EARLHAM COLLEGE I-13

801 National Rd. West
Richmond, IN 47374-4095
Tel: (765)983-1200
Free: 800-327-5426
Admissions: (765)983-1600
Fax: (765)983-1560
E-mail: admission@earlham.edu
Web Site: http://www.earlham.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Society of Friends. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1847. Setting: 800-acre small town campus with easy access to Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Dayton. Endowment: $311.9 million. Research spending 2003-04: $450,133. Educational spending 2003-04: $10,576 per student. Total enrollment: 1,275. Faculty: 114 (91 full-time, 23 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 1,518 applied, 72% were admitted. 30% from top 10% of their high school class, 64% from top quarter, 90% from top half. 7 National Merit Scholars, 19 class presidents, 10 valedictorians, 136 student government officers. Full-time: 1,170 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 21 students, 67% women, 33% men. Students come from 49 states and territories, 53 other countries, 72% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 7% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% international, 4% 25 or older, 88% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 84% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; visual/performing arts; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, internships. Off campus study at members of the Great Lakes Colleges Association. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 2/15, 12/1 for early decision, 1/1 for early action. Notification: 3/15, 12/15 for early decision, 2/1 for early action. Preference given to Quakers, children of alumni, state residents, minorities.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $31,782 includes full-time tuition ($25,364), mandatory fees ($678), and college room and board ($5740). College room only: $2810. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $845 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 70 open to all. Most popular organizations: Gospel Revelations Chorus, Dance Alloy, club sports, student government, Black Leadership Action Coalition. Major annual events: Homecoming, Air Guitar, Spring Fest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 974 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Lilly Library plus 1 other with 392,100 books, 235,400 microform titles, 1,660 serials, 53,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $657,001. 168 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The campus lies at the southwest edge of Richmond, IN, a city of 40,000 people. Richmond is 70 miles from Cincinnati, OH, and Indianapolis, IN, and 40 miles from Dayton, OH. Local activities include auctions, the city's arboretum, the pedestrian shopping mall downtown, the symphony orchestra, civic theater and opera companies, a historical museum and the art association. The city is served by buses. Airline service is available in Dayton, OH.