Your future is our focus
Experience a community committed to your growth, learning, and success with unmatched support along the way. With 60+ career-focused programs in Nursing, Education, Business & Information Sciences, and Arts & Sciences, you are certain to find a program aligned with your goals.
Felician programs are led by professors with industry experience to guide you and future-focused courses and facilities to prepare you for whatever comes next. Located just 10 miles from NYC, Felician students enjoy easy access to internships and rich cultural experiences. It’s no wonder 90% of Felician graduates are either employed, continuing education, or in a service program.
As a co-educational, liberal arts institution, Felician is home to approximately 2,800 undergraduate, graduate, and adult studies students.
Your goals are within reach
With full-time, part-time, and online offerings, plus generous financial aid, your ambitions are well within reach. The average scholarship is $31K and eligible incoming freshmen who live in NJ can get tuition and fees covered through our Felician Pledge Program. 100% of incoming freshmen receive some type of scholarship or grant.
Felician is continuously expanding and progressing in academics and athletics. Our newest academic programs focus on emerging fields like artificial intelligence, data science, cyber security, and more. We have 21 NCAA Division II sports teams, as well as campus clubs, organizations, student events, study abroad, campus ministry, and so much more.
Our Mission
Felician is an independent co-educational Catholic/Franciscan University founded and sponsored by the Felician Sisters to educate a diverse population of students within the framework of a liberal arts tradition. Its mission is to provide a full complement of learning experiences, reinforced with strong academic and student development programs designed to bring students to their highest potential and prepare them to meet the challenges of the new century with informed minds and understanding hearts. The enduring purpose of Felician University is to promote a love for learning, a desire for God, self-knowledge, service to others, and respect for all creation.
Vision
To be a pre-eminent Catholic Franciscan University where scholarship and the practice of teaching and learning place students first in the enduring quest for truth and the persistent pursuit of competence, character, and compassion.
Felician Franciscan Values
Respect For Human Dignity … our reverence for and commitment to promoting and protecting the dignity of persons.
Compassion … an empathetic consciousness of others expressed in caring service.
Transformation … the process that encourages an open mind and heart, leading to continuous improvement of the person and ministry.
Solidarity with People in Need … ensuring the needs of the poor and vulnerable are met through advocacy and action.
Justice and Peace … forging right relationships, recreating a sustainable environment, promoting the common good – all in the pursuit of peace.
Our History
Founded in 1942 by the Felician Sisters, Felician University is one of the few Franciscan universities in the country, and the only one in New Jersey. We’ve built our reputation with an emphasis on service and respect for humanity, as was the dream of Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska – the foundress of the Felician Sisters more than a century ago. Even today, we strive to represent those values in everything we do.