Salve Regina University is a Catholic, coeducational university founded by the Sisters of Mercy, located in the city of Newport, Rhode Island. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the university enrolls more than 2,700 undergraduate and graduate students from across the U.S. and around the world. Salve Regina's 80-acre campus, bordering Newport Cliff Walk, is set on seven contiguous Gilded Age estates with 21 structures of historic significance.