Move-In Weekend Celebrates 25 Years of Residence Life at St. John’s University

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(QUEENS, NY – September 3, 2024) – First-year and returning students and their families gathered at St. John’s University over Labor Day weekend for the University’s annual Move-In Weekend. The Fall 2024 entering class features resident students who come from 44 US states and 43 international countries. New and returning students joined others from around the world in moving into the Residence Village on the Queens, NY, campus throughout the weekend.

This year marks 25 years since St. John’s first opened residence halls in Queens, transforming the historically local, commuter campus to a 24/7 operation with national and global reach.

“We’re excited to welcome the next generation of Johnnies to the Queens campus,” said Jason T. Bartlett, Ph.D., Director, Office of Residence Life. “Move-In Weekend at St. John’s is always a busy and exciting time when the entire University community comes out in force to welcome new and returning students to campus and start this chapter of their St. John’s story.”

The fall semester of the University’s 155th academic year begins on Wednesday, September 4.

Included in the Fall 2024 incoming class is the third class of St. John’s University’s Nursing students, who this year will attend classes in the new $106 million, 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art St. Vincent Health Sciences Center, which will be formally dedicated on September 18 and be the permanent home of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. 

See photos from Move-In Weekend: https://photos.app.goo.gl/nHW1kekBHRAVhQPYA

(mandatory credit: St. John’s University)

See video highlights from Move-In Weekend: https://vimeo.com/1004906658/33d656dc47?share=copy

St. John’s University’s Fall 2024 Incoming Class Student Profile 

• Total number of new, first-time, first-year students: 2,588
• Number of first-year resident students: 926 
• High school average: 89
• Gender: 57% female, 43% male
• Race and ethnicity: 68% are either Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 
  American Indian, Alaska Native, or Two or More Races
• Number of states represented in the Fall 2024 incoming class: 44
• Students ranked No. 1 in their graduating class at the time of admission: 18
• Students ranked No. 2 in their graduating class at the time of admission: 13

Top Majors of St. John’s University’s Fall 2024 Incoming Class

1. Undecided: 538
2. Liberal Studies: 249
3. Pharmacy (including six-year doctoral program in Pharmacy): 174
4. Biology: 171
5. Nursing: 141
6. Psychology: 120
7. Criminal Justice: 129
8. Legal Studies: 89
9. Computer Science: 71
10. Biomedical Sciences: 71
11. Finance: 71 

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About St. John’s University

St. John’s University is a private, coeducational, Roman Catholic University founded in 1870 by the Congregation of the Mission (the Vincentians), with its main campus located in Queens, NY. St. John’s University also has campuses and locations in Manhattan, NY; Rome, Italy; Paris, France; and Limerick, Ireland. 

St. John’s University is comprised of six Schools and Colleges, including the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies, St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business (including the Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science), The School of Education, and the School of Law. 

As of Fall 2023, the University has more than 1,400 full-time and part-time faculty; almost 16,000 undergraduate students; and 3,992 graduate students from 44 states and 119 countries. St. John’s offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs, including 16 doctoral programs.