Ursuline College

2550 Lander Road
Pepper Pike, Ohio  44124

Women-Focused Education

It’s an exciting time for women. The world is changing. Women’s contributions are being valued and advanced more than ever before. Women’s leadership is on the rise. While preparing students for their career of choice, Ursuline will equip them for maximum success within that career through an education that emphasizes women’s issues, perspectives, and leadership development.

At Ursuline, 90% of undergraduates are women, so the many benefits of a women’s college certainly apply to all students.  These include:

• Promoting teaching, programming, research, and action that recognizes and advances women and their contributions
• Offering a culture where women’s needs, concerns, and preferences are prioritized
• Equipping students to recognize and address specific challenges women face in careers and society
• Providing many opportunities for women to experience and excel in leadership roles—including showcasing role models of successful women leaders
• Creating an environment that women find physically, socially, and emotionally comfortable

Ursuline College has been educating students for over 150 years. As the first Catholic women’s college in Ohio, and one of the first in the United States, Ursuline College knows a little something about preparing women to be pioneers. Join us at Ursuline and allow our legacy to become a part of yours.

Ursuline is ranked among the top 10 women’s colleges in the country by College Choice; the U.S. Department of Education listed Ursuline as the most affordable private, liberal arts college in Ohio for three consecutive years; our nursing program is ranked #2 in Ohio, and Ursuline’s Breen School of Nursing and Health Professions boasts a 100% employment rate post licensure. You can’t beat those numbers.

With a student population comprised of 90% women and 10% men, Ursuline is a women-focused institution that offers an inclusive environment for all learners. Set on a picturesque campus featuring wildlife and a fountain on a lake, Ursuline College is located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, just 20 minutes from downtown Cleveland and University Circle – both are major cultural arts hubs.

With small class sizes, world class faculty, multiple personal advisors, and a whole community committed to seeing you succeed, you’ll never feel alone here. If you’re ready to Make Your World More at Ursuline College, connect with us at admission@ursuline.edu.

Your Ursuline Blueprint

Integrate a variety of learning experiences to shape a plan for your future. 

Your Ursuline education is about the future you want to build. Your Ursuline Blueprint will help you get there. 

In short, your Ursuline Blueprint work will fall into three categories:
Purpose + Passion

• Explore what a purposeful, meaningful life would be for you
• Link your values and sense of vocation to your career choice

Mentoring + Coaching 

• See where your strengths and passions lie
• Connect to the people and experiences that will get you to your goal

Women’s Leadership

• Find your voice at the only women-focused college in Ohio
• Develop leadership skills in clubs, research projects, and field experience

So what is my Ursuline Blueprint, exactly?

The Ursuline Blueprint is a unique combination of experiences guaranteed to each undergraduate and including:

• classes you’ll take
• books you’ll read
• research you’ll conduct
• group projects you’ll tackle
• clubs & organizations you’ll join (and maybe lead)
• conversations you’ll have with mentors, advisors, faculty, and internship supervisors
• community work you’ll embrace.

This learning will reflect the identity and Mission of Ursuline and build upon our Institutional Learning Outcomes. In fact we embrace and profess that all of this is directed toward the common good, toward transforming our communities to be more just and more inclusive, toward healing and hope for the world. It’s the difference between being the best IN the world and being the best FOR the world. 

You will integrate these experiences so that together, these will extend your learning in the classroom and beyond. Over your four years, your Ursuline Blueprint will help you develop the thinking skills that employers look for and that will make your life richer. We predict a few ah-ha moments for you along the way!

Your Blueprint may be related to developing your future career, or it may be related to your sense of vocation or calling to address a real injustice in society. Ideally your Blueprint experience will be inquiry-based, applying learning to complex problems.

Mission

Ursuline College offers holistic education that transforms students for:

• service
• leadership, and
• professional excellence

Vision

A premier Catholic institution of higher learning that provides transformative experiences and inspires greatness in our graduates.