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Founded in 1901 as St. Clara College, Chicago-based Dominican University is committed to
nurturing the qualities of scholarship, leadership and service in both its graduate and
undergraduate students. A co-educational Catholic institution, Dominican offers 18 graduate
programs through its graduate schools for education, library and information science, business
and information systems, and social work. Dominican's Rosary College of Arts and Sciences
offers 51 undergraduate programs. In its 2005 special issue on America's best colleges, U.S.
News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master's level
universities and as a best value in university education for the seventh consecutive year.
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Drake University is a private, co-educational university in Des Moines, Iowa, that offers many
graduate programs and undergraduate majors through its six colleges and schools dedicated to
education, the arts and sciences, journalism and mass communication, law, and pharmacy and
health sciences. Drake students receive an education that blends a foundation in the liberal
arts and sciences with outstanding professional programs. U.S. News & World Report
consistently ranks Drake among the top regional universities in the Midwest, and both Peterson's
Guide to Competitive Colleges and Barron's 300 Best Buys in College Education rate Drake as
one of today's best values in higher education.
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Nova Southeastern University, founded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1964, is the eighth
largest independent university in the country with more than 25,000 students. A pioneer of
non-traditional approaches to high-quality education, NSU awards associates, bachelors,
masters, educational specialist, doctoral and first-professional degrees in a wide range of
fields. The Princeton Review has included NSU on its list of the best distance learning
graduate schools in the country.
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The Kansas-based University of Saint Mary is a Catholic, co-educational university with
programs in the humanities, sciences and the professions. Shaped by the educational mission of
the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, the school is dedicated to educating students to
contribute to the well being of society. USM offers five master's degree programs, including
its graduate education program, and 25 bachelor's degree programs.
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Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Xavier University is a co-educational Catholic
university and one of Chicago's oldest institutions for higher learning. From its spacious
main campus on the city's southwest side to more than 25 class sites across the Chicago
metropolitan area, Saint Xavier University is dedicated to the liberal arts. The school offers
master's degree programs and graduate-level courses in education as well as nursing, business,
English, speech pathology and counseling psychology. Its selection of bachelor's degree
programs in more than 30 fields includes education, business, communication sciences and
disorders, and nursing.
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