Elizabethtown College

One Alpha Dr, Elizabethtown, PA 17022-229 -  View Map

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• 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: 11/03/2010.

In the News:

• Affordable land spurs Amish boom in N.Y. state (Detroit News)
  posted on July 21, 2011 at 08:30:29 am
  Harrisburg, Pa. — Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a recent boomlet in new Amish colonies in New York state, a study by Elizabethtown College researchers shows.
• Amish Population Growing, Migrating Into NY (Fulton County News)
  posted on July 20, 2011 at 08:10:05 pm
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a recent boomlet in new Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown College researchers.
• Study: Amish population growing, migrating into NY (AP via Yahoo! News)
  posted on July 18, 2011 at 07:49:28 pm
  Affordable rural farmland and proximity to traditional population centers are driving a recent boomlet in new Amish colonies in New York state, according to a study by Elizabethtown College researchers.
• Elizabethtown grads complete 'Called to Lead' (The Times Herald)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 07:12:30 am
  From Elizabethtown College
• Local students receive degrees from Elizabethtown College (The Times Herald)
  posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:41:52 am
  From Elizabethtown College

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