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"If every college and university sharpened young minds and consciences as effectively as Earlham does, this country would approach utopia."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Selective, private liberal arts college offering a challenging intellectual experience in a collaborative and cooperative atmosphere
- Established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
- Curriculum features more than 40 disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields, and includes a new General Education program devised to prepare students for a life of critical knowledge and informed action
- Earlham has long been committed to advancing the causes of social justice and equality, and in building the conditions for a more peaceful world.
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WORTH NOTING |
- An Earlham education is rooted in the Quaker values of tolerance, equality, justice, respect, and collaboration, and engages students with a changing world.
- Earlham is ranked 23rd (98th percentile) among 1,469 U.S. institutions of higher learning in the percentage of graduates who go on to receive Ph.D.s, and is 12th (99th percentile) in producing Ph.D.s in biology and 8th (99th percentile) in the life sciences. www.earlham.edu/publicaffairs/content/excellent/hedsc.php
- 64% of Earlham students study off campus in more than 20 countries and throughout the United States.
- Earlham's libraries are nationally recognized for integrating curricular research and bibliographic instruction.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- Average class size in 2009-10 was 15.
- 67% of Earlham classes have 19 students or less.
- 15% of Earlham's students are international; 20% are from the state
of Indiana and 65% are from out of state.
- Students come from 44 states and 74 countries.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 98% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their
field.
- Earlham's faculty are fully invested in undergraduate teaching and highly accessible to their students.
- Faculty are active professionals who regularly publish research and scholarly works, often in collaboration with students.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Comprehensive Fee: $42,324
- 86% of Earlham students receive some form of financial aid from
College-based sources.
- A budget of $14.3 million is available for financial aid in 2009-10.
- Earlham is committed to providing an exceptional education to talented students from Indiana and around the world, regardless of their financial means.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- Over the last year, Earlham students have reported an average of
23,000 hours of community service each year [many more hours go unreported].
- Students participate in numerous performing arts groups and over 60 student-run organizations.
- NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics program with more than 20 intercollegiate and intramural sports.
- Campus governance stresses the value of the individual and includes students in campus decision-making.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- 26% are American minority or international students.
- 59% of Earlham's students are in the top 25% of their high school
graduating class.
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