About Benedictine University

Benedictine University believes education is a life-long process, not something that occurs just during your college years. At Benedictine, hands-on learning is considered essential to prepare you for your potential career. Benedictine offers 45 undergraduate majors, 11 graduate programs and two doctorate programs.

Benedictine is recognized as one of only 200 "Colleges of Distinction" in the United States. A "College of Distinction" is an institution nationally recognized by education professionals as an excellent school, strongly focused on teaching undergraduates, home to a wide variety of innovative learning experiences, an active campus with many opportunities for personal development, and highly valued by graduate schools and employers for its outstanding preparation.

For 2008, U.S. News & World Report ranked Benedictine as a Top School in the Midwest (and sixth in Illinois) for Master’s Universities, 13th in the Midwest (and sixth in Illinois) for Ethnic Diversity, as a Top Campus with the Most International Students (fifth in Illinois) and for Highest Proportion of Classes Under 20 Students (seventh in Illinois). The publication also recognized Benedictine University for Economic Diversity, Highest Graduation Rate, Freshman Most Likely to Return and as a School that Awards the Most Need-Based Aid.

Benedictine is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China to offer the Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) with Shenyang University of Technology and the Master of Science in Management Information Systems (M.S.M.I.S.) with Shenyang Jianzhu University.

Benedictine is located in Lisle, Illinois, just 25 miles west of Chicago. Lisle was recently named one of the top 20 places to live in the United States by Money magazine.