University · Lisle, United States

Benedictine University

Private Roman Catholic university located in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

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academic calendar type	semester
admission rate	0.61 point in time: 2020
admission yield rate	0.22 point in time: 2020
athletics program	Benedictine Eagles
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: moderate research activity majority undergraduate research doctoral: professional-dominant four-year, medium, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Benedictine University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Benedictine University faculty
Commons category	Benedictine University
coordinate location	41.7772, -88.0958
count of students	3,779 point in time: September 2020
country	United States
employees	667 point in time: September 2020
endowment	36,902,470 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020
image	Dan and Ada Rice Athletic Center.jpg
inception	1887
industry	higher education
instance of	university private not-for-profit educational institution
legal form	Nonprofit Corporation
located in the administrative territorial entity	Illinois
member of	Association of American Colleges and Universities American Council on Education Center for Research Libraries
number of viewers/listeners	415,142 determination method or standard: YouTube video views; point in time: 27 November 2025; YouTube channel ID: UC88YQwtJdBcT7GmnC8reToQ; YouTube handle: benu1887
official website	http://www.ben.edu language of work or name: English
postal code	60532-0900
religion or worldview	Catholic Church
social media followers	3,162 point in time: 6 January 2021; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 37044675 3,051 point in time: 25 April 2020; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 37044675
street address	5700 College Rd, Lisle, IL, 60532-0900
topic's main category	Category:Benedictine University
total assets	180,508,560 United States dollar point in time: 30 June 2020

Identifiers in other databases

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BabelNet ID	01281306n
Encyclopedia of Chicago ID	2171
Facebook username	BenedictineUniversity
Freebase ID	/m/06dk9b
GeoNames ID	4896799
GRID ID	grid.252950.9
Instagram username	benu1887
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	145619
ISNI	0000000404207500
KISTI ID	K000206799
Legal Entity Identifier	549300OQ42IHCLBI8K09
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	114660634
OpenAlex ID	I114660634
OpenStreetMap way ID	182931169
PermID	4298210023
Quora topic ID	Benedictine-University
Ringgold ID	4569
ROR ID	053fh2363
Scopus affiliation ID	60028332
SEVIS school ID	9308
SNARC ID	Q47281
Threads username	benu1887
X (Twitter) username	BenU1887 start time: 1 May 2009; point in time: 25 April 2020; number of subscribers: 3,051; X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 37044675
YouTube channel ID	UC88YQwtJdBcT7GmnC8reToQ start time: 23 March 2011; point in time: 9 December 2020; subject named as: Benedictine University; number of works: 240; number of subscribers: 456; number of viewers/listeners: 385,942
YouTube handle	benu1887 point in time: 20 October 2025; YouTube channel ID: UC88YQwtJdBcT7GmnC8reToQ
‎Scilit organization ID	2403