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| Motto | Men and Women in Service of Others |
| Type | Private university |
| Established | 1877; 148 years ago (1877) |
| Accreditation | HLC |
Religious affiliation | Catholic (Jesuit) |
Academic affiliations | AJCUACCU NAICUCIC |
| Endowment | $71.5 million (2020)[1] |
| President | D. Scott Hendrickson (interim) |
| Provost | Jacob Bucher |
Academic staff | 302 full-time, 376 part-time (fall 2022)[2] |
| Students | 4,638 (fall 2023)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 2,680 (fall 2023) |
| Postgraduates | 1,958 (fall 2023) |
| Location | ,, United States |
| Campus | Urban, 90 acres (36 ha) |
| Colors | Blue and gold[4] |
| Nickname | Rangers |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division II –Rocky Mountain |
| Mascot | Regi the Ranger |
| Website | regis.edu |
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Regis University (/ˈriːdʒɪs/REE-jiss)[5] is aprivateJesuit university inDenver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1877 by theSociety of Jesus,[6][7] the university offers more than 120 degrees through three colleges in a variety of subjects, including education,liberal arts, business, nursing, and technology. It isaccredited by theHigher Learning Commission.[8] Regis is one of 27Jesuit Catholic universities in the United States, and is the only Jesuit institution in theRocky Mountain region.[9]
In 1877, a group of exiled Italian Jesuits established a small college inLas Vegas, New Mexico.[10] The Jesuits named this institution Las Vegas College which would ultimately become known as Regis University.[10]
In 1884, the Bishop of Denver invited the Jesuits to create a college inMorrison, Colorado where Sacred Heart College was opened. In 1887, Las Vegas College and Sacred Heart College merged and moved to the present location of Regis University. At the time of the merger, the school was then called the College of the Sacred Heart. Later, in 1921, it adopted the name of Regis College in honor ofJohn Francis Regis, a 17th-century Jesuit who worked with prostitutes and the poor in the mountains of Southern France. The preparatory section was separated to become the present-dayRegis Jesuit High School.[citation needed]
In 1991, Regis College was renamed Regis University.[citation needed]
Regis University played host to the rock musicianJimi Hendrix in 1968,[11] as well as the British rock bandQueen, who played their first concert in the United States at Regis, on April 16, 1974.[12]
In 2011, Regis academic programs expanded with partnerships with theNational University of Ireland, Galway, and with ITESO, theJesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico, for the first online bilingual joint MBA degree program.[13]
On June 1, 2012, Michael Sheeran stepped down as the university's president. He was succeeded by John P. Fitzgibbons who became the 24th president of the university.[14]
The university's current president is Salvador Aceves, the first non-clergyman to hold the role.[15]
In 2023, Regis University was designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI), meaning that more than 25% of its student population is Hispanic or Latinx.[16]
On August 12, 1993,Pope John Paul II visited the Northwest Denver Campus of Regis University, where he met with PresidentBill Clinton for the first time. They greeted about 150 visitors, who had been chosen through a lottery system, and met privately for an hour in the President's Dining Room of Carroll Hall.[17]
Regis College houses the traditional, undergraduate (and Masters of Art in Education & Masters of Science in Biomedical Sciences) programs. These programs are designed for recent high school graduates, or transfer students, with little or no professional work experience. Regis college offers a choice of majors, minors, emphases, and pre-professional tracks. Students wishing to enter the nursing, physical therapy, or pharmacy programs often enter Regis College to complete pre-requisite requirements.[18]
When Regis absorbed her sister school,Loretto Heights College, the Rueckert Hartman College for Health Professions was born.[19] Regis operates a nationally recognized nursing program, and one of the premiere physical therapist programs.[20] The school is divided into three schools and two divisions: Loretto Heights School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, School of Physical Therapy, Division of Health Services Education and the Division of Counseling and Family Therapy. The college offers three doctoral programs, Doctor of Nursing Practice (entirely on-line), Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Doctor of Pharmacy.[21]
In 2015, the College of Business and Economics was officially established to combine the Regis College Division of Business and the College for Professional Studies School of Management and Master of Nonprofit Management. After a donation made by Denver architect Andy Anderson in 2018, the college was renamed to the Anderson College of Business. The college offers both classroom-based and online course options.[22] Undergraduate programs in Computer Science (CPS), Computer Information Systems, and Computer Networking areABET accredited. They are the only ABET accredited programs of their kind that, in addition to classroom, are also offered 100% online.[23]
Regis University's Center for Service Learning (CSL) facilitates student voluntary service, the development of service learning components in coursework, and placement among the needier members of society for those with work study awards.[24] These are essential components of the university's mission to train men and women for others.[25]
Regis University is in theRocky Mountain Athletic Conference along with Adams State, Black Hills State, Chadron State, Colorado Christian, Colorado Mines, CSU Pueblo, Dixie State, Fort Lewis, Colorado Mesa, Metro State, New Mexico Highlands, South Dakota Mines, UC-Colorado Springs, Western New Mexico, Westminster, and Western Colorado University. The university offers women's lacrosse, men and women's soccer, baseball, softball, men and women's basketball, volleyball, men and women's cross country, men and women's golf, Men’s Rugby and forensics.[citation needed]
Regis University was ranked 273 among National Universities byU.S. News & World Report in its 2026 rankings,[26] having fallen 71 places from[27] Regis's first year of competition on this national list since it was reclassified in 2019 as aDoctoral/Professional University.[28] It had previously been ranked 26th among "Regional Universities West".[29]
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