Nestled in beautiful North Central Pennsylvania, Mansfield University is a regional, comprehensive university providing a personalized education and advancing career opportunities, regional economies, and civic and cultural life. The University is located near thousands of acres of state land, lakes, and spectacular mountain views – including the nearby Pine Creek Gorge – Pennsylvania’s “Grand Canyon”. Mansfield Classical Seminary opened its doors in January, 1857, four years before the beginning of the Civil War. Over the next 157 years, the institution has thrived, experiencing five name changes in three centuries until it became Mansfield University of Pennsylvania.

Mansfield University offers the following areas of expertise.

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Community Health Education
• Geosciences
• History
• Sociology