Salve Regina University is a university in Newport, Rhode Island. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, the university is a Catholic, co-educational, private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of Rhode Island in 1934. In 1947 the university acquired Ochre Court and welcomed its first class of 58 students. By a 1991 amendment to the Charter, College was deleted as the institution officially became Salve Regina University. The undergraduate academic programs are based on the liberal arts, offering concentrations in the arts and sciences and in pre-professional and professional programs. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, the Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, and the Ph.D. in humanities. Salve Regina enrolls over 2,500 men and women from 42 states and 17 nations. Approximately 2000 are undergraduates and 500 graduate students. Currently 44 undergraduate majors, 13 graduate and undergraduate certificate programs, 7 master's degree programs, and a Ph.D. in humanities are offered. All students are required to perform 10 hours of community service in their freshman year and are encouraged to volunteer throughout their college years.