Marywood's programs are administered through four degree-granting colleges, with 60 bachelor's degree, 36 master's degree, two doctoral degrees, two terminal degrees by program (MFA, Ed.S.). Over half the campus is located in Dunmore. In 1997 it was granted university status by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
īy the 1970s, other single-sex Catholic colleges and universities in the Diocese such as College Misericordia and King's College were becoming co-educational and Marywood followed suit, opening its doors to male students in the fall of 1989. Thomas later came under the administration of the Jesuits after World War II and is now the University of Scranton. Thomas College, then under the Christian Brothers. In 1937, the Sisters turned down an invitation to merge with St. By the 1930s, the college had diversified its curriculum, offering subjects ranging from the social sciences to pre-medical. The first batch of students graduated in 1919 with a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Letters.
It was the fifth Catholic women's college in the United States. Marywood College opened with 34 students and Mother Germaine O'Neil as president and treasurer. The seminary was the next time step to the Sisters' ultimate goal: to open a women's college in Scranton. The arch, now known as "Memorial Arch", which stood at the entrance to the seminary-cum-motherhouse, still stands on the present-day campus and the former seminary's name can be seen engraved on it. As a result, the Jesuit Scranton Preparatory School, then a boys' school, became co-educational to accommodate the girls. Its buildings suffered major damage during a fire in the 1970s.
The Motherhouse was co-located with the seminary. Mother Cyril Conroy, superior in 1901, deliberately chose the term "seminary" (roughly equivalent to a high school in present times) to avoid the suggestion of a finishing school – which was a much more common destination at that time for older girls who could afford to continue their education – as it was intended to be "a place where young scholars dedicated themselves to serious study". Cecilia's Academy in 1878 "for young ladies". The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary came to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and established St. The university has a national arboretum with more than 100 types of trees and shrubs. Established in 1915 by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Marywood currently enrolls more than 2,800 students in a variety of undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. Marywood University is a private Catholic university in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
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