'''Ave Maria University''' is the first new Catholic University founded in the United States in 50 years.<ref>There was at least one other Catholic ''college'' founded in the last 40 years, Cardinal Newman College in St. Louis. It closed in 1985.[http://closedcollege.bizland.com/missouri.htm]</ref> Ave Maria University is located northeast of Naples, Florida. In spring 2007 it graduated 74 students. | '''Ave Maria University''' is the first new Catholic University founded in the United States in 50 years.<ref>There was at least one other Catholic ''college'' founded in the last 40 years, Cardinal Newman College in St. Louis. It closed in 1985.[http://closedcollege.bizland.com/missouri.htm]</ref> Ave Maria University is located northeast of Naples, Florida. In spring 2007 it graduated 74 students. |