The Power of a USP Education

How will you change the world? If you are serious about making a powerful impact, consider a meaningful career in the thriving fields of science and the health professions—where new and exciting job opportunities are being created everyday. USP's mission focuses on educating professionals for these fields, which is why you should think of USP first.

Here are more reasons why USP should be your first choice:

• Superior Academics. Our dynamic academic programs will prepare you for the challenges you’ll face in the rapidly changing world of science and health science. You’ll learn from experienced faculty who set high standards for our varied and specialized 21 majors.
• Outstanding Placement Rates. More than 93 percent of USP students have jobs or have been accepted for advanced study by the day of graduation. And, according to a 2002 survey of USP Alumni Classes of 1999, 1997, and 1992, 93 percent are working in areas related to their USP majors. Our graduates work for and attend some of the most prestigious health-related organizations and graduate schools in the country. USP ranks in the top 11% of 1,150 comparable institutions whose undergraduates have gone on to complete a doctoral degree in the sciences.
• Extraordinary Opportunities. At USP, you’ll learn science by applying your knowledge. Starting as early as your first semester, you may conduct real-life research in our more than 80 laboratories. You can also gain valuable hands-on experience through internships, externships, clerkships, and clinical programs.
• Incredible Location. Surrounded by more than 250 medical facilities and within two hours of 75 percent of all U.S. pharmaceutical firms, USP is located in the heart of the biotechnology and health science industry in a lively section of Philadelphia known as University City. This area is home to some 30,000 college students who have access to a wide variety of social, recreational, and educational opportunities.
• Amazing Heritage. For nearly two centuries, we’ve been educating leaders who have profoundly transformed the scientific industry. You can join the legacy of professionals who are revolutionizing the science and health science fields—people like Eli Lilly, founder of Eli Lilly and Company; Henry S. Wellcome, founder of what is now part of GlaxoSmithKline; Kenneth W. Kinzler, Ph.D., Pharmacology and Toxicology major, Class of 1983, who identified genes linked to colon cancer; and Michelle Fontana, Physical Therapy major, Class of 1990, inventor of the ROMNEE machine that helps patients regain use of the knee after injury—just to name a few.