Eastern University

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1300 Eagle Road
PA 19087

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Eastern University is a Christian university dedicated through teaching and learning, scholarship, service, spiritual formation, student development and stewardship.

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Mission
Eastern is a Christian University of the arts and sciences dedicated through teaching and learning, scholarship, spiritual formation, student development and community service to the preparation of undergraduate, graduate, and theological students for lives of faith, leadership and service. The "Eastern Student Experience" guided by that mission grows out of the University's commitment to interpretation and formation. This intellectually curious and socially active community views and interprets the world through lenses ground from faith, reason and justice. Every course syllabus integrates those three elements in the learning experience. Student formation employs the same three integrated elements in preparing graduates for influential and ethical lives. Eastern is one of only a handful of universities in the world that incorporate all three in constructing a path to knowledge. The unique value of a theory of knowledge and student development that is based on the synthesis of faith, reason and justice is evidenced clearly by Eastern students' activism. The SPEAK organization has recently moderated summer reconciliation talks between Catholic and Protestant students in Northern Ireland and between Latino youth gangs in Philadelphia. They also led an effort on campus that persuaded administration to make Eastern one of only eight campuses nationally to convert to 100% use of wind generated electricity. Another organization, Youth Against Complacency and Homelessness Today (YACHT Club), partners with Eastern alumni in the operation of two centers in Philadelphia that provide shelter, tutoring and temporary work for homeless families. A third group, Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE), teaches market economics and provides academic tutoring to high school students in two of Philadelphia's most economically challenged and violent neighborhoods. Students from Eastern's Templeton Honors College tutor elementary and middle school students from those same neighborhoods in science and mathematics. Graduate students in economic development work with World Vision and Habitat for Humanity in the third world, where Eastern graduates have helped generate more than 1 million new jobs over the last two decades. The Seminary's Sider Center for Ministry and Public Policy engages students for church-based community development activities in Camden, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC Eastern operates Esperanza College, a bi-lingual junior college in north Philadelphia. After visiting that campus, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invited Eastern to develop an Early College High School (ECHS) in the city. The ECHS model could prove to be a major breakthrough in urban teaching and learning. The research that Eastern faculty will generate from that work will be part of a comparatively large body of scholarship published by the university's teacher-scholar-activists. Eastern students have many opportunities to assist that research. Classes and justice activities combine with spiritual formation activities to develop students who love God and neighbor with heart, hands and mind. Along the way, Eastern students also have a great deal of fun. Ultimately, however, the university's unique mission is fulfilled when graduates influence the course of events in their communities and beyond after leaving Eastern.
Popular Areas Of Study
Business, Education, Youth Ministry, Social Work, Psychology
School Type
Private not-for-profit (religious affiliation), 4-year or above
Campus Setting
Located within 15 miles of a major urban area
Costs
2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $24,600
Highest Degree Offered
Doctoral and first-professional
Email
[email protected]
Features
continuing education
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult
Type
College/University
Level
Four Year School
Religious Affiliation
American Baptist
Enrollment Concentration
Non-Traditional
Coed Status
Men and Women
City Type
Large Suburb
Campus Size
107 acres
Selectivity
selective
Distance
5.4 miles
Setting
suburban
Academic Calendar
Semester
Control
Private
Highest Offering
Masters
Institutional Control
Private
Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
$13200
Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
$22670
Undergraduate In State Tuition
20030
Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
20030
On Campus Room And Board Charges
$8610
Percentage Of Students Admitted
62.19
Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
$4690
Year Founded
1952
Accredited
true
Graduate Enrollment
2100
Graduate In State Tuition
8080
Graduate Number Of Females
1050
Graduate Number Of Males
1050
Graduate Out Of State Tuition
8080
Typical Room And Board
8080
Undergraduate Enrollment
1600
Founded In
1952
Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
$550
Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
$480
Total Number Of Applicants
1550
Undergraduate Application Fee
$25
Books Cost (estimate)
800
Undergraduate Number Of Females
800
Undergraduate Number Of Males
800
Graduate Application Fee
$35
Total Number Of Admissions
964
Application Fee
$25
Additional Fees
45
Percent Out Of State Students
53
International Enrollment
0
Percent African American
8
Percent Asian
1
Percent Hispanic
6
Percent Native American
1
Mailing Address Available Only
N
Web Site
http://www.eastern.edu/

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