• Over 30 areas of study
• 13:1 Student/Faculty ratio
• Option to self-design a major
• Honors program
• On-campus tutoring
• Internships encouraged or required in every major
• 91% job placement rate 8 months after graduation

Seton Hill is named for Saint Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, the first American born saint and the founder of the American Sisters of Charity. A remarkable woman, Elizabeth Seton was also a wife, a mother, and a teacher.

Before the Civil War, what is now Seton Hill was the country estate of Major William A. Stokes, solicitor for the Pennsylvania Railroad and an officer in the Union army.

The Stoke's property had fallen into a general state of neglect after the Civil War, and in 1882 it was bought by Mother Aloysia Lowe of the Pennsylvania Sisters of Charity, who named it Seton Hill. Saint Joseph Academy, established in 1883, and Seton Junior College in 1914, were the forerunners of the four-year liberal arts Seton Hill College.

The Council gave Seton Hill its approval on April 12, 1918, and the College received its charter on June 3, 1918.

In keeping with the pioneer spirit of its founders, Seton Hill in recent years has widened and diversified its academic scope. The College has broader and stronger programs for international faculty and student exchange, and a National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education. In a time of rapid advancements in our technology, changing political and geographic patterns worldwide and serious concerns about our societal values, the work of Seton Hill has been and remains valuable, timely, and progressive.

Since 1918, Seton Hill has graduated over 8,000 students, from all fifty of the United States and from many other countries.