p. 2 | The Enrollment in Catholic Schools

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 23, 1915

The Enrollment in Catholic Schools

SOME interesting statistics concerning the number of students in Catholic schools are presented in the Note and Comment column of America for December 4. The total number of students the present year in the Jesuit colleges of the United States and Canada is given as 15,873, to which must be added 5,793 students enrolled in the Jesuit universities, thus making a grand total of 21,666 in Jesuit colleges and universities.

According to the last “Catholic Directory,” there were in the United States 1,456,206 children in Catholic schools. Basing his estimate on this figure, Rev. Francis T. Moran, in an address delivered at the Catholic Educational Convention, says:—

A country-wide average annual per capita expenditure for education is $30.55. For easy figuring, change this to $30 for expenditure and 1,500,000 for children. Multiplying the number of children by the per capita expenditure, we have an annual tuition expense of $45,000,000.