University of Scranton

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University of Scranton
University of Scranton
motto Religio Mores Cultura
founding 1888
Sponsorship Roman Catholic
place Scranton , Pennsylvania , USA
president Scott R. Pilarz SJ
Students 5373 (2017)
Employee 1057
including professors 259
Website scranton.edu

The University of Scranton is a private university in Roman Catholic , Jesuit sponsorship based in Scranton , Pennsylvania . She is one of 28 members of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities .

history

The college was founded as St. Thomas College in 1888 by the first Bishop of Scranton, William O'Hara . In 1938 the college received university status. It was initially directed by the priests of the diocese and later by the Christian Brothers . In 1942, Bishop William Joseph Hafey transferred the leadership to the Jesuit Order .

Faculties

  • College of Arts and Sciences
  • The Kania School of Management
  • The Panuska College of Professional Studies
  • The College of Graduate and Continuing Education (previously The Dexter Hanley College)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Facts About Us , accessed April 23, 2018.
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
east

Boston College (MA)  | Holy Cross (MA)  | Fairfield (CT)  | Canisius (NY)  | Le Moyne (NY)  | Fordham (NY)  | Saint Peter's (NJ)  | Saint Joseph's (PA)  | Scranton (PA)  | Loyola Maryland (MD)  | Georgetown (DC)

Middle
west

Creighton (NE)  | Detroit Mercy (MI)  | John Carroll (OH)  | Xavier (OH)  | Loyola Chicago (IL)  | Marquette (WI)  | Rockhurst (MO)  | Saint Louis (MO)

south

Wheeling Jesuit (WV)  | Loyola New Orleans (LA)  | Spring Hill (AL)

west

Gonzaga (WA)  | Seattle (WA)  | Loyola Marymount (CA)  | San Francisco (CA)  | Santa Clara (CA)  | Regis (CO)

Graduates

Berkeley (CA)  | Weston (MA)

Former

Woodstock College (MA)

Colleges in Pennsylvania
State universities

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Private universities

Alvernia  • The American College  • Arcadia  • Art Institute of Philadelphia  • Baptist Bible College & Seminary  • Bucknell  • Bryn Athyn  • Cabrini  • Carlow  • Carnegie Mellon  • Central Penn College  • Chestnut Hill  • Curtis Institute of Music  • Delaware Valley College  • DeSales  • Drexel  • Duquesne  • Eastern  • Gannon  • Gratz  • Gwynedd Mercy  • Harcum College  • Harrisburg University of Science and Technology  • Holy Family  • Hussian School of Art  • Immaculata  • Keystone  • La Roche  • La Salle  • Lackawanna  • Lancaster Bible College  • Lehigh  • Manor  • Marywood  • Misericordia  • Moore College of Art and Design  • Mount Aloysius  • Neumann  • Peirce  • Pennsylvania College of Art and Design  • Philadelphia Biblical  • Philadelphia  • Point Park  • Robert Morris  • Rosemont  • St. Charles Borromeo Seminary  • St. Francis  • St. Joseph's  • Salus  • Seton Hill  • Thiel  • Thomas Jefferson  • University of Pennsylvania  • University of Scranton  • University of the Arts  • University of the Sciences in Philadelphia  • Valley Forge Christian College  • Villanova  • Widener  • Wilkes

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colleges

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Coordinates: 41 ° 24 ′ 19.9 "  N , 75 ° 39 ′ 28.4"  W.