PO Box 1000
Collegeville, PA 19426

Ursinus College is a private, undergraduate liberal arts college located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania on 170 acres, 28 miles from Philadelphia. Founded in 1869, the student body is made up of more than 1,500 students from more than 25 states and seven countries.

Ursinus College offers students a choice of more than 25 majors and 50 minors. More than 95 percent of students live on campus.

The Princton Review's "Best 366 Colleges" ranked the classroom experience at Ursinus College among the top 20 in the country. Ursinus College was also selected as one of 40 schools in the book "Colleges that Change Lives", by Loren Pope, and the Newsweek Kaplan Guide recognized the school as having the nation's "Hottest Freshman Year" and named the college one of America's "367 Most Interesting Schools."

Quick Facts

The student-to-faculty ratio at Ursinus College is 12 to 1. Close to 90 percent of students who apply to law or medical school are accepted.

Ninety-two percent of freshman at Ursinus College return for their sophomore year.

More than 15 percent of the Ursinus College's student body are minorities.

About 85 percent of students receive some form of financial aid. Ursinus College awards more than 20 million dollars per year in scholarships and grants, including both merit and need-based aid.

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