Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students.Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and became an independent institution in 1947, naming itself Wilkes College, after English radical politician John Wilkes.
Address: 84 W South St, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, United States
Phone: +1 570-408-2000
Phone: +1 570-408-2000
Former names | Bucknell Junior College |
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Motto | "Unity Amidst Diversity" |
Established | 1933 |
Type | Private |
Endowment | $44.6 million |
President | Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D |
Provost | Dr. Anne Skleder |
Academic staff | 157 Full Time |
Undergraduates | 2,245 |
Postgraduates | 2,254 |
Location | Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA |
Campus | 35 acres; Urban |
Colors | Blue and Gold |
Mascot | Colonels |
Website | www.wilkes.edu |