Level: NCAA Division II
Conference: Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).
Public or Private:We are a private institution, however our costs can many times rival or beat that of public institutions with the ability to combine or “stack” our academic and athletic scholarships for qualified student athletes.
Size: Maryville has a total enrollment of 3,800 students with over half of those students being undergraduates. We have an Average class size of 16 students.
Setting: Maryville University is located in the St. Louis suburb of Town and Country. We are in a safe and quiet community that is only 15-20 minutes from all of the great St. Louis attractions.
Popular Majors: Maryville has over 50 academic programs to choose from. We may be best known for our health science programs; however, we have many strong programs outside of the health sciences as well. Some of our most popular majors are: Actuarial Science, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Education, Interior design, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical therapy, and Sports management.
The Program
Program Size:
Each year our cross country teams have approximately 12-15 members each for Men and Women, while our Track and Field Teams have between 25-35 athletes each.
What type of student-athlete does your program recruit?
We look for individuals that are very motivated both as students and as athletes. To obtain scholarships to Maryville you must have a 22 ACT and 3.0 GPA.
What are some recent accomplishments of the program or individuals in the program?
Between men’s and women’s cross country, indoor and outdoor track over 100 school records have been broken and rebroken since I took over the program in 2008. 2012-2013 saw the most successful year in the history of the women’s programs. The women placed 4th in the GLVC with 6 of the top 7 being underclassmen and Sam Hartnett being named freshman of the year for cross country. In track and field, the women scored the highest point total in school history at the conference championships led by Elizabeth Kiblinger placing 2nd in the 10,000m and 8th in the 5000m runs.
Maryville was ranked first in the most recent NCAA Division II President’s Award for Academic Success; as well as being recognized in the U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 over-performing university in the country as well as one the “best Colleges 2012”