Emmanuel College

Boston, Massachusetts

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Emmanuel College’s 17-acre campus is located within the bustling Fenway neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1919 as the first Catholic college for women in New England, Emmanuel College today is a thriving co-educational, residential institution in the city’s scientific, cultural, and medical center. Throughout this growth, its mission to educate and cultivate the whole person has remained constant and powerful.

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The College’s student body is a diverse community from more than 30 states and 50 countries, enriching the campus culture and exposing students to new, enlightening worldviews. Likewise, professors hail from myriad personal and professional backgrounds, bringing with them distinguished experience and dedication that expands students’ intellectual and personal horizons.

Emmanuel’s more than 70 undergraduate programs promote investigation across a breadth of disciplines. Whether they pursue science, business, nursing, education, or the humanities, students enthusiastically embrace the College’s mission to foster effective and ethical leaders for the 21st-century workplace. Beyond the classroom, significant opportunities lie just outside Emmanuel’s gates, surrounding students with internship and career connections at renowned leaders in countless fields of work.

Emmanuel College was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first Catholic college for women in New England. The mission of Emmanuel encompasses its identity as a Catholic collegeーuniversal in breadth and inclusive of all. The College celebrates its connection to the religious and educational mission of a Catholic Church committed to human rights, social justice and global peace within the context of the Catholic intellectual tradition. As part of its Catholic identity, the College encourages students and faculty of all religious backgrounds to learn and to teach in a respectful, civil environment shaped by intellectual inquiry, open, informed debate, integrity and strong ethical values. These ideas provide the context for how Emmanuel understands its mission, as do more recent discussions on the characteristics of American Catholic colleges. These characteristics include a continued dialogue between faith and reason; a strong sense of community; the centrality of theology and philosophy in the curriculum; a commitment to education for social justice; service to others; and the celebration of Liturgy.

Emmanuel College is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).

Emmanuel was last a College of Distinction in the 2020-2021 academic year.

Get to know Emmanuel College

1,976
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
75%
 
Enrolled male students
25%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
98%
 
Part-time students
2%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
47%
 
Adjuncts
53%
 
Faculty Ratio
13:1
Student/teacher ratio
$41,028
Full-time tuition cost
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6-year graduation rate
Feb. 15
Application deadline
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Acceptance rate
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Out-of-state students
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Full-time faculty w/ terminal degree

Benefits

Student Activities

Student Activities

  • Campus Ministries
  • Choral groups
  • Dance
  • Drama/theatre
  • Jazz band
  • Literary magazine
  • Model UN
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theatre
  • Pep band
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Student-run film society
  • Symphony orchestra
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High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices

  • First-Year Seminars and Experiences
  • Common Intellectual Experiences
  • Learning Communities
  • Writing-Intensive Courses
  • Collaborative Assignments and Projects
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Diversity/Global Learning
  • Service-Learning, Community-Based Learning
  • Internships/Coops/Practica
  • Capstone Courses and Projects/Senior Experience
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Campus Resources

Campus Resources

  • Career Services
  • Writing Center
  • Academic Advisors
  • Library Services
  • Faculty Mentors
  • Disability Services
  • Multicultural Engagement Center
  • Health Services
  • Academic Tutors
  • Financial Aid Advisors
  • Student Success Initiative
  • Peer Mentors
  • Counseling
  • Gender & Sexuality Center
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Contact Emmanuel College

Contact Admissions

emmanuel.edu/admissions-and-aid
(617) 735-9715
enroll@emmanuel.edu

Campus Location

400 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115

Visit Emmanuel Online

emmanuel.edu