Where Is Gonzaga University?

Gonzaga University is located in Spokane, one-and-a half miles from the business district of Washington in the United States. It is a private Catholic university which was founded in 1887 by Father Joseph Cataldo, an Italian-American missionary of the Society of Jesus. It is a part of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The association has 28 institutions throughout the United States.

The university was built by the Father Cataldo to teach native tribes people about Christianity. The first academic year began on 17 September, 1887. By the year 1901 the university was granted permission to issue master’s degrees in two subjects. Gonzaga Magazine, the university’s magazine, first appeared in 1910; the name, however, was changed in 1926 to ‘Gonzaga Bulletin’. A school of engineering was established in 1933. The number of students at the university fell during the Second World War; the conditions reversed after the war and the ‘school of engineering’ witnessed a spectacular growth. Currently there are more than 7500 students enrolled in various programs offered by the university and the faculty consists of 364 academicians.

The campus spans an area of 131 acres along the Spokane River and houses 105 buildings. The university had a budget of $206.6 million in 2009-10 of which $71.9 million were channeled to pay the salary of the faculty. The university was ranked third for doing masters’ among the universities in the West of the United States.

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