Motto | In Colle Exaltatus Fons Sapientiae (Latin) |
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Motto in English | A Spring of Wisdom Lifted Up on the Hill[1] |
Type | Private college |
Established | 1830 |
Religious affiliation | Catholic (Jesuit) |
Academic affiliations | AJCU |
Endowment | $24.8 million (2019)[2] |
President | Mary H. Van Brunt |
Academic staff | 79 full-time |
Students | 1,046 |
Undergraduates | 933 |
Postgraduates | 113 |
Location | , U.S. 30°41′39″N 88°8′14″W / 30.69417°N 88.13722°W |
Campus | Urban - 32 buildings 18-hole golf course, 381 acres (154 ha) |
Colors | Purple & white |
Nickname | Badgers |
Mascot | Beaumont |
Website | www |
Spring Hill College is a private Jesuit college in Mobile, Alabama. It was founded in 1830 by Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile. Along with being the oldest college or university in the state of Alabama, it was the first Catholic college in the South, is the fifth-oldest Catholic college in the United States, and is the third-oldest member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.