Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College

Former names	Mount Saint Joseph College (1924-1938)
Motto	Fides, Caritas, Scientia
Motto in English	Faith, Charity, Knowledge
Type	Private
Established	1924; 100 years ago (1924)
Religious affiliation	Catholic (Sisters of St. Joseph)
Academic affiliations	ACCU NAICU CIC
President	William W. Latimer, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Undergraduates	1072
Postgraduates	433
Location	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , U.S. 40°05′14″N 75°13′40″W / 40.0871°N 75.2278°W / 40.0871; -75.2278
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Red
Nickname	Griffins
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division II – CACC, ECC
Mascot	Griffin
Website	/www.chc.edu

Chestnut Hill College is a private Catholic college in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The college was founded in 1924 as a women's college by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It was originally named Mount Saint Joseph College.

In 1980, the college established a coeducational graduate education program and started to admit male students to its undergraduate programs in 2003. As of 2012, a total of 2,318 students were enrolled in Chestnut Hill College's three constituent schools, with fewer than 900 as undergraduates.^[1]