A
small-sized college
based in Steubenville, Ohio. Known to be one of the last genuine Catholic universities standing in America, the overwhelming majority of Franciscan University students embody the traditional Roman Catholic lifestyle.
Franciscan University of Steubenville ranks in the top tier of private universities in U.
S. World & Report's Guide to the Best Schools in America.
The university is widely known in the Ohio area to be supportive of pro-life ideology. In fact, the college is closed for one
day each year in
respect for the Pro-Life March in Washington, D.C., in which many Franciscan students take bus rides to in order to participate.