Schools
It's our joy to help you dig into what you're good at and discover why that's good for the world.
At Duquesne's nine schools, you'll become a problem-solver who always thinks bigger. You'll form lasting relationships with faculty mentors who walk alongside you and invest in your success. You'll participate in research and extracurricular activities that move you to a new and clearer vantage point—in terms of what you're studying and the larger world.
Prepared for Anything and In Demand
Employers recognize the quality of a Duquesne education and seek our students for cooperative projects, internships and jobs. We'll connect you to life-changing people and opportunities so you can build a professional path with purpose.
It's time to go beyond—we'll show you how.
Undergraduate Majors and Minors
Graduate Programs and Certificates
School of Education
One of five Pennsylvania higher education institutions to receive accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation
Rangos School of Health Sciences
99% pass rate on national certifying exams since 2010
Palumbo-Donahue School of Business
Among the country's top 25 undergraduate business schools in 2021 by Poets&Quants for Undergrads
Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
7 Goldwater Scholars since 2012
School of Law
93.16% Ultimate Bar Pass Rate (2017 two-year rate)
School of Pharmacy
98.4% NAPLEX pass (2019 second trimester results)
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
12 academic departments with more than 30 undergraduate programs and more than two dozen graduate programs
School of Music
68 Steinway pianos Designation as an All-Steinway School places us among a highly select group of prestigious schools
School of Nursing
95.47% First-Time Pass Rate on RN Licensure Exam by 2020 Graduates
New, proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2024, the first Catholic medical school in Pennsylvania.