Ursinus College

Top-ranked for financial access and graduate satisfaction, Ursinus College is an undergraduate liberal arts college 25 miles from Philadelphia. With 1,500 students, the tree-lined, 170-acre campus is a 152-year-old start-up with a vision to make personalized, undergraduate education more valuable and affordable than ever. One of the nation’s “Colleges that Change Lives,” we help our students think beyond majors to combine disciplines, majors and their passions, to become more than they ever thought they could.

• Ursinus is widely recognized for its comprehensive First Year Experience program, which includes freshmen-only residence halls, outstanding advising, and a unique seminar-style course, called the Common Intellectual Experience.
• Ursinus is among the 10% of U.S. colleges and universities to have a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, and is one of just 41 institutions who can nominate students for the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship.
• Ursinus has been cited as a top school for undergraduate research. The quality of the classroom experience, the residential village, and the facilities—including the 100% donor-funded performing arts center, the $29 million interdisciplinary Innovation and Discovery Center, and the renowned Berman Museum of Art—have all been highlighted by national publications.
• All admitted, qualified domestic first-year students will receive at least $21,000/year, with top scholarships of $40,000/year.
• Ursinus is test optional. However, the Gateway Scholarship guarantees $35,000/year to admissible applicants who earn an ACT of 28+, an SAT of 1250+, or who have an unweighted GPA of 3.85 or higher on a 4.0 scale at the time of their application. (Applicants with a GPA between 3.5 and 3.84 who have taken a very rigorous curriculum will be considered for the scholarship on a case-by-case basis.)

• 34 majors, 59 minors
• 100% of graduates complete an Experiential Learning Project (XLP) as part of the core curriculum. Eligible types of projects include independent research, study abroad, an internship, a creative project, or student teaching.
• Every summer, 70 to 80 students spend eight weeks on campus working on research and creative projects with a faculty mentor through our Summer Fellows Program.

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Areas of Study

Accounting
African American and Africana Studies
American Studies
Anthropology
Applied Economics
Applied Ethics
Art
Art History
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biology
Biostatistics
Business (Applied Economics)
Chemistry
Chinese
Classical Studies
Coaching
Communications
Computer Science
Creative Writing
Dance
Digital Studies
East Asian Studies
Economics
Education
Educational Studies
English
Entrepreneurship
Environmental Studies
Film Studies
Finance
Food Studies
French
Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies
German
German Studies
Health and Society
Health and Exercise Physiology
Health Science
History
International Relations
Japanese
Latin
Latin American Studies
Legal Studies
Management Studies
Marine Science
Mathematics
Media and Communications
Museum Studies
Music
Neuroscience
Peace & Social Justice Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Pre-Engineering
Pre-Health Professions
Pre-Law
Pre-Medical Program
Psychology
Religious Studies
Science and the Common Good
Scientific Computing
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics
Studio Art
Theater

• Housing is guaranteed for all students. 94% live on campus in dormitory, suite-style, or special interest housing.
• Ursinus has 5 sororities and 7 fraternities, and approximately 20% of students participate in Greek life.
• The college has over 100 clubs, organizations, and interest groups, including intramural sports.
• Ursinus is a member of Project Pericles, an organization focused on social responsibility and participatory citizenship at colleges and universities.
• Each year, approximately 150 students study abroad in over 20 countries.

NCAA Division III, Centennial Conference:

• 95% of seniors are confident in their creative-thinking and problem-solving abilities.
• 98% of students say their internships prepared them well for post-graduate work
• Ursinus faculty support all candidates in the medical school application process. Among those who meet the average GPA and MCAT scores for medical school acceptance, more than 90% are admitted.
• 100% of students who participate in our pre-law program are accepted into law school.
• Our alumni become Rhodes Scholars, news anchors, community builders, frontier physicists, and biomedical wunderkinds. They attend medical, law, business and graduate school at Columbia, Harvard, Penn, Stanford and Yale, among other top universities. It’s why Forbes named us among the nation’s top colleges when it comes to graduate satisfaction.

• 3,818 applications; 433 students enrolled
• Average unweighted high school GPA: 3.6
• Top 10 states represented: PA, NJ, MD, NY, DE, CT, VA, CA, FL, MA
• 25% first generation
• 28% students of color