One Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298

Elizabethtown College is a private, comprehensive institution offering academic programs in the liberal arts, sciences, and professional studies. Founded by members of the Church of the Brethren in 1899, this Southeastern Pennsylvania private college believes that learning should be used to benefit others and affirm the values of Peace, non-violence, human dignity, and social justice.

Elizabethtown College offers a mix of liberal arts and professional studies across more than 20 departments. The core curriculum emphasizes arts, humanities, and sciences to help students develop interpersonal communication, writing, creative thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

At Elizabethtown College, students are taught to be global citizens, understanding the interconnected ways of life of the international world in the 21st century. Faculty members from around the world speak a multitude of languages and have had a variety of study and residential experiences on other continents. Students encounter their international world when they study alongside students from other countries and when they visit, study, or live abroad.

Quick Facts:

Elizabethtown College alumni include Fulbright, Rhodes, and Barry Goldwater scholars.

Undergraduates represent nearly 30 states and 40 foreign countries.

Eighty-five percent of full-time students live on campus.

Off-campus opportunities include study abroad programs in Europe, Asia, and South America, and short-term study programs in China, Japan, Ireland, and the Czech Republic.

The student-to-faculty ratio is about 11:1.

Elizabethtown College offers more than 90 student clubs and organizations.

The Hershey Company is just 10 minutes away and sponsors the Elizabethtown College Honors Program.

EC is a member of the NCAA Division III, Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC), and Commonwealth League.

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