Regis College

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This article is about the women's college in Massachusetts. For the undergraduate college of the coeducational Jesuit university in Colorado, see Regis University.

Regis College is a small Catholic women's college in Weston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1927 by the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston when they purchased the 130-acre (53 ha) suburban campus, formerly known as the Morrison estate. It was the first resident Catholic College for Women in the Boston area. Regis also manages a satellite campus in Manchester, NH which houses the master's program in pastoral ministry. Regis is named after Sister Mary Regis Casserly.

The college grants associate, bachelor and master degrees. In January 2006, Regis began offering a new doctorate in nursing practice. Regis offers programs in education, communication, leadership, health product regulation, public administration, nursing, health science, regulatory policy and social work in a health care setting.

In the Fall of 2007, Regis will become co-ed. It was the last Catholic women's undergraduate college in the Boston area. The graduate and adult programs have been coed for many years.

Regis plans to build a 362-unit multigenerational living and learning community on 60 acres it owns on its existing campus. The primary focus will be an mid-rise elder residential service center. It will have small footprint to preserve surrounding park land for recreational activity and minimize the suburban sprawl. The project is designed to meet elder residential and long-term care to area seniors as well as provide "real life" expeience to the Regis students enrolled in related programs.

Enrollment:

Full time undergraduate: 621

Part time undergraduate: 222

Full time graduate: 160

Part time graduate: 300