  monmouth university is a private university located in west long branch, monmouth county, new jersey, united states. founded in 1933 as monmouth junior college, it became monmouth college in 1956, and later monmouth university in 1995 after receiving its charter. there are about 4,300 full-time and 444 part-time undergraduate and 1,750 graduate students, as well as 251 full-time faculty members. about 73% of faculty members hold ph.d.s or other terminal degrees in their field of study.college close-up" monmouth university â faculty, accessed december 21, 2006. "approximately 73 percent of the full-time instructional faculty members have doctorates or other terminal degrees in their fields." the university's student-to-faculty ratio is about 15:1. because of the university's relatively small student population, class sizes are capped between 20 and 35 and no classes are taught by teaching assistants. forty-four percent of students live on-campus. most of monmouth's student body is drawn from the northeastern united states, although students from 29 states and 28 foreign countries add to the school's diversity.[http://www.petersons.com/ugchannel/code/idd.asp?sponsor=36&inunid=7550 college close-
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