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Elizabethtown College
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    Molded by a commitment to “Educate for Service,” Elizabethtown College is a community of learners dedicated to educating students intellectually, socially, and ethically for lives of service and leadership as citizens of the world.
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School Overview:
  Elizabethtown College
County Lancaster County, PA
Title IV Eligible Yes
Carnegie Classification Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges II
Institution Level 4 or more years
Institution Control Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate 1,863 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 301 students
Full-Time Graduate 32 students
Part-Time Graduate 10 students
Total Enrollment 2,206 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 1,492 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 98 %
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 15 %
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,856
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 35%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $3,261
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 93%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $11,100
% Students Receiving Loans 73%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $5,014
School Notes:
  • As a comprehensive institution, the College offers an array of academic programs integrating the liberal arts and sciences with professional studies. Founded by members of the Church of the Brethren, the College believes that learning is most noble when used to benefit others and affirms the values of peace, non-violence, human dignity and social justice.
  • Elizabethtown College provides academic programs offering mix of liberal arts and professional studies. 20 departments offer 53 majors, and more than 80 minors/concentrations. Core curriculum emphasizes arts, humanities and sciences develops interpersonal communication, writing, creative thinking, decision-making, problem-solving skills, Internship and externship programs.
  • At Elizabethtown College, central Pennsylvania’s leading comprehensive college, students learn through experience, guided by attentive faculty in a highly interactive environment. Elizabethtown offers more majors than other similar-sized colleges and a core curriculum that strengthens interpersonal communication, writing, creative thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
  • Elizabethtown College is located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, minutes from Hershey; 25 minutes from Lancaster and Harrisburg the state capital; 90 minutes from Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; four hours from New York City and Pittsburgh.
  • The college has been ranked for 13 consecutive years as one of the best comprehensive colleges in the North by U.S. News & World Report and named the #2 comprehensive college in the North in U.S. News & World Report's “Best Values” rankings in 2005 and 2006.
  • Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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