Latinx, low-income and other historically underserved student groups and supporting a University-wide framework to enhance curricular and co-curricular programs through high-impact educational experiences.
  • The Enlace grant, SXU's second Title V grant, builds on CASA by integrating multicultural competency, equity awareness and learning-centered strategies in and outside of the classroom.
  • Conexiones enables SXU to implement streamlined developmental math offerings; professional mentoring for computer science students; computer science internship/externship funds to support students in unpaid internships; supplemental instruction videos and a STEM academic success coach to provide additional support; and professional development for faculty and staff on inclusive pedagogy.

• SXU's nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
• SXU's MSN program has been ranked a "Best Online Graduate Nursing Program" by U.S. News & World Report for 10 consecutive years.
• SXU's undergraduate nursing program has been ranked a "Best Undergraduate Nursing Program" by U.S. News & World Report (2024).

• SXU's Master of Science in Exercise Science program is recognized by the National Strength and Conditioning Association's (NSCA) Education Recognition Program.
• SXU's Human Performance Lab is one of the most technologically advanced in the Midwest. 

• SXU's Graham School of Management is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Only 6% of the world's leading business schools achieve AACSB accreditation.
• SXU's undergraduate business program is ranked among the top business programs in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report.

• SXU was the first in Illinois to offer a fully online elementary education master's program that leads to a professional educator's license.
• SXU education graduates are sought out by a variety of school districts for teaching and leadership positions, with a large number of alumni responding to the teaching shortage in Illinois schools. 

• SXU boasts a 100% pass rate among graduate speech-language pathology students who took the Praxis national exam.
• For over 60 years, SXU's on-campus Ludden Speech and Language Clinic has served thousands of children and adults with communication disorders and offers hands-on, high-impact observation and learning opportunities for communication sciences and disorders students.