Dear students, alumni, family and friends,

I want to extend a warm welcome to Saint Peter’s University – truly a very special place! We are one of the 27 Jesuit institutions of higher education in the United States, and proud to be a long-standing Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), a Carnegie Community-Engaged Institution, and a First Gen Forward Institution. Our mission is inspired by our Jesuit, Catholic identity, and for over 150 years, we have been committed to prepare students of all backgrounds and of all facets of life, to be leaders in their communities, serve compassionately and promote justice in our ever-changing urban and global environment.

While a university is more than numbers and figures, allow me to share some remarkable facts about our University:

• This year, Saint Peter’s University was one of the 25 U.S. colleges and universities to receive the first Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose Classification, granted to institutions that have committed to campus-wide efforts to advance leadership in pursuit of public goods like justice, equity, diversity and liberty.
• In the 2023 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings, we were ranked Best Value in New Jersey and 3rd overall Best Value in the Regional Universities North category.
• Saint Peter’s University has been named as a national leader in Money magazine’s list of the “Most Transformative Schools” in the country being ranked 32 on the national list and highest in New Jersey.
• In 2020, our University was highest ranked for “Social Mobility” in the Regional Universities North Category.
• Nearly 98 percent of students receive scholarship support to afford their education…and the list goes on.

I invite you to visit Saint Peter’s University, a university committed to academic excellence, where everyone is welcome and where you will find a close-knit community of people with a deep sense of responsibility to the University, its students, and its mission. Not surprisingly, our faculty are described as “people of uncommon dedication”.

Saint Peter’s University is a wonderful story worth telling, and I can’t wait to share it with you. I hope to see you soon on our campus.

Sincerely,

Hubert Benitez, D.D.S., Ph.D.
President
President@saintpeters.edu