at the associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.
Viterbo is one of 23 Franciscan colleges and universities in the United States, with 2,521 undergraduate and graduate students and over 23,000 alumni. As of 2020, Viterbo's endowment was a record $55.7 million. Viterbo is a member of the NAIA and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference; its athletic teams are known as the V-Hawks.
== History ==
In 1890, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration founded St. Rose Normal School to prepare religious sisters to teach in elementary schools. College courses were later introduced in 1923 as Viterbo began laying the foundation to evolve into a four-year degree-granting institution. About 10 years later, the school developed a four-year college program, and by the 1931-32 school year became known as St. Rose Junior College with authorization from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. By 1939, it received approval as a four-year degree-granting institution for the preparation of teachers for elementary …
