Mission and Values:

Utica College educates students for rewarding careers, responsible citizenship, and fulfilling lives by integrating liberal and professional study, by creating a community of learners with diverse experiences and perspectives, by balancing its local heritage with a global perspective, by encouraging lifelong learning, and by promoting scholarship in the belief that the discovery and application of knowledge enrich teaching and learning.

Utica College's mission rests upon a foundation of values that guide the College community's decisions and actions. These values include the following:

-commitment to individual attention for our students
-commitment to lifelong learning
-commitment to pragmatic approaches to teaching and learning
-commitment to continual improvement in our educational quality
-commitment to fostering diversity of perspective, background, and experience for education in an increasingly global society
-commitment to community and professional service
-dedication to highest ethical standards and integrity in all that we do
-dedication to freedom of expression and to open sharing of ideas and creativity
-dedication to open, honest, and collegial communication
-dedication to the well being of others