Elizabethtown College
1 Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298
General Information
Type: Private institution
Year Founded: 1899
Religious Affilation: Church of the Brethren
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 2,162
Geographical Setting: Suburban
Endowment: $42,239,729
Admissions
Application Fee: $30
Application Deadline: Rolling
Selectivity: More selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $26,950
Room/Board: $7,300
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: reading, math, writing, study skills, other
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: 59%
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: U.S. Patent Office; Words & Numbers; Bear Stearns & Company; Kids Peace; Lancaster County Children and Youth; Culpeper School District; Youth Advocate Program; Donegal Mutual Insurance; National Institutes of Health; Skelly & Loy, Inc.
Elizabethtown Coll
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 194,990
Number of current serial subscriptions: 970
Number of microforms: 19,814
Number of audiovisuals: 32,165
Number of ebooks: 3,407
Other library facilities: Brethren Heritage Room contains archives of the Atlantic Northeast and Southern Pennsylvania Districts of the Church of the Brethren; archives of Elizabethtown College; and a private collection on the history of Pennsylvania.
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: Three art galleries: Hess, McCormick, and Lyet galleries. High Library contains some of the College’s permanent art collection. The art collection is also in housed in other buildings on campus. Additionally, the College maintains a significant collection of works related to the Anabaptist and Pietist movements at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The Center is nationally unique.
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 200
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 75
Classrooms: 0
Labs: 10
Other areas: 50
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless available? – in all the libraries, in some classrooms
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 500
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 82%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 0%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 0%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 65%
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 82%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – No
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – No
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (68%), women’s dorms (11%), apartment for single students (15%), special housing for disabled students (3%), cooperative housing (3%)
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 1%
Doubles: 77%
Triples or Suites: 1%
Apartments: 21%
Other: N/A
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 20
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 15%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 193 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Harrisburg International Airport (10), Philadelphia (70)
Nearest train station: Elizabethtown (1)
Nearest bus station: N/A
Does public transportation serve campus? – No
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 75%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 53%
Average undergraduate wage: 604
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Not offered
Navy ROTC Not offered
Air Force ROTC: Not offered
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited
Campus
Most popular events: Evening Lecture and Wednesday-at-11 lecture series; Lefever Lecturer; monthly lecturers at the Young Center; Homecoming; TGIS (Thank God It’s Spring); Thanksgiving Dinner served to students by faculty and staff; Dell Day (“A snow day without snow”); fall and spring theatrical productions, weekend dances, comedians, and pop concerts; Monday Evening chamber recitals; Gretna Music events; annual men’s soccer game with Messiah College; spring semester student music recitals and music group concerts; International Fest; Junior-Senior Dance; annual poetry reading; Alumni Career Networking Events; coffeehouse with entertainment; regular first-run films
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