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Elmira College

One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901

http://www.elmira.edu/

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School Description

Provided by Elmira College

EBI, the premier career college in the Elmira and Vestal communities, is dedicated to helping students succeed. We offer specialized education and accelerated programs in accounting, medical assisting, office technologies and medical billing and coding.

Our unique, career-centered programs give students the tools they need to build a new future. We customize curricula to the needs of new professionals and today's employers, so that our students are familiar with the latest business-driven technologies.

At EBI, we do all what we can to keep students focused on the goal: a new career in the field they love. Student services include tutoring, financial aid assistance to qualified students, career placement support and transportation and childcare referrals.

At Elmira College, students are more than a number. Small class sizes with individual attention in and out of the classroom create a learning environment in which students achieve their personal and professional goals. Our distinctive academic calendar and first-year experience offer students the chance to learn and grow on campus and abroad in ways uncommon at other institutions.

Elmira College students are afforded wonderful extracurricular opportunities in athletics and student organizations. By the time students commence from Elmira College, they have an education that will serve them the rest of their lives.

Elmira, a city of 35,000, is located in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York.
Our campus includes 55 historic acres; 7 classroom buildings, 11 dormitories, 2 administrative office buildings, library, computer lab facilities, health center, campus center, President's Home, and Mark Twain Study. A major athletic facility completes the total campus. Eight college buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Elmira College

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Elmira College is a coeducational private liberal arts college located in Elmira, in New York State's Southern Tier region.

The college is noted as the oldest college still in existence which (as a college for women) granted degrees to women that were the equivalent of those given to men (the first to do so was the now defunct Mary Sharp College). Elmira College became coeducational in all of its programs in 1969.

The college, founded in 1855, has an enrollment of about 1200 students. The school's colors, purple and gold, are seen throughout the traditional campus, consisting mainly of ivy-covered buildings of the Victorian and Collegiate Gothic architectural styles. The colors purple and gold come from both the banners of the women's suffrage movement and the iris, the college flower.

Offered are about thirty-five major areas of study, each ultimately leading to either a B.S. or B.A. degree upon a successful completion of undergraduate studies. Students attend two full terms in the fall and winter and then enroll in a 6-week, intensive "Term III" in the spring. This gives students a unique opportunity to study abroad, intern, or take classes not related to their majors so as to enrich the educational experience.

Elmira College has an extensive, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) archive and is one of the only two centers for Mark Twain Studies in the world. A quaint study of his is located on campus. In it the iconic author, often credited as being the father of the American literature, wrote many of his most widely read novels: Life on the Mississippi, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Every four years the college perpetuates his legacy by hosting an international conference on the State of Mark Twain Studies.

History of Elmira College

Origin of the college

Elmira College was first conceived by a group of men at a meeting on April 11, 1851 in Albany, New York. This group, which referred to itself as "Friends of Education" (12), had the intention of creating a college that would grant degrees to women; these degrees would be equal to the degrees given to men at the time. The chairman of the meeting was Reverend Isaac N. Wyckoff, D.D., who had had previous experience in female education as a principal of a girls' school in New Brunswick. The group adopted a series of resolutions devoted to the equalization of women's education with that of men. The six members of this group chose to create a committee, of which they were all members, that would carry out their resolutions.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Large Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Soaring Eagles

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,531
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
49%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 28,500
Students Receiving Aid:
98%
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Admissions

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

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Students

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Part-Time 51%
Full-Time 49%
Men vs. Women
Women 71%
Men 29%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 72%
Other 26%
Hispanic 1%
African-American 1%
Asian 0%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 59%
In-State 41%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 41%
Massachusetts 9%
New Jersey 8%
Maine 5%
Pennsylvania 5%
Percent of Students International: 3%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 75%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 28,500    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 27,500    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 1,000    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 3,222 28%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,994 47%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 13,622 98%  
Student Loans:
 $ 5,884 73%  
Any Aid:
   98%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 77% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 96%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 520, Math: 510
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 630, Math: 620
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 27%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 21, Math: 23
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 27, Verbal: 28, Math: 28

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 50.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Recommended
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Recommended
Test Scores: Required

College Advice

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Emily

Question: Is Elmira College affiliated with any religion?

I'm a junior in high school and I'm trying to narrow down my list, I'd rather not go to a religion affiliated school.
12 months ago
Ranto
Ranto

Best Answer

No -- it is not.
kerm
kerm

Question: Is Elmira College a hard school to get into!?

Is Elmira College a hard school to get into? I'm a C+ student and a junior in high school, if i get my act together this year will i have a chance getting into it? i have my heart set on it; but if its not going to happen i'm gonig to have to start looking aroundd! thanks :)
17 months ago
xo379
xo379

Best Answer

No, it's pretty easy. Avg. GPA 3.47 unweighted 3.76 weighted Avg. SAT 576 (M) 601 (CR) 606 (W) Avg. ACT 25

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