Franciscan University of Steubenville
A Catholic university providing undergraduate and graduate degrees in a vibrantly Catholic environment, guided by the example and teaching of St. Francis of Assisi.
📍1235 University Blvd., Steubenville, OH 43952
📞(740) 283-3771
🌐 Franciscan University of Steubenville Website
No. of Students: 3,656
No. of Majors/Areas of Study: associate’s degree majors: 7; bachelor’s degree majors: 40; master’s degree majors: 11
Mandatum: Yes
Daily or Weekly Eucharistic Adoration: Yes, daily
Places Where Students Can Study Abroad: Gaming, Austria
Annual Cost of Tuition: $30,620
Typical % of students who receive scholarships and/or typical amount of financial aid: 95%
Student-to-Faculty Ratio: 14:1
Why Franciscan U
The mission of Franciscan University of Steubenville is to embrace the Catholic call to encounter, conversion and community, and to educate, evangelize and send forth joyful disciples. Those who apply set themselves on a path to intellectual, professional and spiritual formation that’s as rigorous and demanding as it is faithful.
The Institution:
- President’s Oath
- Catholic Board
- Catholic Faculty
- Mandatum Required
- Theologians’ Oath
Campus Culture:
- Mass and Confession
- Speakers Vetted
- Unobjectionable Clubs
- No Coed Dorms
- Health Services Okay
School’s Comments:
Oath, Board and Faculty: The president and all members of the Board of Trustees of Franciscan University of Steubenville make a public “Profession of Faith” and take the “Oath of Fidelity” expressing their adherence to the teaching authority of the Catholic Church. In addition to the theology faculty and pastoral ministry personnel, who are required to do so, philosophy, education and sacred music faculty take the “Oath of Fidelity” and make a public “Profession of Faith.”
Institution: Franciscan University of Steubenville offers an academically excellent education rooted in passionately Catholic faith formation and the search for truth. Students are not only educated but evangelized and then sent forth as joyful, Spirit-filled disciples of Jesus Christ ready to respond to God’s unique personal call on their lives and meet the challenges of a secular world. Ninety-nine percent of students are Catholic, as are 94% of faculty. Students are prepared for a wide range of careers and vocations through more than 90 programs of study, including the newest majors in biochemistry, criminal justice, engineering, software engineering, human development and family studies, Master of Catholic Studies, music ministry (minor) and entrepreneurship (minor, 2022). Special programs include a study-abroad semester in a restored 14th-century Carthusian monastery in Austria, a priestly discernment program, science internships, Leadership Institute, Great Books Honors Program, and mission trips across the U.S. and five countries. Watch “You Belong at Franciscan” via YouTube. Franciscan offers intercollegiate, club and intramural sports with its 19 NCAA Division III men’s and women’s teams competing in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Baron rugby team is affiliated with National Collegiate Rugby and competes in the Allegheny Rugby Union.
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One of only 15 faithfully Catholic universities endorsed by the Cardinal Newman Society, Franciscan University of Steubenville continues to lead the renaissance of Catholic higher education called for in Ex Corde Ecclesiae.
Franciscan University, founded in 1946 by friars of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Province of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Penance, integrates excellent academic programs with a dynamic faith environment to serve 2,500 students from all 50 states and 17 countries on campus and an additional 1,000 students online.
Franciscan’s 87% first-year retention rate shows that when students come to Franciscan they stay, drawn to its Christ-centered campus culture and integration of faith and reason in the classroom.
Ranked in the top tier of Midwest universities by U.S. News & World Report since 1998, Franciscan offers over 100 programs of study — all grounded in Franciscan’s acclaimed Catholic core curriculum.
Franciscan was instrumental in Steubenville making the 2023 list of “10 of the Best Cities in America to Raise a Catholic Family” in Crisis magazine. The University was also awarded four stars in Money magazine’s “The Best Colleges in America 2023,” based on quality, affordability, graduation rates, financial aid, and alumni salaries.
Home to the largest undergraduate Theology Program in the U.S., Franciscan also has a well-regarded Priestly Discernment Program, which has seen over 250 members ordained to the priesthood since 1985.
The university’s newest academic programs include mechanical engineering, software engineering, criminal justice, biochemistry, cybersecurity, a master’s in Catholic studies, and an Entrepreneurship Program that combines business best practices, leadership formation, and Catholic social teaching.
A study-abroad program in a beautifully restored 14th-century Carthusian monastery in Austria attracts up to 200 students each semester, broadening their horizons intellectually and spiritually through pilgrimages to historic and sacred sites.
For more about Franciscan University of Steubenville and its mission to educate, evangelize, and send forth Spirit-filled disciples of Jesus Christ, visit Franciscan.edu or connect with Franciscan on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
Centers and Institutes:
- Center for Beauty
- Center for Bioethics
- Center for Leadership
- Franciscan Institute for Science and Health
- Regenerative Medicine
- Franciscan Institute for World Health
- Neglected Diseases
- Rare Diseases
- Leadership Institute
- Priestly Discernment Program
- School of Spiritual Direction
- Summer Ancient and Biblical Languages Institute
- The Catechetical Institute
- Veritas Center for Ethics in Public Life
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