Knowee
Questions
Features
Study Tools
3.5
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.4
Food
3
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.7
Internet
3.8
Location
4.6
Opportunities
3.5
Safety
3.4
Social
3.2
Happiness
3.6

Basic Information

Location

  • Chicago, IL

Institution Overview

  • Public/Private: Private university
  • Established: April 24, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-04-24)
  • Founder: Edward J. Sparling

Academic information

Key Area

  • Global stewardship
  • sustainability
  • leadership development
  • social justice
  • drug development and pharmaceutical sciences

Student and Staff Numbers

  • Students: 4,015 (Fall 2023)
  • Undergraduates: 2,413 (Fall 2022)
  • Postgraduates: 1,312 (Fall 2022)
  • Academic Staff: 216 (Spring 2022)

Notable Alumni

  • Shel Silverstein
  • Herbie Hancock
  • Amy Madigan
  • Merle Dandridge
  • Robert Lamm

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Students talk about this school

Good reviews
Overall 5
Great place to study!
Overall 4.5
Great school! Great location!
Overall 4.5
Great school! Beautiful location and knowledgable teachers. I would recommend this school to anyone!
Overall 4.5
Great school! Beautiful new building!
Overall 4.5
None.
Overall 4.5
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Overall 4.5
None.
Overall 4.4
Roosevelt is a fantastic school. The small class sizes allow for better discussion and communication with the professor. The students are for the greater part very open minded. The buildings, both the Auditorium Building and the new Wabash Building, are gorgeous. Come here! Get involved! It's a great school!
Overall 4.2
Roosevelt is surprisingly underrated. The education offered here is fantastic and the administration has never given me any trouble. Students are definitely the top priority. It is perfectly located within the city.
Overall 4.2
Awesome! Really good.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.4
There is nothing to do here but stare out your window at the CNA building next door.
Overall 1.4
Even though it is located downtown in the loop, it feels like an underfunded outpost high school. At best, Roosevelt has an intimate class setting where liberal arts students can exchange ideas. At worst, you get stuck with lackluster math and science teachers and lab equipment that often doesn't work.
Overall 1.5
Worst institute of education I have ever attended. Poor facilities, poor professors, poor administrative support, poor everything. Nice and shiny empty glass building though.
Overall 1.5
None.
Overall 1.7
Worst school ever. Financial aide basically told me " I don't know" when I asked them for where to get more money for my upcoming semester. Staff is horrible, can't use simple office programs that I was taught in elementary school. Overall horrible school would rather be back at my junior college. And president is no help. Run while you still can!
Overall 1.7
I have never done one of these ... This is how much this school angers me. I have had the worst experience from sports to academics it was all awful. Biology department so lack luster. I transfered and could not be happier. But so dissatisfied with all the time I wasted here thinking I was recieving a quality education. Never attend you will regret
Overall 1.7
The school is a joke.
Overall 1.8
Awful experience. This school has caused so many mental breakdowns and despite reaching out to faculty, they still didn't care and still made me present despite having a panic attack. I felt lied to and they didn't care about student success. Just awful.
Overall 1.9
I graduated from Roosevelt, and would literally make a deal with a witch from the dark forest to undo the entire experience. Greed at every turn and anyone with even a hint of authority on campus is sucked into a web of control and disfunction. As a teacher, I would never recommend RU.
Overall 1.9
When applying to Roosevelt University, I thought that the school actually had potential. It's cheaper than it's competitors and located in the center of downtown. However, the organization of the university is terrible. So much so, professor feel as though they can treat students in any way and not properly organize their class for learning.