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Academics

Enrollment: 8,857

Degrees Offered: Bachelor's, Master's and Specialist's

Colleges and Schools:

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Lumpkin College of Business and Technology
• College of Education
• College of Health and Human Services
• Graduate School
• Honors College
• School of Continuing Education

Fields of Study: 51 undergraduate degree programs; 32 graduate degree programs; 10 post-baccalaureate certificate programs.

International Study: We welcome many international students and provide opportunities for American students to .

Graduation Rate: 57 percent

Faculty-Student Ratio: 1:15

Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparedness

Student Recreation

The Student Recreation Center serves more than 2,000 students daily with:

• Six indoor basketball/volleyball courts.
• A large fitness center with aerobic and body part machines.
• An eighth-mile jogging track.
• A free-weight area.
• An aerobic/multi-purpose room.
• A dance studio.
• A lobby/lounge.

Activities Offered: Intramural sport activities include a wide variety of team sports and special events.

Athletics

Nickname: Panthers

School Colors: Blue and Gray

Competition Level: NCAA Division I (football is NCAA Football Championship Subdivision)

Conferences: Ohio Valley (baseball; men's and women's basketball; men's and women's cross country; men's and women's golf; football; women's soccer; softball; men's and women's tennis; men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field; volleyball), The Summit League (men's and women's swimming, men's soccer)

Athletics Website:

Alumni

Number of Alumni: More than 115,000 across the nation.

Â鶹¹ú²ú in the NFL: Â鶹¹ú²ú has a strong alumni presence in the NFL, including alumnus Tony Romo, 14-year quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and now the lead football analyst for CBS Sports; Sean Payton, head coach of the 2010 Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints; Mike Shanahan, former head coach of the Denver Broncos (who won two Super Bowl championships on his watch) and Washington Redskins; Jimmy Garoppolo, quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers and a past member of two Super Bowl champion New England Patriots teams. Â鶹¹ú²ú is also proud of our many alumni serving as assistant coaches in the NFL.

Other Notable Alumni: former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar; actors Burl Ives, Jerry Van Dyke, Joan Allen and John Malkovich; UFC champion Matt Hughes; Metropolitan Opera tenor Matthew Polenzani; Illinois and National Teacher of the Year Joe Fatheree; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ted Gregory; Jimmy John's founder and chairman of the board Jimmy John Liautaud; ESPN radio personality John Jurkovic; former CNN sports anchor Larry Smith; former professional athletes Kevin Duckworth, Marty Pattin, Kevin Seitzer and Jeff Gossett; animal advocate Joan Embery; and many more.

Alumni Association Website: /alumniassociation