<p>Points of Pride
National Recognition
For 17 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 2011 edition of U.S. News, Scranton placed 10th in the North. For the past seven 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.” For two consecutive years, Scranton has been listed among colleges expressing a “Strong Commitment to Teaching.”
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 nine years, The Princeton Review has included Scranton among its “373 Best Colleges.”
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.
The University of Scranton is among the elite universities included in Forbes Magazine’s online listing of “America’s Best Colleges 2010."
Scranton is among just 119 colleges in the nation named to the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement in 2008.
Scranton is ranked 14th in the nation among the top 30 Master’s Universities listed in the September/October 2010 issue of Washington Monthly.
The University is listed among the 198 colleges in the nation included in the 11th edition of Barron’s “Best Buys in College Education.”
The university is named among just 115 colleges in the nation to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction.
For six consecutive years, the University’s Kania School of Management has been included among the Princeton Review’s “Best 300 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, 128 graduates of The University of Scranton have earned Fulbrights or other prestigious international fellowships. For the past five years, The Chronicle of Higher Education has listed the University among the “top producers” of Fulbright awards for American students.
In the last eight years, Scranton students earned four Truman Scholarships and eight Goldwater Scholarships.
In the past eight years, six students were named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic Team.
Scranton’s average fall-to-fall freshman retention rate is 90%. The average rate, nationally, for selective Bachelor’s/Master’s institutions is 78%.
Scranton’s six-year graduation rate averages 80%. The average rate, nationally, for selective Bachelor’s/Master’s institutions is 60%.<br>
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. (<em>Average size undergraduate lecture sections fall 2010)
85% of faculty members hold doctoral degrees and 65% are tenured. Members of the faculty hold degrees from 272 different universities in 21 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 59 different program areas have studied abroad in 60 countries. On average, more than 200 Scranton students study abroad each year.
The University’s NCAA Division III inter</em>collegiate athletics program has produced 24 National Aca*demic All-Americans since 1981. In addition, 13 graduates have earned NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships since 1974.
In the past two years, Scranton students have completed internships for credit at 288 organizations in seven states.
The University’s Community Outreach Office has a roster of 2,850 students who perform well over 170,000 service hours each year.
Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) services are available to nearly 100% of outdoor campus space and all on-campus residence halls, and in 60% of academic and administrative buildings.
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 2009 was employed, pursuing graduate or professional studies, or volunteering within six months of graduation.
Of the 428 senior applicants to health professions schools over the last 10 years, an average of 80% 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 451 University of Scranton graduates have chosen full-time volunteer service over employment. A total of 229 of these Scranton graduates have volunteered with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
Economic Impact
A report issued by the University in 2010 showed that its annual economic impact on Northeastern Pennsylvania totals $411,111,106, a figure established through an accepted formula in use by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. In addition, in a 2009 University survey, students reported off-campus spending of more than $175,000 each week across a number of categories (e.g. shopping, dining and entertainment).
Since 2005, the University has invested nearly $200 million in campus improvements, either completed or under way. Recently completed buildings include a new campus center and sophomore residence hall. A new unified science center and a new residence hall/fitness center are scheduled for completion in fall 2011.
In 2009, the University’s Small Business Development Center provided 487 clients with 3,060 hours of services to help them start, operate or expand their small businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania counties.</p>