Founded in 1846 as the nation’s first Benedictine college, Saint Vincent College prepares high-achieving students for successful lives. Less than an hour east of Pittsburgh in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, we are interested in living a better life and serving a higher good.
No matter where you want to go in life, Saint Vincent College prepares you like no other for a bright future.
Ranked 7th in Pennsylvania, and 61st nationally, in Money magazine's 2022 "Best Small Colleges" rankings.
of 2021 graduates have found employment in their field or are in graduate school or military service.
It's okay to be undecided! We want you to explore until you learn what you love. Top employers remind Saint Vincent alumni that “it takes more than a major” to thrive. With more than 90 programs of study, including majors, minors, certificates and concentrations, the possibilities are endless. Corporate recruiters and grad school admission teams look for personality, maturity and a certain mindset. Someone who can work well with others and adapt. Someone who can ask a timely question and help solve problems in an uncertain world. Someone unafraid to innovate.
Gain the knowledge, skill and strength of character to stand firm in an uncertain world.
Top 5%
Ranked by College Factual as a Best Value School among both Mid Atlantic and National schools.
82%
Acceptance rate to medical school (allopathic or osteopathic) on a 5-year rolling average.
100%
Law School Acceptance Rate
Four years to reach beyond your grasp, to challenge assumptions and to thrive outside your comfort zone.
Campus is large enough for you to discover a space all your own when you need it and small enough to find a large group of friends when you don't.
When Kyanna Williams-Pate, C’17, first came to Saint Vincent College, she thought that college students were really tall.
Granted, she was in middle school at the time and was on campus in the Fred Rogers Center, which admittedly has really tall doors. She realized this upon her second trip to campus, while she was staying for a week as part of a partnership the College has with the Crossroads Foundation. One of Williams-Pate’s next trips to campus would be on Freshmen Move-In Day in 2013.
A friendship that started at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, NJ, between two Bolivians, a Spaniard, and an American found its way to Saint Vincent College.
Saint Vincent soccer players José Hurtado, Joel Quiroz, Andrés Mateos, and David Rahaman have developed a kinship that has not only continued in Latrobe over 300 miles away from Newark, but has spread throughout the Saint Vincent men’s soccer team.
And it all can be traced back to the number 28.
Since day one, the arts have had a place and purpose here on the grounds of Saint Vincent. Founder of the first Benedictine monastery, Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B., knew from the beginning in 1846 that the arts play a role not only in faith but also in building a strong and well-rounded educational foundation. From the strum of a guitar to the flick of a brush to the shaping of clay, each of the fine arts have helped to mold Saint Vincent into the institution it is today.
From Fred Rogers and his television magic, to daily sounds of joyful music, we are an inspired community of artists, makers and agents of change. Take a calming walk in the woods, scope out fall foliage, hit the slopes at Seven Springs or Hidden Valley. There's a way to unwind in any season and still be home by 10:00.
Dr. Elaine Bennett has been described as Saint Vincent’s version of Indiana Jones, and while she may not have a hat and bullwhip, she has at least one longsword, having studied medieval German longsword, and is pretty handy with a lightsaber—she bested Dr. Chris McMahon in a duel in May 2021. Though the longsword is kept at home (the lightsaber was a loaner), when you walk into Dr. Bennett’s office, you’d think you were walking into the office of an amateur Egyptologist. READ MORE
