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St. Lawrence University
23 Romoda Drive
Canton, NY 13617

Official telephone: (315) 229-5011

Website: www.stlawu.edu
Screen last updated on: January 2009

Academic CalendarTOP
Semester/term begin dates: in late August.
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students held in August.
Number and length of summer sessions: Two summer sessions of five weeks each.

Academic ExperienceTOP
Majors with the highest enrollment: psychology, government, null
Majors with the lowest enrollment: null, null, null
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 88%
Student:Faculty ratio: 11:1
Total faculty: 98 men, 92 women
Full-time faculty: 91 men, 80 women
Part-time faculty: 7 men, 12 women
Graduation rate: 77% within six years

Required Undergraduate CurriculumTOP
General education/core curriculum is required: yes
Minor requirements: not required for graduation
Physical education is required: no
There are religious requirements for graduation: no

Programs OfferedTOP
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, Phi Beta Kappa, pass/fail grading option, internships
Minors and other miscellaneous programs offered:
Minors offered in African studies, anthropology, applied statistics, Asian studies, biology, Canadian studies, Caribbean and Latin American Studies, chemistry, computer science, economics, education, English (writing and literature), European studies, film studies, fine arts, gender studies, geology, global studies, government, history, Japanese studies, mathematics, modern languages (French, German, Spanish), multifield, music, outdoor studies, philosophy, physics, psychology, religious studies, sociology, performance and communication arts, sports studies and exercise science, Native American studies, US cultural & ethnic studies.
Preprofessional programs offered:
pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary science, pre-dentistry, pre-theology
Education certifications are offered: 0
Education certifications:
middle/junior high, secondary
Cooperative programs are offered: 0
Combined 2-2 programs available:
4 + 1 MBA
Combined 3-2 programs available:
3+2 Engineering
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Qualified undergraduates may take graduate-level classes: yes
Domestic off-campus semester-away programs: Washington Semester (American University), Adirondack Semester.
Schools with which domestic exchange programs are offered: Exchange program offered at Fisk University.
Study abroad opportunities:
Study abroad offered in Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom.
Other special or unique academic programs:
Our First-Year Program is over 20 years old and has served as a model in higher education. Other colleges have emulated parts of our program, but St. Lawrence's FYP remains the only one to combine team-taught interdisciplinary classes with common residency of the students in the class, and in which every course stresses writing and oral presentation skills and in which every student completes a major research project.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus at Clarkson U.
Navy ROTC: not offered
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus at Clarkson U.

Degrees OfferedTOP
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Master of Education

Advanced Credit/PlacementTOP
Credit placement options:
  • credit and/or placement for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 4 or higher)
  • neither credit nor placement for CLEP general
  • neither credit nor placement for CLEP subject
  • neither credit nor placement for Regents College Exams (RCE)
  • neither credit nor placement for ACT PEP
  • neither credit nor placement for DANTES
  • neither credit nor placement for school's own challenge exams
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant military experience
  • neither credit nor placement for relevant life experience
  • neither credit nor placement for international baccalaureate

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