| Name |
Elizabethtown College |
| Address |
1 Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298 |
| Website |
http://www.etown.edu |
| Email |
admissions@etown.edu |
| Percent Undergrad College Owned |
82% |
| Percent Fraternity |
0% |
| Percent Sorority |
0% |
| Percent Campus Weekends |
65% |
| Offer Housing |
Yes |
| Percent Students College Housing |
82% |
| Campus Housing |
No |
| Off Campus Assistance |
No |
| Types Available |
coed dorms (68%), women's dorms (11%), apartment for single students (15%), special housing for disabled students (3%), cooperative housing (3%) |
| College Owned Singles |
1% |
| College Owned Doubles |
77% |
| College Owned Triples |
1% |
| College Owned Apartments |
21% |
| College Owned Other |
N/A |
| Num College Owned |
20 |
| Sprinkler System |
15% |
| Fire Alarms |
100% |
| High Speed Internet |
100% |
| Campus Size |
193 acres |
| Percent Weekends |
65% |
| Nearest Airport |
Harrisburg International Airport (10), Philadelphia (70) |
| Nearest Train |
Elizabethtown (1) |
| Nearest Bus |
N/A |
| Public Transport |
No |
| Cars Permitted |
Yes |
| Percent Cars |
75% |
| School Employment |
Yes |
| Percent Undergrads Employed |
53% |
| Average Undergrad Earnings |
604 |
| Freshmen Discouraged Working |
No |
| Army Rotc |
Not offered |
| Navy Rotc |
Not offered |
| Airforce Rotc |
Not offered |
| Alcohol Permitted |
Yes |
| Additional Policies |
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited |
| 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 |
| Student Activities |
choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook |
| Num Organizations |
70 |
| Honor Societies |
Alpha Epsilon Rho, Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Psi Omega, Alpha Mu, Alpha Psi Omega, Beta Beta Beta, College Scholars, Delta Mu Delta, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Mu Epsilon, Pi Sigma Alpha, Pi Theta Epsilon, Psi Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, Society of Collegiate Journalists. |
| Religious Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Brethren Mennonite Student Fellowship, Hillel (Jewish Student Union), Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Lutherans United, Newman Club. |
| International Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Asian Cultural Association, International Club, Japanese Club, Lady Jays Step Team, Noir (Black Student Union), Spanish Club. |
| Other Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Accounting/Finance Club, Advocates for Peace, The Allies Group (GLBT), Amnesty International, Art Club, Biology Club, Cheerleeding Club, Circle K International, College Democrats, College Republican Club, Computer Science Club, Education Club, Emotion, English Club, Gamer's Guild, Get ABSURD, Habitat for Humanity, History Club, International Association of Business Communicators, K-9 Club, Law Club, Mad Cow (comedy improvisation performance group), Marketing Club, Math Club, Medicus, Melica, Men's Volleyball Club, Mock Trial Club, Newman Club, Outdoor Club, Pa. Collegiate Music Educators Association, Phalanx (a cappella group), Philosophy Club, Photography Club, Physics and Engineering Club, Political Science Club, Psychology Club, Robotics and Machine Intelligence Club, Social Work Student Association, Sociology and Anthropology Club, Sock & Buskin (student theatre organization), Student Affliates of the American Chemical Society, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Student Occupational Therapy Association, The Twirling Blue Jays, Wellness Peer Educators, Womenspeak, Concert Choir, Women's Chorus, Community Chorus, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Flute Choir, Precussion Ensemble, Woodwind Quintet, Conestogan (yearbook), ECTV, Etownian (newspaper), SWEET (programming board), Student Senate, WWEC. |
| Student Papers |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Etownian (weekly) |
| Num Frats |
0 |
| Frats Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Frat Members |
0% |
| Num Sororities |
0 |
| Sororities Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Sorority Members |
0% |
| Type |
Private institution |
| Year Founded |
1899 |
| Religious Affiliation |
Church of the Brethren |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester |
| Undergrad Body |
2,162 |
| Setting |
Suburban |
| Endowment |
42,239,729 |
| Application Deadline |
Rolling |
| Application Fee |
30 |
| Selectivity |
More selective |
| Tuition |
26,950 |
| Room Board |
7,300 |
| Basic |
nonremedial tutoring, health service, health insurance |
| Remedial |
reading, math, writing, study skills, other |
| Counseling |
minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious |
| Career |
on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training |
| Job Six Months |
N/A |
| Job One Year |
59% |
| Job Two Years |
N/A |
| Firms |
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 |
Yes |
| Library Consortia |
Yes |
| Num Books |
194,990 |
| Num Subscriptions |
970 |
| Num Microforms |
19,814 |
| Num Audiovisual |
32,165 |
| Num Ebooks |
3,407 |
| 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 |
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. |
| Computer Course |
No |
| Own Computer |
No |
| Computers Available |
200 |
| Email Accounts |
Yes |
| Internet Access |
Yes |
| Computers Available In |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Num Wired Library |
75 |
| Num Wired Classrooms |
0 |
| Num Wired Labs |
10 |
| Num Wired Other |
50 |
| Wireless Network |
Yes |
| Wireless Areas |
in all the libraries, in some classrooms |
| Wireless Capacity |
500 |
| Recommended Os |
Microsoft |
| Hosting Units |
100% |
| Student Webpages |
Yes |
| Online Registration |
Yes |
| Campus Safety |
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) |
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