Providence College is a private, Catholic university in Providence, Rhode Island. With a Spring 2021 enrollment of 4,128 undergraduate students and 688 graduate students for a total enrollment of 4,816 students. The college specializes in academic programs in the liberal arts.
Founded in 1917, the college offers 49 majors and 34 minors. It requires all its students to complete 16 credits in the Development of Western Civilization, a major part of the college's core curriculum.
In athletics, Providence College competes in the NCAA's Division I and is a founding member of the original Big East Conference and Hockey East. It was part of the original six other basketball-centric Catholic colleges which broke off from the original Big East (today's American Athletic Conference) to form the current Big East at the start of the 2013–14 academic year.
Principia Cathedra the principals of the chair, from Latin cathedra, as a seat of authority and that which a cathedral's purpose is to indicate the location of such chair.
