Just The Facts
Top 10 Things You Should Know About Quinnipiac
- You say our name “KWIN-uh-pe-ack.” It’s a Native American word with a special meaning for this time in your life.
- Our many national honors, recognitions and accreditations are proof of our exceptional educational quality. They’ll also impress your potential employers.
- Our 295 distinguished faculty members will give you one-on-one attention in small classes, with a low 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio and an average class size under 26. Only professors teach—classes are never taught by graduate students or "teaching assistants".
- We’ve invested significant resources to provide our students with nothing but the best. You won’t find finer, more technologically state-of-the-art academic and athletic facilities anywhere.
- You can choose from 51 majors. With all of these options, you’ll be sure to find something that sparks your interest.
- You’ll sharpen critically important writing skills through the Freshman Writing Program (WAC) and Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC). If you need extra help, tutoring and other academic support services are available and free of charge.
- Top internships, great study-abroad programs, service learning opportunities and more—these special opportunities at Quinnipiac are a great way to broaden your horizons and build your resume.
- We have a pristine and safe campus with a variety of residence halls. You’ll have plenty of opportunity to develop close friendships by taking part in one or more of our 70-plus student organizations.
- There’s always something to cheer about with 20 NCAA Division I men’s and women’s sports teams. Quinnipiac’s twin-area TDBank Sports Center is where the Bobcats show their stuff on the ice hockey rink and the basketball court.
- Connect to the university network and the web at the library, in your room, outside under a tree or in Café Q. Virtually unlimited, campus-wide wireless access is one reason we were named the ninth most-connected campus in the country by PC Magazine and The Princeton Review in 2007.
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