Saint Xavier University
School info
3.5
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.9
Food
2.8
Clubs
3.1
Facilities
3.5
Internet
3.3
Location
3.8
Opportunities
3.6
Safety
4.4
Social
2.9
Happiness
3.7
Basic Information
Location
- Chicago, IL
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private university
- Established: 1846; 178 years ago (1846)
- Founder: Religious Sisters of Mercy
Academic information
Degree Courses
- 58 undergraduate degree programs
- 25 graduate degree programs
Key Area
- Biology
- STEM research
- Field experiences
- Interdisciplinary learning
- Research and field experiences in natural sciences
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 3,523 (Fall 2022)
- Undergraduates: 2,981 (Fall 2022)
- Postgraduates: 542 (Fall 2022)
- Academic Staff: 366
Notable Alumni
- Here are some notable alumni of Xavier University (often referred to in the context of Saint Xavier or Jesuit universities): John Boehner
- Jim Bunning
- Jack Miles
- Charles Geschke
- J. Kenneth Blackwell
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Good reviews
Overall 5
I love this school.
Overall 5
The BEST school
Overall 5
This school is great!
Overall 5
Love SXU!!!!!!
Overall 4.9
A great Starter university with professor to student ratio average 1:30 respectively. Food can be expensive sometimes, for the most part, its decent. Staffs are very friendly here, Overall great place. For clubs, just go to the meets, you are in.
Overall 4.8
Great school! Teachers are very understanding and caring! Every teacher tells you to talk to them if you do bad, and they help you with your grade! Good scholarship opportunities! A lot of clubs especially for a biology major like me. I commute and it's literally so easy to get too! I usually eat at the restaurants around the school. Love it here!
Overall 4.7
It feels like home!
Overall 4.6
I love this school. It makes me feel safe and motivated to learn. I have made many new friends in my first year of college. This is a great school!
Overall 4.6
A gorgeous campus that isn't too big, most classes are in Warde, unless they are business classes. Decent professors that truly care about student's success. Lovely transitioning processes and classes that seem arbitrary but help students connect to other students, such as FYS or Transitions. They have pretty decent food compared to some others.
Overall 4.5
I loved my time at SXU! My professors wanted me to succeed and I felt very welcome and supported by everyone here. Parking was kind of hard unless I got there really early. The food here is good only it's really over priced. SXU is a good school and I loved my time here.
Bad reviews
Overall 1.2
Do not come to this school. Out of all the schools I could have chosen better, and better yet I should have transferred after my sophomore year when I had the chance. Wasted 3 years of my academic life here for nothing.
Overall 1.3
WORSE THAN HIGH SCHOOL....
Overall 1.4
I had an awful experience in the graduate nursing program. Many of the instructors and (especially) administrators were awful. It seems like this school puts the most miserable people in charge. You can definitely feel the unnecessary torture as you go through the program. I strongly disliked this program and the administration. Beware.
Overall 1.4
The Biology Department is a Joke. DO not come here if you are aspiring to be a Doctor or in the Medical Field. A few good teachers but not what you need to succeed.
Overall 1.7
Food is terrible. Winter term is shorter this time than in the past. Professors are not good. Everyone keeps to themselves here. Its dirty and unkempt. Everything is very old. Temperature is too hot or cold inside. Staff has a poor attitude. Bird droppings everywhere. Lack of diversity in students and professors. No events happen
Overall 1.8
Small campus and small student body. If you live on campus with no car, there's nowhere to walk to nearby, and the shuttle driver isn't happy to take you anywhere. Campus is pretty. The cafe is good at lunch, but expensive caters to commuters for lunch and is awful for dinner-which closes at 7. No places to study. I was miserable and transferred.
Overall 1.9
Just a very small community like college, if you aren't in a sport good luck making friends. Everything they do here is for commuters. They love to get the people who dorm in trouble for anything and everything, the dorms are very dirty and have so many bugs
Overall 1.9
Im transferring out. Maybe this is better as a commuter because res life is the worst. Mold-filled showers, rude staff, and unsanitary. The people here are big on seeming like they're "all inclusive" but once you get to know the people who are the heads of organizations you'll find that they are actually the rudest people here. I've witnessed it.
Overall 1.9
The grad department is below scholars expectations
Overall 2
Even though it is a safe school, the school, in general, was a horrible experience. Professors were inadequate; the year I was there was a waste of time. I ended up transferring. Do not waste your money going to this school. It's a waste of time. I was not too fond of the fact that the president's office was located at the chapel.