University of Dayton

The University of Dayton is a private Catholic research university in Dayton, Ohio. It was founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary (the Marianists) as St. Mary's School for Boys and became a university as collegiate faculties were added. The campus covers about 400 acres on the south side of the city, near the Great Miami River.

Units include the School of Engineering, the School of Business Administration, the School of Law, the School of Education and Health Sciences, and the College of Arts and Sciences. The university is known for engineering and for applied work linked to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The University of Dayton Research Institute conducts contract research in aerospace, materials, and sensors and employs many graduate students as researchers.

Enrollment is about 11,000, including about 2,500 graduate and law students. International students form a substantial share of graduate engineering cohorts and come from Asia, the Middle East, and other regions. Faculty number about 1,000. Alumni include writer Erma Bombeck, football coach Chuck Noll, and engineers in the Midwest aerospace industry.

Graduate study centers on master's degrees in engineering, business, and education and on the J.D. Coursework and project or thesis options are typical. The calendar follows U.S. semesters. Assistantships through the Research Institute support many engineering master's students. Dayton is a mid-sized industrial city; the campus is residential, and the Air Force research complex is a short drive away.

In the Grad School Navigator directory, University of Dayton lists 4 graduate programs across 4 subjects, all of them master's programs, with the widest choice in education, electrical engineering and materials science & engineering.