[4] SRU is fully accredited by the Middle State Commission on Higher Learning.

"Slippery Rock State College" was established in 1960 and issued undergraduate and graduate degrees within the liberal arts and other professions.

[9] "Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania" became the school's current and formal name on July 1, 1983, when Act 188 went into effect to establish Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education, and converted 12 state-owned colleges into universities.

[10] The majority of the campus, including the census-designated place, is in Slippery Rock Township.

[12] SRU offers more than 150 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate degree programs and certificates across the following five colleges:[13] SRU offers 51 programs that hold national accreditations and 92% of faculty members holding a Ph.D. or other terminal degree.

"[15] SRU has earned a spot on the U.S. News' Best Regional Universities 15 straight years.

SRU has a student newspaper called The Rocket, the radio station 88.1 WSRU-FM, and the literary magazine SLAB.