Courageous. Confident. Clarion.
With a little over 7,300 students, Clarion offers world-class academic challenges and the kind of support and personal attention that allows you to thrive.
Our beautiful, 128-acre campus is nestled in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania.
We have a 19-to-1 student-faculty ratio.
There are more 130 student organizations from which to choose.
Clarion University seeks to excel in all that it does and challenges students to develop their talents, extend their intellectual capacities and interests, expand their creative abilities, and to develop a respect and enthusiasm for learning that will extend throughout their lives. The university acknowledges that learning requires a partnership demanding hard work by students, faculty, and staff, and that learning extends beyond the classroom. The university community is dedicated to helping students see in themselves what they may become by creating opportunities to develop the knowledge, skill, and attitudes necessary for both enlightened citizenship and successful participation in a technologically advanced, global society.
Clarion University is primarily an undergraduate institution with selected graduate programs. Instructional programs--delivered on campus, throughout the state, and beyond via appropriate distance learning technologies--range from associate degrees and certificate programs to baccalaureate degree programs in the arts and sciences and professional fields, graduate programs in selected fields, and continuing education. University programs are administered through campuses in Clarion and Oil City.
Clarion University seeks to admit, retain, and graduate students who are qualified and motivated, and to recruit, retain, and support highly qualified and dedicated faculty and staff. The university is a learning community that seeks diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body and values this diversity as providing richness in the learning process. This community strives to treat its members with civility and respect. Students, faculty, and staff value learning, contribute to the development of new knowledge through scholarly activities, and participate in community and public service responsive to the needs of society.
Approved by the Council of Trustees, Clarion University, January 18, 2001
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