Tell us about Marquette University

[Anonymous]

There’s a long list of jesuit schools that I’d choose over Marquette; have you considered Fordham?

[Anonymous]

Most of the students there are on a pre professional track (Business & hard sciences) — I would not recommend it if your kid wants to study the humanities or fine arts. It’s a friendly catholic school crowd but Marquette is not well known outside of the midwest.

[Anonymous]

noticeably more conservative compared to well known Jesuit schools on the coasts

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

So is the university buying up nearby houses? Do they raze the houses or use them as is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:noticeably more conservative compared to well known Jesuit schools on the coasts

Are you pulling this out of your a$$ or is it based on your actual experience with both Marquette and "well known Jesuit schools on the coast?"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

I live a few miles away from Marquette's campus. It's OK. Better than it was 15 years ago, yes, but I stand by my original post that it's still not a great neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:noticeably more conservative compared to well known Jesuit schools on the coasts

Nope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went there! Good school. VERY focused on its pre-professional programs: physical therapy, physician assistant, speech pathology, athletic training, dentistry, communication/journalism, engineering, business, nursing. If your child is interested in those fields, it is a good option. I would not send a child there for a liberal arts field.

Milwaukee is a cool underrated city. Marquette neighborhood is a bit sketchy, and gets even sketchier when you go off campus (west is sketchy, east is downtown which is safe). Good sports tradition. Greek life is there for those who want it but not overpowering. They have had some financial issues in the past few years- something to look into. Religion is prominent but not overpowering- another "there if you want it, but you don't have to partake to fit in" type thing. Easy flight to MKE from DCA or BWI. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Sketchy? Thought the school was buying up land in the surrounding areas.

They are, but decades of generational poverty, violence, and lack of investment don't just disappear overnight because a college puts in some new buildings.

It actually does look a lot better over there. Marquette has done a good job fairly quickly.

I live a few miles away from Marquette's campus. It's OK. Better than it was 15 years ago, yes, but I stand by my original post that it's still not a great neighborhood.

True, but hopefully they keep buying up land and improving that area. The nearby Concordia area has some of the most beautiful homes. I hope that all of the renovation and revitalization spreads out and continues.

[Anonymous]

Do most students live on campus all 4 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do most students live on campus all 4 years?

nope. 55% off campus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do most students live on campus all 4 years?

no, you are required to live on campus for 2 years and then most live off campus junior and senior year. they do offer some apartment-style on-campus living for junior & senior students, but it's not guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do most students live on campus all 4 years?

no, you are required to live on campus for 2 years and then most live off campus junior and senior year. they do offer some apartment-style on-campus living for junior & senior students, but it's not guaranteed.

Does it get immediately "sketchy" once off of campus? Where do most of the off campus kids live?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do most students live on campus all 4 years?

no, you are required to live on campus for 2 years and then most live off campus junior and senior year. they do offer some apartment-style on-campus living for junior & senior students, but it's not guaranteed.

Does it get immediately "sketchy" once off of campus? Where do most of the off campus kids live?

Here's a map of the area. https://www.google.com/maps/@43.039166,-87.9323519,745m/data=!3m1!1e3 It depends which way you are going off campus. Going west, it gets sketchy pretty quickly. Generally most try to stay east of 23rd or 24th streets. North of Campus, State Street is pretty much the cutoff of "Marquette bubble" and "super sketch." Anything east of campus is perfectly fine- downtown, the Eastside, Third Ward, Bayview...all very nice neighborhoods with restaurants, bars, etc. that are draws for students. The area directly south of campus is an interstate and then just industrial areas.

Most of the off campus kids live very close to campus...kind of a rectangle that is roughly bounded by the low 20s Streets on the west, 6th street to the east, and State Street on the North. So basically "on campus" but not classified as that because the buildings aren't owned by the university. Some will move closer to downtown Milwaukee or the Lower East Side (more interesting neighborhoods IMO) but not a ton.