Fordham University

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City:  | The Bronx, New York City, New York
Type:  | Private
Sports:  | baseball, basketball, cheer leading, cross country, football, golf, rowing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo[1]
Colors:  | maroon
Mascot:  | Rams
Degrees:  | Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral[2]
Website:  | http://www.fordham.edu/

Fordham University is a private, Catholic, Jesuit university located in New York City, New York and founded in 1841 as St. John's College by Reverend John Hughes, Coadjutor-Bishop (later Archbishop) of New York.[3] The name was officially changed to Fordham University in 1907.[3] The university's main campus is located in the borough of The Bronx with a satellite campus for preforming arts and some graduate-level studies in the borough of Manhattan's west side.

The school ranked #67 in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Top Schools" list.[4]

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://fordhamsports.cstv.com/
2. ↑ College Search - Fordham University - At a Glance (English). College Board. Retrieved on May 30, 2010.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.fordham.edu/discover_fordham/fordham_at_a_glance/index.asp
4. ↑ National Universities: Top Schools (English). US News.

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