7373 Admiral Pearl Highway
Cresson, Pa. 16630

Mount Aloysius College is a Catholic institution of higher learning, founded and sponsored by the Religious Sisters of Mercy. The college combines faith and learning with an emphasis on the values of justice, hospitality, mercy, and service. Mount Aloysius' liberal arts curriculum provides a foundation for leadership, knowledge, and the skills necessary to achieve success in a range of professional academic occupations.

Mount Aloysius College has more than 50 undergraduate and graduate academic programs in health sciences and nursing, humanities, education, social sciences, natural and applied sciences, business administration and pre-professional. Students also have a choice of more than 20 concentrations and minors.

Quick Facts

The campus is located on 165 acres of mountaintop in Cresson, Pennsylvania.

Mount Aloysius College is one of 18 Mercy sponsored colleges.

There are 1,200 students enrolled full-time in undergraduate programs, and 400 are part-time undergraduate and graduate students. Mount Aloysius' student body represents 20 states and 15 countries and 70 percent are from Pennsylvania.

The average freshman class consists of 325 students and the average transfer class size is 125.

Mount Aloysius College has more than 60 full-time faculty, holding the highest degrees in their field. The student-faculty ratio is 14 to 1 with an average class size of 14.

All of Mount Aloysius' classes are taught by professors, not graduate assistants.

Mount Aloysius' graduates have a 100 percent placement rate in various fields and 97 percent of graduates have full-time professional careers or are enrolled in law school or Graduate School.

Mount Aloysius is a Division II member of the National Athletic Association and the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference. The college's intercollegiate sports include baseball, golf, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's soccer, softball, women's basketball, women's cross country, women's soccer, and women's volleyball. In addition to intercollegiate sports, intramural sports are offered each year in a variety of activities including flag football, kickboxing, and hockey.

There are more than 30 student clubs and organizations including Cheerleading, Campus Ministry, Dance Team, Legal society, Medical Imaging Club, Nursing Student Organization, Phi Theta Kappa & Delta Epsilon Sigma Honor Societies, Psi Mu Alpha-Psychology Club, Residence Hall Association, Scrapbooking, Students in Free Enterprise, Student Health Advisory Committee, Student Government Association, Step Team-Absolute Attitude, Surgical Technology Club, and more that will appeal to each students interests.

Mount Aloysius' campus is networked with T-1 access, wireless access, and plenty of IT labs and SMART classrooms.

More than 90 percent of the student body receives financial assistance and scholarships.

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