Saint Louis University

401–500th
World University Rankings 2024
113th
US College Rankings 2022
1 North Grand Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri, 63103, United States

About Saint Louis University

Saint Louis University in Missouri has a 12,000-strong student body of whom about 8 per cent are from overseas. The private research institution, which is located a short distance from the city's famous Gateway Arch, was founded in 1818 and is a Jesuit university. SLU has a strong service ethic and more than 80 courses combine volunteering with academic study. Between them, staff and students contribute more than 1 million service hours each year.

The institution offers nearly 100 undergraduate programmes and about the same number of graduate courses as well as more than 40 study abroad programmes. SLU also has a branch campus in Madrid, Spain, offering undergraduate and graduate courses to about 750 students.

Sport is a big part of life at SLU and the university is represented at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics in 18 sports including baseball, basketball, swimming, tennis, and track and field. The Chaifetz Arena, which is located on campus, can seat 10,000 people, while the university’s mascot is the Billiken, a good luck charm that was the brainchild of Florence Pretz, an art teacher, who created it in 1908. In the Midwestern city of Saint Louis itself there is Busch Stadium, home of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.

The university is home to several museums including the Saint Louis University Museum of Art, the Samuel Cupples House, a historic home and gallery, and the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art.

Famous SLU alumni include Gene Kranz, the lead Nasa flight director during the Apollo 11 moon landing and leader of the Apollo 13 rescue mission, and filmmaker James Gunn, writer of Dawn of the Dead.

In 2013, the university awarded the world’s first PhD in aviation.

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Key statistics

  • 11,041
    Number of FTE Students
    (1)
  • 6%
    Percentage of International Students
    (1)
  • 7.3
    No. of students per staff
    (1)
  • 11%
    Proportion of ISR Publication
    (1)
  • 61 : 39
    Student Ratio of Females to Males
    (1)
  • $54,900
    Salary after 10 years
    (2)
  • $12,600
    On-campus Room and Board
    (2)
  • $45,424
    Out-of-state Tuition and Fees
    (2)
Based on data collected for the (1) 2024 World University Rankings and (2) 2022 US Rankings

Subjects taught at Saint Louis University

  • Law

    • Law
  • Psychology

    • Psychology
  • Social sciences

    • Sociology
    • Geography
    • Politics & International Studies (incl Development Studies)
    • Communication & Media Studies
  • Arts & humanities

    • History, Philosophy & Theology
    • Languages, Literature & Linguistics
    • Art, Performing Arts & Design
  • Engineering & technology

    • Electrical & Electronic Engineering
    • Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
    • General Engineering
    • Civil Engineering
  • Computer science

    • Computer Science
  • Physical sciences

    • Geology, Environmental, Earth & Marine Sciences
  • Life sciences

    • Agriculture & Forestry
    • Sport Science
    • Biological Sciences
  • Business & economics

    • Business & Management
    • Accounting & Finance
    • Economics & Econometrics
  • Education

    • Education
  • Clinical, pre-clinical & health

    • Medicine & Dentistry
    • Other Health