University of Chicago is a private institution that was founded in
1890.
It
has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,659,
its setting is urban,
and the campus size is 215 acres.
It utilizes a quarter-based academic calendar.
University of Chicago's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges
is National Universities,
4.
Its tuition and fees are $48,253 (2014-15).
The University of Chicago, situated in Chicago’s Hyde Park community,
offers a rich campus life in a big-city setting. The Chicago Maroons
have more than 15 NCAA Division III teams, which compete in the
University Athletic Association, and have strong basketball and
wrestling programs. At Chicago, freshmen are required to live on campus,
and more than 50 percent of students choose to remain on campus, while
others live in off-campus apartments and houses. On-campus students are
placed in "houses" within their dorm, which serve as tight-knit
communities and provide academic and social support. Chicago offers more
than 400 student organizations.
The University of Chicago is comprised of the College and a number of
graduate and professional schools. Its postgraduate offerings include
the highly ranked Booth School of Business, Law School, Pritzker School of Medicine, Harris School of Public Policy Studies and Department of Geophysical Sciences, as well as a top-ranked graduate program in economics and
a well-regarded Divinity School. Since 1987, the school has hosted the
four-day long "University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt," now a venerable
university tradition. Famous alumni include former U.S. Attorney General
John Ashcroft, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics recipient Milton
Friedman, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, former U.S. Supreme Court
Justice John Paul Stevens and author Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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