KeyFacts
Founded: 1853
Type of Institution: Coeducational, private, comprehensive university in suburban Philadelphia
Enrollment: Over 3,000 students, including 1,400 full-time undergraduates, more than 400 part-time undergraduates and more than 1,200 graduate students
Faculty: 306 faculty members. Eighty-five percent of full-time assistant, associate, and full professors hold doctoral or terminal degrees.
Student:Faculty Ratio: 12: 1
Degrees Offered: B.A., B.F.A., B.S., M.A., M.S., and doctoral degrees in more than 40 majors.
Study Abroad: Students can study abroad in Australia, England, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain, or Wales.
Residence Halls: Seven residence halls house more than 950 students and offer a variety of housing options.
Siblings Anchor Arcadia Soccer Teams
Tom and Maria DeGeorge, siblings from Northeast Philadelphia, are the best men's and women's soccer players at Arcadia University. The duo led the Knights to the
conference playoffs, with the men winning the championship and advancing to the national quarterfinals.
Tom, a senior history major, is not only one of the top players at Arcadia, he is one of the best in the nation. Last year, DeGeorge was an honorable mention All-American as he led the team
in scoring and assists and helped the Knights into the third round of the NCAA tournament. This year, he had 18 goals and 11 assists to lead Arcadia, which was 20-4 overall and 8-0 in the
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference; for his performance, DeGeorge became Arcadia's first first-team All-American.
"Tom is the player to watch every time out and every team we play is gearing up to try to stop him," says Arcadia men's coach Tom Carlin. "He makes everyone on the team better with his
tremendous technical ability, and more importantly, his lead-by-example attitude."
Maria made quite an impact in just her freshman year. The Archbishop Ryan graduate had nine goals, one shy of the team lead, and a team-high 14 assists for the Knights, who have won three
of the last five PAC championships.
"Maria is perhaps the most likeable player on our team, with a positive attitude, great personality, and high work ethic that make her even more valuable to our team and university," says
Arcadia women's coach Art Goon. "Maria has been one of three freshmen who have made an immediate impact on our program this season. She, along with Diana Zeminski and Amy Franks, has blended
exceptionally well with our upperclassmen to get us back to the PAC playoffs. She is one of those rare players who comes along every so often who makes everyone around her better players."
Both Tom and Maria like having the other on campus, and the two frequently meet for lunch, rides home, and on the soccer field.
"It's fun to watch her play," says Tom. "I'm glad she's here; I'd rather have her here than someplace else."
Maria was worried about comparisons with her older brother. "I didn't want to be known as his little sister but it helped me here because people knew him and liked him," she says. "I didn't
want people to think I was as good as my brother because I'm not."
Having both of them at Arcadia also made life easier for their parents, Tom and Donna. The women's team frequently played before the men on Saturday afternoons.
"They didn't miss a game," Tom says of his parents. "I know that it is good for them to be able to come and see us both play." When there is a conflict, they watched the men's team play, which
Maria encouraged them to do since it was Tom's senior season.
Arcadia University is a coeducational, comprehensive university in suburban Philadelphia that offers undergraduate and graduate study to 3,000 students annually. The Arcadia University Center
for Education Abroad, ranked second in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and one of the largest campus-based international study programs in the United States, serves an additional 2,000 students from nearly 300 American colleges and universities
each year. Barron's has named Arcadia a "best buy" for the past ten years, and the university is also ranked among the
top colleges and universities in the north region by U.S. News' America's Best Colleges. Arcadia's alumni take great pride in their university, with 40 percent of undergraduate alumni
donating to their alma mater each year. For more information, go to www.arcadia.edu.
