Butler University provides more than 57 majors with 8 pre-professional and 19 graduate programs.
Butler athletic teams are highly regarded, especially its basketball program. Not quite a liberal arts college, Butler University still emphasizes practicality of knowledge and offers individual attention to its students with its small class size and no teaching assistants.
Butler University provides students with an opportunity for research experience with the Butler Institute for Research and Scholarship and some students are provided with funding to perform independent research with a faculty member.