Misericordia University is a private Catholic university in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1924 by the Sisters of Mercy as College Misericordia, it was Luzerne County's first four-year institution of higher learning and attained university status in 2007. The suburban campus of roughly 120 acres houses students across nine residential facilities, including Alumnae, Gildea, MacDowell, McGowan, and McHale Halls and a Townhouse Complex.
