10 Facts About Gratz College

Gratz College is a private Jewish college in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania.

Gratz College operates distance learning programs, including the first online Master of Arts in Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

In 1856, Hyman Gratz signed a Deed of Trust to create a college after his death if various heirs died without children.

In 1897, under the leadership of Board President, Moses A Dropsie, Gratz College hired the first three faculty members: Henry M Speaker, Arthur A Dembitz, Isaac Husik .

Gratz College remained on the Gratz faculty until 1916 when he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Women were inspired to gain training and enrolled in Gratz College to become teachers of various aspects of Jewish culture, literature, history and language.

In 2018, Gratz College initiated a new program, a Master of Arts in Interfaith Leadership, and in 2019 the school initiated an Master of Science in Camp Administration and Leadership.

Gratz College offers undergraduate degree programs in Jewish Professional Studies, Jewish Studies, and Human Rights.

Gratz College is a not-for-profit educational institution governed by a 31-member Board of Governors.

Gratz College was first accredited in 1967 and in 2019 was reaccredited.