美国天主教大学The Catholic University of America(简称CUA)成立于1887年，是美国罗马天主教会官方大学，也是美国天主教高等教育中心所在，全校有九成学生都笃信罗马天主教。 USNEWS全美大学排名120，《美国新闻与世界报道》选为二级国家级大学，《纽约时报大学指南》给予三颗星的学术评分。
《纽约时报大学指南》指出，大学最好的学科是历史、英文、心理学和宗教，最热门的学科则是政治和经济。学生选修最多的学科，分别是社会科学(4%)、工科(2%)、健康职业 (10%)、商科(7%)、教育(5%)、计算机及自然科学(5%)、生物科学(5%)。
The Catholic University of America (CUA)， located in Northeast Washington， D.C.， is the national university of the Roman Catholic Church and the only higher education institution founded by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops. Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday， the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904.
CUA“s programs emphasize the liberal arts， professional education， and personal development. In areas besides academics， the school stays closely connected with the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations. The American Cardinals Dinner is put on by the residential U.S. Cardinals each year to raise scholarship funds for CUA. The university also has a long history of working with the Knights of Columbus， and the university‘s law school and the university’s basilica have dedications to the involvement and support of the Knights of Columbus.
The university‘s campus lies within the Brookland neighborhood， known as “Little Rome”， that contains 60 Catholic institutions， such as the academic institutions of Dominican House of Studies and Trinity Washington University.
The university has been visited twice by reigning Popes. Pope John Paul II visited on October 7， 1979. On April 16， 2008， the Pope Benedict XVI came to campus and addressed representatives of Catholic education gathered in the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center. The Pope used the opportunity to revisit the topic of Catholic education and academic freedom， with which he had been involved before becoming pope and which had precipitated the firing of a tenured CUA professor.
School Type
Independent， Coed
Setting
Urban 193-acre campus
Degrees Offered
Associate， Bachelor’s， Master‘s， Doctoral， and First Professional
Comprehensive Costs
$42，970 includes full-time tuition ($30，520)， mandatory fees ($1000)， and room and board ($11，450). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition： $1125 per credit hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load
(Cost includes full-time tuition plus additional fees such as room and board and mandatory fees)
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult ， 81% of applicants were admitted
Application Deadlines
7/15 (transfers)
Admissions
Freshman
Admission： 5，180 applied； 4，199 admitted； 908 enrolled Average high school GPA： 3.24
Test Scores
SAT critical reading scores over 500 80%
SAT math scores over 500 79%
SAT writing scores over 500 85%
ACT scores over 18 96%
SAT critical reading scores over 600 31%
SAT math scores over 600 32%
SAT writing scores over 600 35%
ACT scores over 24 52%
SAT critical reading scores over 700 5%
SAT math scores over 700 5%
SAT writing scores over 700 4%
ACT scores over 30 11%
Applying
Options： electronic application， early action， deferred entrance
Application fee： $55
Required： essay or personal statement， high school transcript， 1 letter of recommendation
Required for some： interview
Recommended： minimum 3.0 GPA
Application deadline： 7/15 (transfers)
Cost and Financial Aid
Costs (2008-09)
One-time required fee： $425
Comprehensive Costs： $42，970 includes full-time tuition ($30，520)， mandatory fees ($1000)， and room and board ($11，450). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition： $1125 per credit hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load
Required fees： $75 per year part-time
Room and board： College room only： $6666. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility
Payment plans： Tuition prepayment， installment
Waivers： Employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2008， 2，130 applied for aid， 1，750 were judged to have need， 794 had their need fully met
In 2008， 1145 non-need-based awards were made
Average percent of need met： 84%
Average financial aid package： $19，226
Average need-based loan： $4832
Average need-based gift aid： $14，330
Average non-need-based aid： $10，013
Student Body
Undergraduate Student Population
3，469 undergraduate students， 54% women， 46% men， 3% transferred in， 5% African American， 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander， 7% Hispanic American， 0.3% Native American
International Population
3% representing 36 other countries
Housing Info
68% live on campus
Campus Life
Housing： On-campus residence required through sophomore year
Options： Coed， men-only， women-only， disabled students， Campus housing is university owned. Freshman campus housing is guaranteed
Activities： Drama/theater group， student-run newspaper， radio station， choral group， Habitat for Humanity， College Democrats， College Republicans， Students for Life， Centerstage Theatre Company， national fraternities， national sororities
Most popular organizations： Habitat for Humanity， College Democrats， College Republicans， Students for Life， Centerstage Theatre Company
Campus security： 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols， late-night transport/escort service， controlled dormitory access， controlled access of academic buildings
Student services： Health clinic， personal/psychological counseling， legal services
Academic Programs
Special study options： Accelerated degree program， adult/continuing education programs， advanced placement credit， cooperative education， distance learning， double majors， English as a second language， honors programs， independent study， internships， off-campus study， part-time degree program， services for LD students， study abroad， summer session for credit
ROTC： Army (c)， Navy (c)， Air Force (c)
Unusual degree programs： 3-2 engineering； nursing； architecture
School Calendar： Semesters
Faculty
Total： 694
Full-time： 51% full-time
Student/faculty ratio： 11：1
Athletics
Member： NCAA， Division： All Division III
Nonscholarship sports
Baseball (m)， basketball， cross-country running， field hockey (w)， football (m)， lacrosse， soccer， softball (w)， swimming and diving， tennis， track and field， volleyball (w)
Intramural sports
Basketball M/W， cheerleading W(c)， crew M(c)/W(c)， fencing M(c)/W(c)， football M/W， ice hockey M(c)， racquetball M/W， rugby M(c)/W(c)， soccer M/W， softball M/W， tennis M/W， ultimate Frisbee M(c)/W(c)， volleyball M/W
Intercollegiate sports
Baseball M， basketball M/W， cross-country running M/W， field hockey W， football M， lacrosse M/W， soccer M/W， softball W， swimming and diving M/W， tennis M/W， track and field M/W， volleyball W
School Facilities
Facilities/Endowment
Main Library Name： Mullen Library
Other Library： 7
Collection： 1.6 million titles； 10，428 serial subscriptions； 41，679 audiovisual materials
Contact Info
Ms. Christine Mica
Dean， University Admissions
The Catholic University of America
102 McMahon Hall
620 Michigan Avenue， NE
Washington， DC 20064
Phone： 202-319-5305
Toll-free： 202-319-5305 (in-state)； 800-673-2772 (out-of-state)
Fax： 202-319-6533
优势专业
文学 历史学 心理学
课程设置
商业管理、统计学、材料科学、企业管理、女性研究、戏剧、政治科学、体育、健康科学、大众传播、工程、艺术、美国研究、地质学、人工智能、古典文学、国际关系、数学、大众传播、生物学、经济学、文学、人类学、历史学、医学、工业工程、英文、护理、牙医、社会学、生命科学、法律、艺术史、物理、应用科学、音乐、宗教学、公共关系、亚洲研究、老人学、化学、考古学、营养学、哲学。
申请条件
托福600，GRE1200
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