Rockhurst University women's golf: NCAA Division 2 program in the Great Lakes Valley Conference, Kansas City, MO. Team scoring average 295.1, low player 73.5, 5th player 74.7, 72% acceptance rate. Compare college golf programs on Junior Golf Hub.
Here are just a few things we want you to know about Rockhurst University.
Our Catholic, Jesuit Heritage
We’re proud of the company we keep as one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the U.S. alongside universities such as Georgetown, Xavier and Gonzaga. About 50 percent of students are Catholic, so we offer activities for all denominations. A Jesuit education is prestigious and, in short, it prepares our graduates to lead, shape and change the world around them. We want you to love you future career, but, more importantly, to love your life.
The Liberal Arts Tradition
Our curriculum is based on the seven liberal arts classical modes of inquiry: artistic, historical, literary, philosophical, theological, scientific relational and scientific causal.
Recognized as Superior
RU has been consistently ranked among the top regional universities in the Midwest by U.S. News and World Report. Recent surveys show our students rank their educational satisfaction among the highest in the nation.
Balance
The key to our Golf program. We provide a Balance between your academic/athletic/social/service life on the campus. Academics are the first priority while providing you the opportunity to compete at the highest level in NCAA D2.
Alumni
While more than half of Rockhurst's 25,000 alumni live in the Kansas City metropolitan area, every state and many foreign countries are influenced by the RU alumni who live there. Our graduates serve as executive leaders for major companies and organizations in Kansas City and beyond, becoming part of a network of more than 1.6 million Jesuit alumni in the United States.
Our Campus
Rockhurst's quiet, 55-acre campus is nestled just blocks from KC’s famed Country Club Plaza and minutes from downtown. Our campus quad is accented with large oak trees, surrounded by rustic stone buildings. In Fall 2015, we opened a brand new academic building – Arrupe Hall. Other recent campus improvements include a parking garage, art gallery, enhancements to athletic facilities and more.
Academic Quality
Our average class size is 25 with a 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio. You won’t find any thousand-seat lecture halls here. Rockhurst offers 50+ undergraduate and graduate degrees.