Saint Joseph’s University Top Questions

I feel that at St. Joe's everyone can find their place. There are students from many different backgrounds and most people are open to all others.

My experience with St. Joe's in the sense of the student body has been eclectic, but that's only because I put myself in situations where I met more people who are not exactly like me. I think that at St. Joe's it is very easy to slip into the groups of friends that are exactly like you. There are many people who went to high school together, went to St. Joe's together, and never went outside their comfort zone. I think that it is, however, possible to step outside this world at St. Joe's if you want to. It just requires the extra step. There are smaller communities outside the "norm" at St. Joe's. These include a LGBT community, and various minority groups, but they do somewhat stick to their own at St. Joe's. This might be out of a fear of some students, because as sad as it is to say, there are students at St. Joe's who are not that open-minded. St. Joe's also has an art community, but in the same way, it is very small. Most students at St. Joe's are from the Philadelphia area, New Jersey, or New York. There are a handful from Virginia as well. Most of the students come from Catholic high schools where the recruiting for a Jesuit school is strong.

Because the school is expensive and Catholic, and also Jesuit and very liberal, there is a wide range of students, coming from many different financial, political, and social backgrounds. All of the students, while being somewhat different in their personal 'philosophies' get along well with eachother, and are open to learning about new people. Most students are very service oriented, are care alot about making a difference in the world.

Honestly, Saint Joe's is a mainly upper class, white campus, with many students from the tri-state region. Over the last four years, administration has been working on changing this, but as of yet, there has been little palpable change. However, I have seen an effort being made by both students and administration to make student differences more acceptable. Many student clubs have been working on becoming well-known and accepted for the minority students they represent.

The only thing I have to say about this is that the students who are involved in lots of service work on campus need to back the hell off and get off their high horses. It's incredibly annoying to have to listen to them make you feel like less of a person because you're not involved in a thousand different service groups on cmapus. Other than that, the student body is rather diverse and for the most part pretty well rounded.

people aren't as vain as i expected, but its basically the same crowd that goes to all the social justice trips or meetings. more and more students are becoming more active in social issues. st. joes kids are mostly from nj, pa, or ny. its time for the school to expand...lets get more kids from wa state!

St. Joes is getting more diverse, but is still majority middle upperclass white kids. For the surrounding states touching pennslyvania or north east coast. A lot of different student interact especially when people get involved with service. Their is amix of right and left wings all through out campus.

Most students come to class in a wide range of dressing. There's a bunch of people who rock the sweat pants and Uggs, then some people dress up more for class and will wear a sun dress when it's nice out. It's not a fashion show. If you want to wear sweatpants, no one will judge, believe me.

It is very rare to walk into the cafeteria at SJU and see a student eating alone, or to go into the library and see a student working alone. There is truly a sense of community here, and students from every walk of life are able to find someplace where they belong, and other people who they can relate to. Most students are from the tri-state area, but really students come from all over.