Be Surprised

Founded in 1888, The University of Scranton is a private Catholic and Jesuit university that is known for outstanding academic quality, a beautiful and technology-rich campus, and a sense of community that helps you feel right at home.

Nestled in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Northeast region, The University’s 58-acre hillside campus is in the heart of Scranton, a community of 75,000 within a greater metropolitan area of 750,000 people. 

Scranton offers 61 bachelor’s degree programs, 45 minors, 25 master’s degree programs and a doctor of physical therapy program through four colleges and schools.  Visit our Undergraduate Programs page to see the full range of available majors.

Always Improving

Since 2003, we’ve invested more than $237 million in campus improvements, either completed or underway. The first phase of the Loyola Science Center, a 200,000-square-foot unified science center featuring 22 class and seminar rooms, 34 laboratories and a multistory atrium, as well as a nearly 180,000-square-foot Mulberry Street apartment and fitness complex with 400 apartment-style beds for juniors and seniors, were completed in fall 2011.

The new Patrick & Margaret DeNaples Center opened in January 2008, providing 118,000 square feet of meeting, dining and office space in a building that is the hub of campus life. Christopher and Margaret Condron Hall, which opened in the fall of 2008, provides 386 beds of suite-style sophomore housing. The John & Jacquelyn Dionne Campus Green, dedicated in August 2008, provides a football field-sized green at the heart of campus. In total, the University is investing more than $200 million in projects to transform its 58-acre campus.

Nationally Ranked

• For ten consecutive years, one of The Princeton Review’s “376 Best Colleges.”
• Among 198 colleges included in Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education.”
• Named in U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition as
  • among the 10 top master's universities in the north for 18 consecutive years
  • one of 86 schools recognized for “A Strong Commitment to Teaching”
  • a “Great Schools at a Great Price” for eight consecutive years