{"id":150400,"date":"2026-03-27T21:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/150400\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:41:14","slug":"university-of-scranton-to-host-graduate-open-house-on-april-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/150400\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Scranton to Host Graduate Open House on April 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton\u2019s Graduate Open House is set for Wednesday, April 22, at the DeNaples Center, where attendees will gain insight into the University\u2019s\u00a0graduate\u00a0academic offerings, learning formats and career outcomes.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gradadmissions.scranton.edu\/landing-page\/grad-open-house.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Online registration<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0now open.<\/p>\n<p>Held on the DeNaples Center\u2019s fourth floor, the Graduate Open House is open to individuals who are interested in exploring an advanced degree. Program directors and faculty members will be in attendance and able to answer questions about Scranton\u2019s 40-plus graduate programs. Graduate admissions staff members will also be at the event to explain the application process and answer questions about\u00a0next\u00a0steps.<\/p>\n<p>The evening begins with optional campus tours at approximately 4:30 p.m., followed by check-in and refreshments at 5:30 p.m. Attendees will then take part in an opening session at 6:15 p.m. before breaking into program-specific information sessions at 6:45 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Graduate Open House is a great opportunity for prospective students to experience Scranton firsthand,\u201d said Melissa\u00a0Afshari \u201910, G\u201916, director of graduate and international admissions. \u201cOn April 22, they can connect with program directors,\u00a0faculty\u00a0and current students, while learning more about their program of interest. It gives them a chance to see what makes Scranton such a special place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The University of Scranton was founded in 1888 and is a Catholic and Jesuit university.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2025\/10\/news-wsj-rankings-2025.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2025\/09\/news-forbes-500-2025.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2025\/08\/news-princeton-review-25.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princeton Review<\/a>\u00a0are among the publications that have recently touted Scranton as one of the nation\u2019s best colleges.<\/p>\n<p>Five of The University of Scranton\u2019s graduate programs are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.scranton.edu\/articles\/2025\/04\/cr-ranking-graduate-us-news.shtml\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">ranked in the top 50 in the nation<\/a>, according to the most recent U.S. News and World Report \u201cBest Graduate Schools\u201d\u00a0rankings. The Roche Family Center for Career Development\u2019s Class of 2024 First Destination Survey revealed a 100% success rate and mean annual salary of\u00a0nearly $83,000\u00a0for alumni who completed their graduate\u00a0studies\u00a0from summer 2023 through spring 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Scranton\u2019s Graduate Open House is set for Wednesday, April 22, at the DeNaples Center, where&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[68603,178,180,179,274],"class_list":["post-150400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-graduate-open-house","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-the-university-of-scranton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}