Pace University is a private university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York. In 1906, brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles Ashford Pace founded the firm of Pace and Pace to operate their schools of accountancy and business. Taking a loan of $600, the Pace brothers rented a classroom on one of the floors of the New York Tribune Building, today the site of the One Pace Plaza complex. The Paces taught the first class of 13 men and women. The school grew rapidly, and moved several times around Lower Manhattan. In 1963, the Pleasantville campus was established using land and buildings donated by the then-president of General Foods and Pace alumnus and trustee Wayne Marks and his wife Helen.
In 1975, the College of White Plains (formerly known as Good Counsel College) consolidated with Pace and became the White Plains campus. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977 and became the Briarcliff campus. In 1994, all undergraduate programs in White Plains were consolidated to the Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus, and the White Plains campus on North Broadway was given to Pace’s law school. Finally in 1997, Pace purchased the World Trade Institute at 1 World Trade Center from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Motto: Opportunitas
Motto in English: Opportunity
Established: 1906
Type: Private, nonsectarian, co-educational
Endowment: $137.6 million
Academic Staff: 1,238
Admin. Staff: 1,527
Students: 12,772
Undergraduates: 8,928
Postgraduates: 4,471 (778 law)
Location: New York City, Pleasantville, and White Plains, New York
Colors: Blue and Gold
Athletics: 19 varsity teams
Mascot: Setter
Website: www.pace.edu
In 1975, the College of White Plains (formerly known as Good Counsel College) consolidated with Pace and became the White Plains campus. Briarcliff College was acquired in 1977 and became the Briarcliff campus. In 1994, all undergraduate programs in White Plains were consolidated to the Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus, and the White Plains campus on North Broadway was given to Pace’s law school. Finally in 1997, Pace purchased the World Trade Institute at 1 World Trade Center from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Motto: Opportunitas
Motto in English: Opportunity
Established: 1906
Type: Private, nonsectarian, co-educational
Endowment: $137.6 million
Academic Staff: 1,238
Admin. Staff: 1,527
Students: 12,772
Undergraduates: 8,928
Postgraduates: 4,471 (778 law)
Location: New York City, Pleasantville, and White Plains, New York
Colors: Blue and Gold
Athletics: 19 varsity teams
Mascot: Setter
Website: www.pace.edu
