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San Diego State University
San Diego State University (SDSU), founded March 13, 1897 as the San Diego Normal School, is a California State University public research university in San Diego. It became an R1 institution in February 2025, the only one in the CSU system, with 41,184 students in fall 2025.
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University (SFSU), a public urban CSU campus founded in 1899, is known for the 1968 strike that created the first U.S. Black studies department, seven colleges, 144-acre Lake Merced campus, and a fall 2026 enrollment rebound to 20,824 students after years of decline.
San Jose State University
San Jose State University (SJSU), founded 1857 as Minns' Evening Normal School, is the oldest public university in California and the oldest CSU campus, now a Silicon Valley institution with roughly 40,000 students, R2 research status, and a Title IX dispute over a transgender volleyball athlete.
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, formerly the University of Santa Clara, is a private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1851, it is California's oldest operating institution of higher education.
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica College (SMC) is a public community college in Santa Monica, California, founded in 1929. It leads all California community colleges in UC transfers for 34 consecutive years and offers over 200 degrees plus two bachelor's programs.
Sapienza University of Rome
Sapienza University of Rome (Sapienza Università di Roma, Studium Urbis), founded by Pope Boniface VIII in 1303, is a large Italian public research university, first in Italy in ARWU and CWUR rankings and first worldwide in Classics & Ancient History.
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College: private liberal arts college in Bronxville, New York, founded 1926 as a women's junior college, coeducational since 1968, known for dons, conference work, narrative evaluations, and tuition of $73,088 (2026–27).
SAT
The SAT (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test) is the College Board's standardized U.S. college admission test, first given June 23, 1926; now a digital adaptive exam scored 400-1600, taken by nearly 2 million students yearly.
Satnam Singh Sandhu (ਸਤਨਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ)
Satnam Singh Sandhu (ਸਤਨਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੰਧੂ), born 1969, is an Indian educationist and philanthropist who founded Chandigarh University in Mohali, Punjab, and was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2024.
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), private nonprofit art and design university founded 1978 in Savannah, Georgia by Paula Wallace and three co-founders; 100+ degree programs across Savannah, Atlanta, Lacoste France, and SCADnow online; SACSCOC accredited.
Savitribai Phule Pune University (सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे विद्यापीठ)
Savitribai Phule Pune University (सावित्रीबाई फुले पुणे विद्यापीठ), formerly University of Pune, is a state public university established 10 February 1949 in Pune, with a 411-acre campus, NAAC A+ grade, and jurisdiction over Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik districts.
Schola Medica Salernitana
Schola Medica Salernitana, the Salerno Medical School, first medieval medical school in Western Europe; famed as Civitas Hippocratica, regulated by Frederick II in 1231, closed in 1811.
Scholarship
Scholarship: a non-repayable financial award for education, awarded on merit, financial need, or both; oldest US example Harvard's 1643 Radcliffe bequest; US states spend over $12 billion yearly on aid for 4.5 million students.
School of Advanced International Studies
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), founded 1943 by Paul Nitze and Christian Herter, is a graduate international relations school with campuses in Washington D.C., Bologna, and Nanjing, ranked No. 2 by Foreign Policy.
Scott Woodward (athletic director)
Scott Woodward is an American college athletics director, LSU alumnus (1985), who led Washington (2008-2015), Texas A&M (2016-2019), and LSU (2019-2025) athletics before departing amid Governor Jeff Landry's criticism after the Brian Kelly firing.
Scottish Church College (স্কটিশ চার্চ কলেজ)
Scottish Church College (স্কটিশ চার্চ কলেজ), Kolkata, founded 13 July 1830 by Alexander Duff as the General Assembly's Institution; merged with Duff College in 1908, named Scottish Church College in 1929; Calcutta University-affiliated Christian minority college.
Scroll and Key
Scroll and Key, or Collegium Sanctum Pontificum, is Yale University's second senior secret society, founded by Class of 1843 members as an opposition to Skull and Bones; fifteen juniors tapped annually, Moorish Revival hall at 484 College Street, New Haven.
Seattle University
Seattle University: Jesuit Catholic university founded 1891 in Seattle's Capitol Hill/First Hill; 7,200+ students, six schools and colleges; absorbed Cornish College of the Arts in 2025; Maura Mast is 23rd president; moves to semesters in 2027.
Seminary
A seminary, from the Latin seminarium meaning "seed bed," is an institution for theological education preparing religious leaders; the system dates to the Council of Trent, with Andover the first U.S. Protestant seminary in 1807.
Seneca Polytechnic
Seneca Polytechnic, formerly Seneca College (founded 1967, Toronto, rebranded 2023), is a public Ontario polytechnic offering certificates to master's degrees, co-op programs, campuses including Newnham, King, and Seneca@York, led by President David Agnew.
Seoul National University (서울대학교)
Seoul National University (서울대학교), Korea's first national comprehensive university, founded 1946 from Gyeongseong Imperial University and other colleges; Gwanak, Yeongeon, Pyeongchang, and Siheung campuses; 30,638 students; QS 2027 world 38th.
Seth Bodnar
Seth Bodnar, Seth Bodnar Montana Senate candidate, former 19th president of the University of Montana (2018-2026), West Point first-in-class graduate, Rhodes Scholar, Army Green Beret, former GE Chief Digital Officer, running as independent for Daines' Senate seat in 2026.
Seton Hall University
Seton Hall University is a private Roman Catholic university in South Orange, New Jersey, founded in 1856 by Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley and named for Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint.
Seven Sisters (colleges)
Seven Sisters colleges: Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley, northeastern women's colleges organized as a 1926 consortium, counterparts to the Ivy League; five remain women-only.
Sewanee: The University of the South
Sewanee: The University of the South, also called Sewanee, is a private Episcopal liberal arts university and seminary on a 13,000-acre Domain in Tennessee, opened in 1868.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (上海交通大学, SJTU), founded 1896 in Shanghai as Nanyang Public School by Sheng Xuanhuai, is a top Chinese national university; split from Xi'an Jiao Tong in 1959 and home of the Shanghai Ranking (ARWU).
Shawn Eichorst
Shawn Eichorst, American college athletics administrator and attorney; athletic director at UW-Whitewater, Miami, Nebraska (2012-17), and Wisconsin from July 2026; former Texas deputy AD.
Shawnee State University
Shawnee State University, in Portsmouth, Ohio, is a regional public university founded in 1986 as Ohio's 13th public university, an open-access Carnegie Opportunity College serving Appalachian Ohio, with about 3,500 students and NCAA Division II athletics.
Sheridan College
Sheridan College (Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning) is an Ontario public college founded in 1967 with campuses in Oakville, Brampton, and Mississauga, known for its animation programs and recent restructuring.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ)
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ, SAE) is a men's college social fraternity founded March 9, 1856 at the University of Alabama, the only major national fraternity originating in the Deep South, with 209 US chapters, 375,000+ initiates, headquarters at the Levere Memorial Temple in Evanston, Illinois, and a documented history of hazing controversies and reforms.