Points of Pride
National Recognition
- For 18 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Colleges" edition has ranked the University among the 10 top master's universities in the North, the survey's largest and most competitive region. In the 2012 edition of U.S. News, Scranton placed eighth in the North. For the past eight years, the University has been included among only 15 colleges in the North recognized by U.S. News & World Report as "Great Schools at a Great Price," which relates academic quality to the cost of attendance. Scranton is also named among only 45 colleges in the nation recognized by U.S. News as “Up-and-Comers.”
- The University's MBA program is among the top 15 in the nation for general management according to a national ranking of business schools published by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review.
- For the past 10 years, The Princeton Review has included Scranton among its “376 Best Colleges.” The University was included in three of the “Best 376 Colleges” rankings, including “Best Campus Food” and “Most Religious Students."
.The University of Scranton was included in three of The Princeton Review’s “Best 376 Colleges” rankings, including “Best Campus Food” (12) and “Most Religious Students (19).
- Scranton is one of only 100 colleges and universities in the nation to be named to Templeton Foundation’s Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges.
- For four consecutive years, Scranton has ranked among the nation’s elite universities included in Forbes magazine’s online listing of “America’s Best Colleges.”
- Scranton is among just 119 colleges in the nation named to the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2008.
- Scranton is ranked among the top 50 service-oriented colleges listed in the September/October 2011 issue of Washington Monthly, which measured how well universities are meeting their public obligations of providing research, service and social mobility.
- The University is listed among the 198 colleges in the nation included in the 11th edition of Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education.”
- Scranton is among just 100 universities in the nation — and one of just seven institutions in Pennsylvania — listed in Kiplinger’s “Best Values in Private Colleges,” a ranking measuring "academic quality and affordability.”
- The University was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for 2010, the highest federal recognition colleges and universities can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service learning and civic engagement. Scranton is among just 36 colleges in the nation and 17 schools in Pennsylvania to be named to the President’s Community Service Honor Roll.
- For seven consecutive years, the University’s Kania School of Management has been included among The Princeton Review’s “Best 294 Business Schools.”
- GI Jobs has listed Scranton among the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the nation as a Military Friendly School.
- "Don’t go to Harvard, but to the business school at The University of Scranton. That’s where they are changing lives.” Peter F. Drucker, The “Father of Modern Management” Source: The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 11, 2005.
Academic Excellence
- Since 1972, 134 graduates of The University of Scranton have earned Fulbrights or other prestigious international fellowships. For the past six years, The Chronicle of Higher Education has listed the University among the "top producers" of Fulbright awards for American students.
- In the last nine years, Scranton students earned five Truman Scholarships and nine Goldwater Scholarships.
- In the past nine years, six students were named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team.
- Scranton’s average fall-to-fall freshman retention rate is 89%. The average rate, nationally, for selective Bachelor’s/Master’s institutions is 80.5%. (Please note that the "average rate" is the average of the last four years.)
- Scranton’s six-year graduation rate averages 79%. The average rate, nationally, for selective Bachelor’s/Master’s institutions is 69.5%. (Please note that the "average rate" is the average of the last four years.)
- Scranton has earned accreditation from 17 different accrediting agencies, including recognition by the nation’s most prestigious bodies in the fields of business and management, nursing, computer science, physical therapy, occupational therapy, chemistry and counseling.
- The student-to-faculty ratio is 13:1, and the average class size* is approximately 20. (*Average size undergraduate lecture sections fall 2011)
- 85% of faculty members hold doctoral degrees and 66% are tenured. Members of the faculty hold degrees from 276 different universities in 17 countries on five continents.
- More than 50% of students in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics participate in research; 45% of these students wrote a formal thesis and 38% of these students authored or coauthored a publication and/or conference paper.
- Carrying on a Scranton tradition that spans over three decades, Scranton students from 56 different program areas have studied abroad in 41 countries since 2005. Several hundred Scranton students study abroad each year.
- The University’s NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics program has produced 25 National Academic All-Americans since 1981. In addition, 15 graduates have earned NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships since 1974.
- In the past two years, Scranton students have completed internships for credit at 332 organizations in eight states.
- The University’s Community Outreach Office has a roster of 2,850 students who perform well over 170,000 service hours each year.
- Students from other countries have studied at the University for more than 50 years. In the past five years, the University has enrolled graduate and undergraduate students from 55 countries.
Successful Outcomes
- Ninety-four percent of the Class of 2010 was employed, pursuing graduate or professional studies, or volunteering within six months of graduation.
- Of the 475 senior applicants to health professions schools over the last 12 years, an average of 79% were accepted to schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, podiatry and optometry.
- In the past six years, nearly 300 Scranton graduates have received acceptance into at least 70 law schools throughout the United States. These include some of the nation’s most prestigious schools, such as the University of California at Berkeley, Boston College, Cornell University, Duke University, Georgetown University and the University of Pennsylvania.
- Since 1983, a total of 462 University of Scranton graduates have chosen full-time volunteer service over employment. A total of 226 of these Scranton graduates have volunteered with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
Economic Impact
- The University estimates that 1,781 jobs can be directly or indirectly attributed to our presence in the region. Our students report spending a collective average of $1.4 million off campus each month and since 2004, the institution has hosted 4,051 community events, waiving more than $386,000 in room usage fees.
- Since 2003, the University has invested more than $237 million in campus improvements, either completed or under way. Recently completed buildings include a new campus center and sophomore residence hall. The first phase of the new Loyola Science Center and a new residence hall/fitness center opened in fall 2011.
- In 2010, the University’s Small Business Development Center provided 700 clients with 3,729 hours of services to help them start, operate or expand their small businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania counties.
