About Viterbo
What Makes Viterbo Different
Small class sizes, attentive faculty, and personalized advising ensure that you’re seen, heard, and challenged to grow.
Our liberal arts foundation blends disciplines and practical application, preparing students to think critically, solve real problems, and lead with empathy.
Our identity is more than symbolic — it’s active. Through community engagement, ethical leadership, and spiritual reflection, students live their learning in service to others.
Viterbo is a cultural and intellectual hub for the region. It is a place where the arts flourish, ideas are exchanged, and important conversations happen. Through performances, lectures, and public dialogue rooted in faith and values, we invite the community to explore meaning, beauty, and purpose together.
Whether in the classroom, in research, or on the field, our graduates carry forward the Franciscan spirit by bringing knowledge, compassion, and impact wherever they go.
A Place of Heart, Mind & Purpose
Founded by the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Viterbo University is located in La Crosse, Wisconsin, close to Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois. We proudly carry a mission rooted in faith, service, and transformative education. Here, we offer more than a diploma. We invite students to live with integrity, engage with community, and lead lives of purpose.
Our Catholic, Franciscan Identity & Mission
At Viterbo, we commit to holistic formation: intellectual, spiritual, and social. Grounded in our Catholic and Franciscan heritage, we pursue academic excellence while honoring dignity, compassion, and care for others.
