Villanova University

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Everything we know

From this institution's Wikidata record. Figures that change every year show the latest value; earlier years and longer lists open with a click.

About

instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution open-access publisher Catholic university
inception	1842
named after	Thomas of Villanova
motto text	Veritas, Unitas, Caritas (la)
industry	higher education
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Radnor Township
location	Villanova
street address	800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA, 19085-1699
postal code	19085-1699
coordinate location	40.0377, -75.3375
official website	http://www1.villanova.edu/content/main.html · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	9,535
employees	2,936 · September 2020
admission rate	31% · 2020
admission yield rate	25% · 2020
chairperson	Peter M. Donohue · since 1 June 2006

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: moderate research activity high undergraduate research doctoral: STEM-dominant four-year, medium, highly residential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$1,113,161,110 · 30 June 2022 Earlier figures (2) $1,187,404,228 · 30 June 2021 $797,015,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$1,880,806,380 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Villanova Center for Liberal Education, Villanova University
affiliation	Philadelphia College Radio Collective National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities Augustinian Secondary Education Association Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
member of	arXiv · 2021 American Council on Education National Humanities Alliance Open Education Network Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
athletics program	Villanova Wildcats

Other facts

religion or worldview	Catholic Church
significant person	Leo XIV

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (1)

image	Villanova Church.jpg · media legend: Chapelle de l'université Villanova (fr)

Wikimedia and technical details (5)

Commons category	Villanova University
topic's main category	Category:Villanova University
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:Villanova University alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Villanova University faculty
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher

Identifiers in other databases (41)

ARWU university ID	villanova-university
Crunchbase organization ID	villanova-university-school-of-law villanova-school-of-business villanova-university
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	topic/Villanova-University · subject named as: Villanova University
Facebook username	VillanovaU
FactGrid item ID	Q1307489
Freebase ID	/m/01j_5k
GeoNames ID	5217248
GND ID	1029982-8
GNIS Feature ID	1190421
Google Scholar organization ID	9060616676816724904
GRID ID	grid.267871.d
iNaturalist place ID	117741
Instagram username	villanovau
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID	216597
ISNI	0000000103816134
ITU/ISO/IEC object ID	1.3.6.1.4.1.9996
J9U entity ID	987007599107805171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	1029982-8
KISTI ID	K000208325
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n79090015 · subject named as: Villanova University
LittleSis organization ID	33981
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	7863295
MUSE publisher ID	340
MusicBrainz place ID	f7ad5b8a-75f1-4134-91ae-aaacc6ed3a9b
New York Times topic ID	organization/villanova-university
Open Funder Registry funder ID	100007226
OpenAlex ID	I7863295 P4310316286 · subject named as: Villanova University
Quora topic ID	Villanova-University
Ringgold ID	8210
ROR ID	02g7kd627
Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts name ID	37766
SEVIS school ID	4353
SNARC ID	Q49355
subreddit	Villanova villanova
Threads username	villanovau
Times Higher Education World University ID	villanova-university
VIAF cluster ID	143964957 155153626
X (Twitter) username	VillanovaU · has characteristic: verified account or profile · number of subscribers: 34,357 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 63143087 · 27 April 2020 VillanovaMedia · number of subscribers: 1,770 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 62845709 · 3 July 2020
‎Private Enterprise Number	9996
‎Scilit organization ID	3326
‎Yale LUX ID	group/91a204c9-c8e1-4d65-93a7-990c7cedded2