Pace University

Pace University

      private, coeducational institution of higher learning with campuses in New York City, Pleasantville, and White Plains, New York, U.S. The university includes Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, Lubin School of Business, Lienhard School of Nursing, and schools of Education, Law, and Computer Science and Information Systems. In addition to undergraduate studies, the university offers a selection of master's degree programs, as well as doctoral programs in business and psychology. The law school awards a doctorate in jurisprudence. Total enrollment is approximately 15,000.

      The university was founded in 1906 by the brothers Homer and Charles Pace. Originally named the Pace Institute, it was first a business school. In 1948 the institute founded Dyson College of Arts and Sciences, thus expanding the school's curriculum, and the name was changed to Pace College. University status was achieved in 1973. The school's research facilities now include the Hastings Center in Pleasantville and the Thomas J. McShane Center for Psychological Services in New York City.

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