Maryville University of St.
Louis is a private university in Town and Country, Missouri. It was
originally founded in 1872 by the Society of the Sacred Heart and
offers more than 90 degrees at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels
to students from 50 states and 47 countries. The school's name is derived from
the shortening and altering of "Mary's Villa" when the school
opened as an all women-school in the country outside of the order's original
downtown St. Louis location in 1872 (an area that today is within the
boundaries of the city of St. Louis). In 1961 it moved to suburban St. Louis
and in 1968 began admitting men. Since 1972 the university has been
governed by a board of trustees consisting mostly of members of the laity,
although five of the trustees are always associated with the Society of
the Sacred Heart. The school's athletic nickname is now the Saints.
History
Maryville was founded in 1872 by the Society of the
Sacred Heart and was originally called Maryville Academy of the
Sacred Heart and served underprivileged youth and young women.
It was located in the Mount
Pleasant neighborhood in South St. Louis on a 21-acre tract at 2900
Meramac Road. Its signature building was Duchesne Hall (named for Sacred Heart
founder Rose Philippine Duchesne). It was a five-story building with a
cupola in the middle.
The school became a junior college in 1921, then a
four-year college in 1923 and was renamed Maryville College of the Sacred
Heart.
Academics
There are six colleges and
schools at Maryville University.
·College of
Arts and Sciences
·School of
Education
·Walker
College of Health Professions
·John E.
Simon School of Business,
·School of
Adult and Online Education
·Catherine
McAuley School of Nursing
Degrees and programs
Undergraduate Programs
·Accounting
·Accounting Information Systems
·Actuarial Science
·Biochemistry
·Biology
·Biomedical Science
·Business Administration
·Chemistry
·Clinical Laboratory Science
·Communication
·Communication Sciences and
Disorders
·Criminal Justice/Criminology
·Cyber Security
·Data Science
·Early Childhood
Education/Elementary Education
·Elementary Education
·Engineering – Dual Degree
·Biomedical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Mechanical
