St. Norbert College
A private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin, founded in 1898, offering more than 70 majors and minors in the Norbertine tradition.
St. Norbert College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin, and the world's only Norbertine institution of higher learning. Founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, the college marked a 125-year legacy in 2023 and operates a campus rooted in the Norbertine tradition of communio. Its stated mission is to foster intellectual, spiritual and personal development, and to prepare graduates to honor God, serve humanity and care for all.
The academic programme comprises more than 70 majors and minors within a liberal arts curriculum that blends the Catholic intellectual tradition with Norbertine values of service, contemplation and community. Teaching is organised around close faculty-student contact: professors act as dedicated mentors, providing personalised academic support, undergraduate research opportunities and collaborative learning. Over 91% of graduates are employed or in graduate school within nine months of graduation.
Employees join an institution whose culture signals centre on mentoring, community and mission. Work is framed by a commitment to the whole development of students - intellectual, spiritual and personal - and by values of service and contemplation that shape both the curriculum and the campus. The college is a single-campus institution based in De Pere, Wisconsin.