11 Facts About Fairfield University

Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut.

Fairfield University was officially founded in 1942 when the Jesuits acquired the two contiguous estates of the Brewster Jennings and Walter Lashar families.

In 1970, Fairfield University became co-educational, admitting its first undergraduate class of women.

Fairfield University would become Fairfield's longest serving leader, presiding over the school for 25 years.

Fairfield University is composed of five schools and colleges: the Fairfield University College of Arts and Sciences, the Charles F Dolan School of Business, the School of Engineering, the Marion Peckham Egan School of Nursing and Health Studies, and the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions.

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Fairfield University offers 43 majors and 19 minors for undergraduate students, as well as 41 different graduate programs.

Fairfield University is located in Fairfield, Connecticut, a coastal town along Long Island Sound.

Campus is home to Fairfield University College Preparatory School, which is a 900-student all-male preparatory high school that has been aligned with the college since its founding in 1942.

Fairfield University was among 119 colleges in the United States named to the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2008.

Fairfield University is a member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and is classified as NCAA Division I for a majority of its athletic programs.

Theatre Fairfield University's season includes professionally directed and designed productions, a Festival of student-written, directed, and designed plays, performances by On the Spot, an improv company, Director's Cut or A Class Act, which features the work of advanced directing and acting students, and independent projects created by junior and senior theatre majors.