John Carroll University
University Heights, Ohio
Private not-for-profit·Four or more years·Master's degree·GPA 3.77
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John Carroll University (JCU) is a private Jesuit university in University Heights, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland. It was founded in 1886 as St. Ignatius College and renamed in 1923 for John Carroll, the first Catholic bishop in the United States. For the 2025–2026 academic year, the university enrolled 2,906 undergraduate and graduate students. The university is primarily an undergraduate, liberal arts…
- Rankings
#9 (Princeton Review)▼
Most Engaged in Community Service
Ranked #9 in Most Engaged in Community Service (2027). Source: Princeton Review ↗
Best College Radio Station
Ranked #17 in Best College Radio Station (2027). Source: Princeton Review ↗
Best Student Support
Ranked #20 in Best Student Support (2027). Source: Princeton Review ↗
Town-Gown Relations
Ranked #25 in Town-Gown Relations (2027). Source: Princeton Review ↗
Master's Universities
Ranked #220 in Master's Universities (2025).
1 John Carroll Boulevard, University Heights, Ohio, 44118-4538
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