Fordham University is a private universityInstitutions: Fordham University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St. John's College, placed in the care of the Society of Jesus shortly thereafter, and has since become an independent institution under a lay Board of Trustees which describes the university as "in the Jesuit tradition."Fordham at a Glance

Enrollment at Fordham University includes more than 8,000 undergraduate students and 7,000 graduate students spread over three campuses in New York State: Rose Hill in The Bronx, Lincoln Center in Manhattan, and Westchester in West Harrison. The University also offers programs in the People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom. Fordham awards bachelor's (BA, BFA, and BS), master's, and doctoral degrees.Fordham at a Glance

Fordham University is composed of four undergraduate colleges and six graduate schools, including the tier-1 Fordham Graduate School of Social Service and the particularly selective tier-1 Fordham School of Law. "Tier-1" law schools are popularly understood to be the top 50 schools as listed in U.S. News and World Report magazine. The claim that the school is "particularly selective" comes from the fact that, though the school is ranked 25th, the acceptance rate is the 15th lowest in the country The University offers a BA/BS engineering program in cooperation with Columbia Universitygraduate_s/undergraduate_colleg/fordham_college_at_l/special_programs/preprofessional_prog/cooperative_program22325.asp Cooperative Program in Engineering | Fordham College at Lincoln Center and a BFA degree program for dance in partnership with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.Graduate_S/Undergraduate_Colleg/Fordham_College_at_L/Fields_of_Study/BFA_Dance/AileyFordham_Partner_22314.asp Ailey/Fordham Partnership | BFA Dance | Fordham College at Lincoln Center