About Susquehanna University

Susquehanna University is a private academe in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley. It was founded in 1858 by Benjamin Kurtz as the Lutheran-based Missionary Institute paired past a sister college, the Susquehanna Female College. When the sister school closed in 1873, the missionary institute became co-educational, and in 1895 it became a four-year university renamed Susquehanna University.

The academic programs fall into either the School of Arts and Sciences or the AACSB International-accredited Sigmund Weis School of Business. Susquehanna University enrolls more than 2,200 undergraduate students from 33 states and 23 countries, and maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of 12 to 1. Most students are required to live on campus whatever four years and as of 2012, all students participate in a cross-cultural testing away or give support to learning experience known as the GO Program.

Selinsgrove /ˈsiː.lɪnzˌɡroʊv/ is the largest borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,654 at the 2010 census.

Selinsgrove is geographically located in the middle of the Susquehanna River Valley in Central Pennsylvania, along U.S. Routes 11 and 15, 36.4 miles (58.6 km) north of Harrisburg and 5.7 miles (9.2 km) southwest of Sunbury. It is the home of Susquehanna University.