University of Scranton is a private, co-educational Jesuit university. Located in Scranton, Pennsylvania, it was founded in 1888 as Saint Thomas
Aquinas College by the Bishop William G. O'Hara. In 1938, it achieved university status and
changed its name. In 1942, it came under the administration of the Society of Jesus. Today, the University of Scranton is one of 28 member
institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.University of Scranton is composed of five colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, the largest, Dexter Hanley College for
adult and part-time students, The Graduate School, Arthur J. Kania School of Management and the J.A. Panuska, S.J., College of
Professional Studies.