We are SU

Call Spalding Home

Spalding University is the home for students who want to earn a degree while engaging and serving the community. We put compassion in action every day with our mission-driven focus. We volunteer, teach, advocate, organize and give. Our students are active in the community, using their Spalding education to make the world better. We are a diverse community with a core commitment to inclusion, and we value our students, faculty and staff from all walks of life. Begin your college journey with us and follow your passions.

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Succeed

Find your strengths. Graduate with knowledge and real world experience in your field.
Grow

and discover who you are in and out of the classroom. Build community with peers through real world experiences.

Elevate

your community. Be inspired to inspire others.
Do Good

Service. Justice. Compassion. Opportunities to volunteer and serve from your first days on campus.

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An Inclusive Community

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At Spalding, we are an inclusive community of people who are fundamentally different from one another. We humbly accept each other for who we are. We represent a cross-section of society. We have the most racially diverse student body of Kentucky’s private colleges. Thirty-three percent of students self-identify as people of color.

We are a community of learners made up of artists, veterans, activists, parents, religious leaders, LGBTQIA community members and athletes. We are all of these people and more. We have different abilities, ideals, cultures, backgrounds, goals and passions. We cultivate a supportive space for all of our students to learn and grow.

Since 1814, we have been serving our communities in the tradition of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth with a spirit of inclusiveness and compassion.

Join our tradition. Let us welcome you home.

We are SU

Succeed

Grow

Elevate

Do Good