Creighton University is a university located in Omaha, Nebraska. The university was founded as Creighton College in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton. Edward's brother, John A. Creighton, is credited with fostering and sustaining the university's early growth and endowment.
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Creighton University is a university located in Omaha, Nebraska. The university was founded as Creighton College in 1878 through a gift from Mary Lucretia Creighton, who stipulated in her will that a school be established in memory of her husband, prominent Omaha businessman Edward Creighton. Edward's brother, John A. Creighton, is credited with fostering and sustaining the university's early growth and endowment.
Sitting on a 130-acre (0.53 km) campus just outside Omaha's downtown business district, the university currently enrolls about 6,992 students. Creighton is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.
Creighton is consistently ranked 1st in the best universities-master's category, in the Midwestern Region, according to U.S. News & World Report. Creighton is also consistently ranked one of the best colleges in the country, according to The Princeton Review. In 2006, PC Magazine and The Princeton Review ranked Creighton as the 5th most ...
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