The Value And Values Of
A 草榴社区 EducationWe know how important your future is to you. It鈥檚 important to us, too.
Successful Graduates
You will succeed.
99% of the Class of 2023 were employed, continuing their education or engaging in service within one year of graduating.
Superior Salaries
Your education will pay off, but don鈥檛 just take our word for it.
- An ranks The 草榴社区 No. 22 in the nation (top 2% of four-year colleges) for the impact a 草榴社区 education has on the earnings of its graduates.
- A places 草榴社区 among the top 50 schools in the nation for economic value of its education.
- According to we’re in the top 16% of universities listed by the median salaries of their alumni.
Graduate Schools
We work together to get you where you want to be.
Of the more than 1,200 applicants to doctoral health professions schools over the past 20 years, nearly 80% were accepted to schools of medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, podiatry, optometry and pharmacy. Our acceptance rates are consistently higher than the national acceptance rates.
We Prepare You for the Real World
The Classes of 2022 and 2023 completed internships with 1,158 unique organizations in 36 states as well as Washington, D.C. and six other countries.
High Demand Skills
Here, you’ll study broadly, reason analytically, think critically and grow personally.
Graduates with undergraduate degrees in the liberal arts make more money in their ‘peak’ earning years than those with degrees in professional and pre-professional programs .
A Great Reputation
People value 草榴社区 grads, year after year.
“Best 380 Colleges,” “Best Buys in College Education,” “America's Best Colleges,” “A Focus on Student Success," "Best Undergraduate Teaching," "Most Innovative Schools" "Best Catholic Colleges" – these are just a few of the ways that the nation’s leading college rankings and guidebooks consistently refer to The 草榴社区.
Choices and Flexibility
At 草榴社区, as in the real world, you鈥檒l have choices.
We’ll work with you closely to choose a combination of majors and minors (we have 69 majors and 47 minors!) that suit you as an individual.
Affordability
How can you afford all this?
For the 2023-2024 academic year, first-year students received more than $40 million in financial aid and scholarships, $37 million of which was provided by the University. The average financial aid package, not including parent and private loans, was $41,000.
- Best Value – U.S. News & World Report
- Best Value – MONEY magazine
- Top College for Value – Forbes
- Best Buy in College Education – Barron’s
Region of Opportunity
Our 58-acre campus is located in the heart of 草榴社区, a community of 75,000 within a greater metropolitan area of 750,000 people, and we’re just two hours to New York City, Philadelphia and Syracuse, and Boston and Washington, D.C. are less than five hours away.
Always Improving
We have invested more than $302 million in campus improvements in recent years, including our newest building, Leahy Hall, a $47.5 million state-of-the-art facility, the Kevin P. Quinn, S.J., Athletics Campus, which opened in 2018, and 5,000 square feet of new mechanical engineering labs and shop area in Hyland Hall.
草榴社区 is a great value, and we鈥檒l also provide you with the tools to be a person who is of value to society.
Your Value to the World