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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 (CAE)
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).
IAEP Center for Internal Audit Excellence Program
The Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) program, a part of The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University is an IAEP Center for Internal Audit Excellence Program.
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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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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Elevate Your Game
GPA
earned by St. John’s University student-athletes during the 2020–21 academic year.
Johnnies
named to 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.
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.
Elevate your Network
Alumni Accomplishments
After Six Years in Pharm.D. Program, Michelle Chin is Ready to Serve the Community
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.
College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesDeven 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.
The Peter J. Tobin College of BusinessSchools and Colleges
St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Forbes Advisor has recognized the St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Master of Science in Library and Information Science program as one of the top 10 Best Online Library Science Master’s Degrees. Fully accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) Committee on Accreditation since 1975, the MS program received high ratings for student experience, credibility, affordability, and student outcomes.
- “Best Audiology Programs” : #50 (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
- “Best Speech-Language Pathology Programs” : #103 (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
The Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies
- "Top 10 U.S. Cybersecurity Colleges": #8 (Spiceworks, 2022)
- "Best Online Master's in Criminal Justice Programs": #30 tie (U.S. News and World Report, 2024)
The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
- "Best Fintech M.B.A. program”: #7 (TechGuide, 2024)
- “Best Undergraduate Business School”: #50 (Poets&Quants, 2024)
- “Best Undergraduate Insurance Programs”: #9 (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
- "Best Online Master’s in Accounting Degree Programs": #30 (Intelligent, 2023)
- “Best Part-time M.B.A. Programs” #68 (U.S. News & World Report, 2023)
- “Best Part-Time M.B.A. Programs”: #33 (Fortune, 2022-23)
- “Best Online M.B.A. Programs”: #17 (Fortune, 2023)
- “Best Online M.B.A. Programs”: #42 (U.S. News & World Report, 2024).
- "Best Online Master's in Business Programs (Excluding MBA)": #52 (tie) (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
The Maurice R. Greenberg School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science
- “Best Undergraduate Insurance Programs”: #9 tie (U.S. News & World Report, 2024)
- “Best Risk Management Bachelor's Degrees”: #1 (College Choice, 2024).
- Business Insurance magazine ranked the Greenberg School’s graduate programs as #1 in terms of the number of master’s level graduates in risk management and insurance in the U.S. for 2019-20.
The School of Education
- The School of Education’s graduate program advanced an impressive 16 spots in one year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 list of the “Best Education Schools.”
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 with a 94% bar passage rate for the most recently reported data (and the Class of 2022 was again well above the bar passage rate in New York!)
- The School of Law has exceptional placement outcomes, as reported by the ABA for “gold-standard” employment (i.e., full-time, long-term, bar-required, and J.D. advantage jobs) and overall employment. The law school is also recognized by Law.com for placing the most graduates in the 100 biggest law firms.