RMU FYI
Athletic Achievements
By the Numbers
RMU FYI
* Our Student Engagement Transcript allows students to formally document their participation in activities including study abroad, community service, athletics, and student organizations. RMU is one of the few institutions nationwide to offer such an opportunity.
* Overall enrollment at RMU has increased 11 percent since 2000. (4,986 in 2011 vs. 4,501 in 2000)
* The number of students living on campus has risen 91 percent since 2000-01, from 900 to 1,723.
* The university has a 95-percent placement rate, with 8 percent of graduating seniors enrolling full-time in graduate schools, including elite institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon University, and Johns Hopkins University.
*The RMU School of Business is accredited by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Only 5 percent of business schools worldwide share this prestigious designation.
* RMU was one of the first 10 universities to be named a Center of Actuarial Excellence by the Society of Actuaries for its actuarial science program. Currently only 21 universities in North America have earned this designation. High school students who want to enter RMU's program must score at least a 650 on the mathematics portion of the SAT.
* RMU students spend time studying abroad at a rate that is nearly five times the national average.
* We offer the only four-year nuclear medicine technology program in western Pennsylvania, as well as the region's only bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering.
* RMU had the first state board of nursing-certified doctor of nursing practice program in Pennsylvania.
* Eighty-two percent of RMU students complete at least one internship before they graduate, and most of them are paid.
* RMU offers the only ABET-accredited bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering in western Pennsylvania.
Athletic Achievements
* Since 1990, the Colonials have claimed 32 Northeast Conference regular-season championships and 37 league tournament titles among 23 Division I sports, including six regular-season
titles in volleyball and five in football.
* RMU boasts the only two NCAA Division I ice hockey programs in Pittsburgh.
* Since 1992, Robert Morris has placed 39 student-athletes on Capital One District II Academic All-America Teams. Included in that group are 17 student-athletes that were honored in consecutive years. Six of those student-athletes went on to earn Capital One Academic All-America honors.
* Since 1988, RMU student-athletes have been named the Northeast Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in their respective sport 22 times.
* The men’s basketball team’s seven NEC Tournament championships are the most in league history, and the team owns one of just three wins by the conference in the NCAA Tournament.
* RMU also holds seven NEC Tournament titles in volleyball and six in softball.
* About 560 RMU students compete in 23 Division I sports, and their average graduation rate is 73 percent. The national average graduation rate for all Division I student-athletes is about 63 percent.
* Of RMU’s 23 Division I sports teams, 17 had an average team GPA above 3.0 and all teams had average GPAs above 2.5.
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By the Numbers
Founded: 1921
Location: Moon Township, Pa.
Enrollment: 4,990 (3,945 undergraduate, 1,053 graduate)
Student Population: 53% male, 47% female, from 38 states and 39 nations
Resident Students: 1,723
Full-time faculty: 200
Total full-time employees: 566
Academic Schools:
School of Business
School of Communications and Information Systems
School of Education and Social Sciences
School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
Athletic Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Varsity Sports: 23
Nickname: Colonials
Colors: Navy blue, white and red
For more information contact Jonathan Potts at 412-397-5291.