As a new school year begins, St. John’s University is celebrating 25 years of residence life. Over Labor Day weekend, incoming freshmen, returning students and their families gathered on the campus for the university’s annual Move-In Weekend, marking its milestone.
The Fall 2024 entering class includes residential students from 44 U.S. states and 43 countries around the world. These students moved into the Residence Village at 8000 Utopia Pkwy. in Jamaica as they prepared for the start of the university’s 155th academic year, which officially began on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
The Fall 2024 incoming class includes St. John’s University’s third cohort of nursing students, who will attend classes in the new $106 million, 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art St. Vincent Health Sciences Center. On Sept. 18, the facility will be formally dedicated and will become the permanent home of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Jason T. Bartlett, Ph. D., director of the Office of Residence Life, says the university is excited to welcome the “next generation of Johnies to the Queens campus.”
“Move-In Weekend at St. John’s is always a busy and exciting time when the entire University community comes out in force to welcome new and returning students to campus and start this chapter of their St. John’s story,” Bartlett said.
This year’s fall 2024 incoming class student profile includes 2,588 new, first-time first-year students and 926 first-year resident students. 68% of the incoming class are either Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian, Alaska Native, or two or more races. 18 students were ranked No.1 in their graduating class at the time of admission, and 13 students were ranked No.2.
The top areas of study for the Fall 2024 incoming class include students who are Undecided on their major, as well as those pursuing degrees in Liberal Studies and Pharmacy, with many enrolled in the university’s six-year doctoral Pharmacy program.
