Why Elmira College?
Why We Are Different
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1. Your Academic Experience
Your academic success is the highest priority. Average class sizes at EC are 16 students. You are never an anonymous face in a lecture hall. All professors provide their home phone numbers and email addresses to students without exception; and they expect students to use them.
2. Work, Travel, Service, and the Arts Make a Difference
Internships provide experiential learning. Spring Term classes offer travel abroad experiences and engaging on-campus activities. Community service prepares you to be a leader in the community. Encore will increase your cultural literacy through the performing arts.
Internships provide experiential learning. Spring Term classes offer travel abroad experiences and engaging on-campus activities. Community service prepares you to be a leader in the community. Encore will increase your cultural literacy through the performing arts.
3. Success After Graduation
97 percent of our students have jobs by Labor Day following Commencement and attend some of the finest graduate schools in the country. Elmira College's faculty gets you ready for your next challenge.
4. A Community That You Help Create
With more than 100 clubs and organizations, a competitive, participatory Division III athletics program, dynamic residence life, leadership and collaboration opportunities, and exceptional peer students, you make friendships that will last a lifetime. Ten percent of the EC student population are international students residing from 31 different countries.
5. Getting a Wonderful Start
Our nationally-recognized first-year experience launches you into life at EC. One-on-one instruction in the Freshman Writing Program, Encore, and community service will help you transition to college life. Your professors and administrators will provide personal help and guidance along the way.
6. Traditional Collegiate Setting
Founded in 1855 and coeducational since 1969, EC was the first women's college to offer degree requirements equal to those of men's colleges. Our academic innovation and long-lived traditions rank EC as one of the top private colleges in the nation. Our traditions link current students with generations of alumni.
97 percent of our students have jobs by Labor Day following Commencement and attend some of the finest graduate schools in the country. Elmira College's faculty gets you ready for your next challenge.
4. A Community That You Help Create
With more than 100 clubs and organizations, a competitive, participatory Division III athletics program, dynamic residence life, leadership and collaboration opportunities, and exceptional peer students, you make friendships that will last a lifetime. Ten percent of the EC student population are international students residing from 31 different countries.
5. Getting a Wonderful Start
Our nationally-recognized first-year experience launches you into life at EC. One-on-one instruction in the Freshman Writing Program, Encore, and community service will help you transition to college life. Your professors and administrators will provide personal help and guidance along the way.
6. Traditional Collegiate Setting
Founded in 1855 and coeducational since 1969, EC was the first women's college to offer degree requirements equal to those of men's colleges. Our academic innovation and long-lived traditions rank EC as one of the top private colleges in the nation. Our traditions link current students with generations of alumni.
7. Valuable and Accessible Education
We offer a range of financial aid opportunities and on-campus jobs to help make college extremely affordable. Eighty-five percent of our students receive student aid. For honor students, we offer generous honor scholarships based on academic credentials.
We offer a range of financial aid opportunities and on-campus jobs to help make college extremely affordable. Eighty-five percent of our students receive student aid. For honor students, we offer generous honor scholarships based on academic credentials.
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