Engaged Students

At Seton Hall, hands-on learning opportunities provide students with career-based, service-based, and leadership-based experiences...

• Every Seton Hall undergraduate student participates in at least one community service/volunteer project, and many students also participate in a career-based experiential education program prior to graduation. Career-based experiences include student teaching, clinicals, practicums, field placements, and internship experiences.

• Seton Hall’s proximity to New York City offers students opportunities to intern with globally recognized companies and organizations, including Goldman Sachs, Merck, NBC News, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Mercedes-Benz, and the New York Mets. And if that isn’t enough, New Jersey boasts over 50 Fortune 500 companies within a 20-mile radius of campus.

• Seton Hall places a major emphasis on the use of state-of-the-art technology and facilities, such as the trading room at the Stillman School of Business and Sim Man, a portable and advanced patient simulator for College of Nursing students.  Students can also get involved in our award-winning radio station WSOU, produce their own programming on Pirate TV, or get hands on experience conducting focus groups in our brand new Market Research Center.

Offering a completely wireless campus,  Seton Hall’s award winning Mobile Computing Program provides all incoming, fulltime freshman with a brand-new, fully loaded laptop. Incoming freshman receive their laptops the summer before they enter Seton Hall, giving them the opportunity to become part of the Seton Hall community as early as freshman orientation. The laptops also allow faculty to integrate technology and cutting-edge learning into the classroom.

But learning doesn’t just take place on campus. Seton Hall is committed to providing students with a global education in today’s increasingly interconnected world. The office of international programs offers study-abroad programs in Russia, Italy, Ireland, London, China, Cypress, and even Bermuda, to name just a few. Seton Hall has also had a relationship with universities in China since 1951, giving students and faculty the opportunity to live and learn there. For students who would like a career with an international focus, the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations prepares diplomatic and business professionals to serve in public service, international business, law, technology, and the nonprofit sector. The Whitehead School boasts an impressive faculty, including many current and former U.N. ambassadors and officials.

Great Teaching

Students are more than just a number at Seton Hall. Seton Hall offers all the resources of a large institution to about 5,300 undergraduates and approximately 4,400 graduate students, but with an average class size of 25 students, a student-to-faculty ratio of 14:1, and more than 96 percent of courses taught by professors, students receive the personal attention that makes the learning experience even more enriching.

• Students are more than just a number at Seton Hall. Seton Hall offers all the resources of a large institution to about 5,300 undergraduates and approximately 4,400 graduate students, but with an average class size of twenty-five students or fewer, and more than 96 percent of courses taught by professors, students receive personal attention that makes the learning experience even more enriching.

• Undergraduate students can choose from over 60 stellar majors and programs within the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education and Human Services, the College of Nursing, the Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations, the Stillman School of Business, and the Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology. Popular majors include the sciences, communications, political science, criminal justice, accounting, finance, and sport management.

• Seton Hall’s new core curriculum is a multifaceted program that will prepare students to become thinking, caring, communicative, and ethically responsible global leaders. Unique to Seton Hall, the new core consists of signature courses that provide an interactive and distinctive experience for students, and a focus on certain key proficiencies aimed to better equip students for life beyond college.

• During their first two years, undergraduate students are exposed to a world of ideas from great scholars, opening their minds to the perspectives, history, and achievements of many cultures. This approach helps many students choose their majors and minors, while giving them plenty of time to focus on these areas in their third and fourth years.

• The university’s awarding-winning freshman studies program eases students into college life. Freshmen are paired up with a mentor who provides academic advisement and support, and a peer adviser to help students connect with and meet new people.

• Students also benefit from opportunities to collaborate with dedicated, full-time faculty involved in notable and dynamic research. One such scientist, Sulie Chang, PhD, chair of the department of biology, has received more than $2.5 million in National Institutes of Health grants for her research.

Vibrant Community

Seton Hall’s fifty-eight-acre campus in South Orange offers students an abundance of opportunities both on and off campus...

Seton Hall’s fifty-eight-acre campus in South Orange offers students an abundance of opportunities both on and off campus. On campus, there are 14 varsity athletic teams that compete in the Big East Conference, over 100 clubs and organizations, over 20 intramural and club sports, and Greek life to keep students with all interests involved and entertained. A short, ten-minute walk from campus brings students to the town center, which features bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants and a movie theatre. Once in town, students can hop on a train and arrive in the heart of New York City, the capital of fashion, finance, art, and entertainment, in under a half hour, giving students access to a multitude of internship and cultural opportunities. The Seton Hall campus community is guided by faith, with a beautiful historic chapel on campus and a campus ministry office. All Seton Hall students take classes in ethics and learn in a community informed by Catholic ideals and universal values. Students are engaged in learning about the importance of possessing integrity, compassion, and a commitment to helping others. This strong commitment to building character is extended to all students; Seton Hall welcomes students and faculty from all faiths. Many of our students participate in community service. Our Division of Volunteer Efforts (DOVE) brings together students for projects that include Habitat for Humanity builds locally and around the country, and international assistance projects in Haiti and El Salvador.

Successful Outcomes

Seton Hall’s location also gives students access to neighboring science- and technology-related companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and ExxonMobile. The university’s proximity to the “world’s medicine cabinet” allows graduates to make connections within the pharmaceutical industry, which is expected to create approximately eighty thousand new science research jobs within the next decade...

• Seton Hall’s location also gives students access to neighboring science- and technology-related companies, such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and ExxonMobile. The university’s proximity to the “world’s medicine cabinet” allows graduates to make connections within the pharmaceutical industry, which is expected to create approximately eighty thousand new science research jobs within the next decade.

• Seton Hall’s career center is one of few in the country that provide a dedicated career counselor to work with students throughout their college careers. Students begin this relationship in their freshman year, when they start exploring career interests and opportunities. These career counselors also work with students to organize internships with career insight. In addition, career workshops allow students to explore majors, choose their career fields, and begin to build professional relationships. Workshop topics include a focus on career options for different majors and tips on navigating the job market, writing resumes, and using the Internet as a career development tool.

• The career center maintains an extensive job listings database and sponsors on-campus recruiting events. Hundreds of employers and alumni come to campus each year to mentor and recruit Seton Hall students for cooperative education programs and employment after graduation.
  
  
• Notable alumni include Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center; George L. Miles Jr., CEO of WQED Multimedia and a director of AIG; Chris Modrzynski, COO of the New Jersey Devils; Frank Wilde, CEO of Tarantella, Inc.; Dick Vitale, ESPN sports anchor; Max Weinberg, drummer for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and bandleader on Late Night with Conan O’Brien; X. J. Kennedy, world-renowned poet; and Craig Biggio, Major League Baseball player.