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Academic Excellence

Fulbright Awards

Our faculty and students have secured 86 verified Fulbright awards to date. We are proud of our 31 students who have accepted Fulbright awards over the past decade, and the 25 Fulbright award winners on our faculty who currently teach at St. John’s.

Center of Actuarial Excellence

The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science is one of only 17 programs in the United States to be named a Center of Actuarial Excellence (CAE) by the Society of Actuaries (SOA).

Campus and Community

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Building for the Future of Health Sciences Education at St. John’s

A striking new 70,000-square-foot St. Vincent Health Sciences Center will soon become the permanent home of St. John’s University’s Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing program. The nursing program at St. John’s is housed in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences—the largest provider of health-care personnel in Queens County and one of the major health-care educators in the New York City region.

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Veterans Success Center

Military Friendly® School

St. John’s was recently awarded a Silver-level 2022–23 Military Friendly®School designation by VIQTORY®.

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A Leader in Undergraduate Study Abroad Participation

With more than 40 percent of St. John’s undergraduates participating in at least one study abroad opportunity, the University far outpaces the national average of 10%.

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Veterans Success Center
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We Are New York's Team

St. John's Red Storm

With grit and determination, out student-athletes succeed on the field of play and in the classroom

3.57
Cumulative grade point average (GPA)

earned by St. John’s University student-athletes during the 2020–21 academic year.

59 Johnnies
were inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma,

the national college athlete honor society that requires student-athletes to possess a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher and achieve at least junior academic standing.

13
of St. John's 17 Division I teams

earned a 3.5 GPA for the year, with women’s golf and men’s tennis posting the two highest team GPAs—3.84 and 3.78, respectively.

Alumni Accomplishments

Michelle Chin '22PharmD

Michelle Chin '22Pharm.D.

Pharmacies are often critical touch points for health care in the community, and pharmacists are among the most visible members of the health-care system. With this in mind, Michelle Chin made it her mission to get involved in service throughout her six years as a Pharm.D. student in St. John’s University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

After Six Years in Pharm.D. Program, Michelle Chin is Ready to Serve the Community College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Deven Rodriguez

Deven Rodriguez

Deven Rodriguez had an upbringing he describes as “tumultuous.” Now a cadet in St. John’s University Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Red Storm Battalion, Deven was relentlessly bullied as a child. For years, he felt depressed and rudderless—until finding a sense of purpose in service to others.

Deven Rodriguez The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

Schools and Colleges

The Peter J. Tobin College of Business

The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science

The School of Education

School of Law

  • St. John’s University School of Law continues to rank in the top tier of New York law schools for the outcomes that matter most to law students: passing the bar and securing employment in the legal field.
  • John’s Law once again exceeded the statewide bar passage rate in 2020, with a pass rate of 91 percent (Law.com), and ranks #30 nationwide for American Bar Association (ABA) “ultimate” bar passage, with a pass rate of 97 percent.
  • The School of Law has exceptional placement outcomes, as reported in the ABA Employment Data for “gold-standard” employment (i.e., full-time, long-term, bar-required jobs) and overall employment. In fact, the law school ranks fourth in both categories, behind only Columbia University, New York University, and Fordham University.