Academics

With more than 40 college majors, you’ll find the right path at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio to answer God’s calling for your life. Through an undergraduate degree at Franciscan, one of the top Catholic universities in the United States, you’ll grow intellectually, professionally, and spiritually. You’ll learn from Catholic faculty members who will be accessible to you, thanks to Franciscan’s 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio. These brilliant scholars will challenge you in your college major, but they’ll also be there to mentor and celebrate you — on the Ohio campus and wherever your future career takes you in the world.

What is an undergraduate degree?

Once you have your high school diploma or equivalency, you can pursue an undergraduate degree at Franciscan University. But what is an undergraduate degree? An undergraduate degree can be an associate degree, which you can generally complete in two years. An associate degree can prepare you for a specific field or serve as a foundation for another type of undergraduate degree — the bachelor degree. At Franciscan we have both types of undergraduate degrees.

Your college major at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio is centered on Jesus Christ, he who is the Truth. God’s unique plan for your life will unfold through rigorous courses, extraordinary hands-on research and internships, mission trips in Ohio and around the world, and the Austria study abroad program, all of which are animated by a pursuit of a deeper relationship with God, and service to him, in and through the Person of Christ.