Regis College (Massachusetts)
private college in Weston, Massachusetts
Regis College is a private Catholic university run by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Weston, Massachusetts, United States. Regis was founded as a women's college in 1927. In 2007, Regis became co-educational; it was the last Catholic women's college in the Boston area to start admitting men.
History
Regis College was founded in 1927 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The college's name is inspired by Mary Regis Casserly who established the Sisters of St. Joseph in Boston in 1873. After eight decades as a women's only college, Regis enrolled its first co-educational class in fall 2007.
As of fall 2020, approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students were enrolled at Regis.
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