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Ursinus College

601 E. Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426

http://www.ursinus.edu/

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"Ursinus is a remarkable college--student centered, academically rigorous, ambitious, achieving, serious about students in the community--focused, in other words, on the right things."

The mission of Ursinus College is to enable students to become independent, responsible, and thoughtful individuals through a program of liberal education. That education prepares them to live creatively and usefully, and to provide leadership for their society in an interdependent world.

A central principle of the Ursinus experience is that students and faculty are colleagues and partners in their educational endeavors. From the day you arrive and enroll in the first-year Common Intellectual Experience--the "great books" course that prompted the Newsweek/Kaplan Guide to cite Ursinus for the "Hottest Freshman Year"--until you complete your Independent Learning Experience as a senior, you will be working closely with the most dedicated and effective faculty I have ever known. Ursinus has been called electric, inviting, exciting; a college that changes lives.

The attractive campus provides an ideal setting for liberal education.Academic and social life at Ursinus College intersect on a graceful plaza and brick walkway linking academic buildings, residence halls and the student center. The plaza provides settings where students and faculty can pause for conversations with one another. Ursinus students have the educational and aesthetic advantages of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, which offers exhibitions and events for the campus community and maintains an important outdoor sculpture collection. The campus setting is enhanced by the presence of a collection of outdoor sculpture by noted artists, provided through the generosity of Philip and Muriel Berman. A printed guide is available, complete with information about the sculptures and artists.

There's plenty going on around our 168-acre campus, but when you need a little more action the buzzing metropolis of Philadelphia is only 25 miles away. The Ursinus Philly Connection provides access to one of the nation's largest centers for the arts, biotechnology, information technology, college and professional sports, media, and sales and marketing.

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Ursinus College

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Ursinus College is a liberal arts college in Collegeville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Mission

History

1867

  • Members of the German Reformed Church begin plans to establish a college where "young men could be liberally educated under the benign influence of Christianity." These founders were hoping to establish an alternative to the seminary at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, a school they believed was increasingly heretical to traditional Reformed faith.

1869

  • The college is granted a charter by the Legislature of Pennsylvania to begin operations in its current location on the grounds of Todd’s School (founded 1832) and the adjacent Freeland Seminary (founded 1848). Dr. John Henry Augustus Bomberger, for whom the campus' signature Romanesque building is named (see Gallery, below), served as the college’s first president until his death in 1890. Bomberger had proposed naming the college after Zacharias Ursinus, a 16th-century German theologian. He was also an important figure in the Protestant Reformation, in order to declare the Reformed orthodoxy of the College

1870

  • Instruction begins at the college in September; on October 4, the Zwinglian Literary Society - which was to be resurrected in the early 1990s - was founded. For many years the annual opening meetings of 'Zwing' and its rival society, Schaff, were the major events of the student year

1881

  • Women first admitted, as a direct consequence of the closing of the Pennsylvania Female College in 1880, and a separate literary society for women, The Olevian, is formed

1893

  • The first meeting of the college's alumni association is held at the Colonnade Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1897

  • The Ruby, Ursinus' yearbook is first published by the Class of 1897 as a tribute to Professor Samuel Vernon Ruby, who collapsed as he was entering Bomberger Hall in 1896 and died in its chapel, surrounded by students and teachers who had gathered there for morning prayers

1921

  • The first aerial photograph of Ursinus is taken, by future college president D.L. Helfferich, and is published in the 1921 Ruby

1934

  • The Reformed Church unites with the Evangelical Synod of North America to form the Evangelical and Reformed Church

1957

  • The Evangelical and Reformed Church merges with the Congregational Christian Churches in 1957 to form the modern-day United Church of Christ. The school is now independent in character and operates on a growing $118,000,000 endowment.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Mid-Atlantic
Setting:
Large Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Bears

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,485
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 31,600
Students Receiving Aid:
95%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 50
Selectivity:
Selective
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Degree Programs at Ursinus College

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      • Women’s Studies
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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 54%
Men 46%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 79%
Other 9%
African-American 6%
Asian 4%
Hispanic 2%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 59%
Out-of-State 41%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Pennsylvania 59%
New Jersey 18%
Massachusetts 3%
Maryland 3%
New York 3%
Percent of Students International: 1%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 88%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Football (Centennial Conference)
Basketball (Centennial Conference)
Baseball (Centennial Conference)
Track (Centennial Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 31,600    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 31,450    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 150    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 4,120 20%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 2,954 30%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 14,744 95%  
Student Loans:
 $ 4,128 81%  
Any Aid:
   95%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 75% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 63%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 550, Math: 560
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 660, Math: 670

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 50.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Recommended
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

College Advice

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cochise215
cochise215

Question: Ursinus College students?

Ursinus college, Bethlehem,PA Every college says they're great but how is everything actually, please describe Current students or alums please answer ((i already got accepted btw and i cant go visit for a few weeks))
14 months ago
tcaggy90
tcaggy90

Best Answer

First of all, Ursinus is in Collegeville, PA (a suburb of Philadelphia) not Bethlehem (a suburb of the smaller Allentown, PA) I'm a freshman at Ursinus. If you're interested in majoring in biology or going to medical school, Ursinus is excellent at preparing students for medical school. We have a very high acceptance rate for medical schools. I'm a science major so I know we are strong in those areas. All programs are good though, I only singled out pre-med because it's very popular now-a-days. Professors are extremely nice and approachable, willing to help as much as they can. Ursinus is academically on the rise, early next year it will be recognized as one of the "New Ivy league" schools by one of those college rater boards. So, a degree from Ursinus will mean a lot in 10 years (it does mean a lot now too) The school is small in both area and number of students. It takes like 12 minutes to walk to exact opposite ends of campus. We only have about 1700 students. Many kids drink and party on the weekends (Thursday-Saturday) the college is fairly lax about this. I think it's boring here. Most often, I find myself hanging around the dorm in a friends room playing video games or just chilling out. Campus doesn't really sponsor any events or stuff to do like concerts and stuff. I think like 3 times I remember stuff that I actually wanted to do. My friend's don't seem to mind as much as I do. Ursinus is 30 miles from Philadelphia. The college doesn't offer any help in transportation to the city. Unless you have a car, the only way to get there is on public transportation. You take a bus from right outside campus for about 40 minutes to the Norristown transportation center train station. Then you take the train from there to center city which is about 45 minutes. So it's about an hour and a half and $7 one way to get from Ursinus to Philly. I have done this about 3 times, it's not bad. Our athletics are D-III so they're nothing special. UC is a really good school.
Cindy
Cindy

Question: What do YOU think/know about these colleges? Are they top notch? Let me know?

I'm curious about what the people in Yahoo Answers think about Swarthmore College, Bryn Mawr College, Ursinus College and/or Mary Baldwin College? Please answer if you have gone to the said school(s) or know someone who has and you know what they thought of it. Do you know what programs are their strongest? What the main focus is of that school? That would be very helpful and I will rate a best answerer. The first 3 are all in Pennsylvania and MBC is in Virginia. Thank you
14 months ago
ChiOmafia
ChiOm...

Best Answer

Swarthmore is fantastic but it's REALLY hard. THe academics are absolutely gruelling. Bryn Mawr is also really great but some people don't like the social scene - but on the flip side some people prefer the all girls scene because there's so much less pressure. Ursinus is a really great school for the sciences and is looked upon favorably by Ivy League law schools. If you're really concerned with how a school looks to others and you're not going to pursue a graduate degree or go into the sciences Ursinus might not be good for you. My advice? Don't worry so much about reputations - try to visit all of the schools (if you haven't already). I go to Ursinus and I did the program where we can sleep over with freshmen and then go to classes the next day. Everything just felt right for me and I chose UC over some schools known as "public ivies." More info about UC: very student focused, tons of opportunities in research, lots of completely student led clubs on campus. Greek life seems more pervasive than it is because the Greeks are pretty involved but there's not too much pressure to do that scene if you don't want. Some people don't like that it's in C-ville and C-ville is so boring, but they bring plenty of activities to campus. Academics are extremely rigorous but the professors all know your name and are ALWAYS willing to meet with you or have lunch with you. Come visit us - we won't bite!!
Maurice J
Maurice J

Question: IN OR OUT AT THE FOLLOWING COLLEGES. PLEASE HELP!!!!?

Male, Pa. Resident SAT: 1150/1600, 1750/2400 GPA: 3.45 unweighted 4.4/6.4 weighted Class Rank: Top 12% - approx. 32/300 9 Honors/AP Classes EC's Clubs: 1. DECA- 11th, 12th - (11th grade 3rd Place in District Championships, state finalist) 2. Community Service Club- 11th, 12th 3. Math Team-9th, 10th, 11th, 12th 4. SADD- 10th, 11th, 12th, 5. FCA-9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 6. Communications Club- 10th,11th, 12th. 7. Student Council – 9th. 8. Drug Free Youth Mentor 9. Church Mission 10. Sunday School Teacher 11. Youth Group Leader- volunteer. 12. Church Deacon 13. Summer Job, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th 14. Football- 9th, 10th, 11th 15. Basketball- 9th 16. Crew- 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th (Boat finished 7th overall at 2008 national championships) (not rowing in college) Chances at: Penn State-UPark Drexel University Temple University Lebanon Valley College-6 year doctorate of PT program Muhlenberg College Washington College Elizabethtown College Ursinus College
16 months ago
ChiOmafia
ChiOm...

Best Answer

It sounds like you're super-involved. I'd recommend a smaller school so you can stay involved. I know at Ursinus we have plenty of clubs and organizations that you could get into. You'd probably fit in perfectly academically as well.
08Chic
08Chic

Question: Is Ursinus College a good college to go to?? How is the campus??

28 months ago
arup s
arup s

Best Answer

Ursinus established its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1992. At the time, only 242 of the nation's 3,500 colleges and universities had gained acceptance into the elite group. The school is also a member of the Watson Foundation List, Project Pericles, Project DEEP, and the Annapolis Group, which announced on June 19, 2007 that it would no longer participate in U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings. All faculty and incoming students have been issued Dell Latitude laptop computers since the Fall of 2000. While students choose from 28 majors and 49 minors, Economics, Psychology, and General Studies are the three programs with the most students. Many graduates go on to attend law and medical schools, and 90 percent of those who do apply to these schools are accepted. Campus and Facilities The 168-acre campus is 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is also within three hours’ driving distance of New York City, Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, DC. Notable facilities at Ursinus include the Phillip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, the Walter W. Marstellar Memorial Observatory, and the Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center, which opened in April 2005 with a performance by jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The college's Myrin Library has an extensive Pennsylvania German archive and is one of three government repositories in Montgomery County.

Photos

  • Bell tower of Bomberger Hall at Ursinus College
    Bell tower of Bomberger Hall at Ursinus College [source]
  • Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center
    Kaleidoscope Performing Arts Center [source]
  • Patterson Field scoreboard
    Patterson Field scoreboard [source]
  • Olin building atrium overlooking Berman Museum plaza
    Olin building atrium overlooking Berman Museum plaza [source]
  • Curtis Hall dormitory. J.D. Salinger lived on the third floor during his time at Ursinus
    Curtis Hall dormitory. J.D. Salinger lived on the third floor during his time at Ursinus [source]
  • Ursinus College logo
    Ursinus College logo [source]
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