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Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gett
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- Mission
- Gettysburg College, a national, residential, undergraduate college committed to a liberal education, prepares students to be active leaders and participants in a changing world. This statement is grounded in the core values of the institution: the worth and dignity of all people and the limitless value of their intellectual potential; the power of a liberal arts education to help students develop critical thinking skills, broad vision, effective communications, a sense of the inter-relatedness of all knowledge, sensitivity to the human condition, and a global perspective, all necessary to enable students to realize their full potential for responsible citizenship; the enrichment of the traditional liberal arts and sciences curriculum with the most promising intellectual developments of the age; the free and open marketplace of ideas and the exploration of the ethical and spiritual dimensions of those ideas, both indispensable to helping students learn to determine which have lasting value; the value of a lifelong commitment to service, and the role of the College in both providing an example of public service for students and fostering a commitment to service among our young people; and a belief that a residential college is the most effective means of promoting the personal interaction between student and professor, and student and student which develops the community that is the heart of a liberal arts education. The Gettysburg Review, published by Gettysburg College, is recognized as one of the country's best literary journals. The journal has won numerous prizes, including a Best New Journal award and four Best Journal Design awards from the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. The Lincoln Prize in the amount of $50,000 is annually awarded for the year's best works on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War by the Lincoln and Soldiers' Institute at Gettysburg College. Gettysburg's Sunderman Conservatory of Music combines the College's liberal arts and music traditions. Music becomes the lens through which students get a rich, full, and well-rounded education. Gettysburg Semester is a total-immersion semester in Civil War studies--academic courses, internships with the Civil War-related agencies and live in a Civil War theme residence. The Contemporary Laboratory Experience in Astronomy (CLEA)develops laboratory exercises that illustrate modern astronomical techniques using digital data and color images suitable for high-school and college classes at all levels. CLEA labs have enjoyed widespread use by astronomy students and faculty throughout the US and around the world. Advancing Science another outreach program gives Pennsylvania students from kindergarten through grade 12 opportunities to learn science by doing science. A collaboration between the Gettysburg biology department and Pennsylvania schools. The Eisenhower Institute is a program of Gettysburg College, the Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit, presidential legacy organization that develops and sponsors civic discourse on significant issues of domestic and international public policy. The Institute provides a number of national scholarships and fellowships for students, our future leaders, to participate in dialogue with prominent figures and to pursue study of public policy and related fields.
- General Information
- Highly Selective, Medium School, Protestant Affiliation, Small Town, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Out of State - High, Any Cost, Study Abroad, Accelerated Study, Cooperative Work Experience, Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Honor Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Social Fraternities and Sororities, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Campus Description
- 200-acre campus in Gettysburg, 36 miles from Harrisburg, 52 miles from Baltimore, Md., and 79 miles from Washington, D.C. Airports serve Harrisburg and Baltimore; bus and train serve Harrisburg. School operates van service to all nearby transportation centers.
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required, Separate application form NOT required
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Religious Affiliation
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $41,070
- Campus Setting
- Located in a regional town
- Email
- [email protected]
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Entrance Difficulty
- Most difficult
- Selectivity
- more selective
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- City Type
- Distant Town
- Highest Offering
- Bachelors
- Campus Size
- 200 acres
- Highest Degree Offered
- Bachelors
- Distance
- 6.0 miles
- Setting
- suburban
- Academic Calendar
- Semester
- Control
- Private
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Application Deadline
- 15-Feb
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $37600
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 31790
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 31790
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $1050
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $9100
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $4880
- Year Founded
- 1832
- Accredited
- true
- Typical Board Cost
- 3660
- Typical Room Cost
- 4134
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 1396
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 1271
- Founded In
- 1832
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 37.8
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 2190
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 5794
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $55
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 500
- International Application Fee
- $45
- Application Fee
- $55
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 75
- Graduate Application Fee
- $0
- Percent African American
- 1
- Percent Asian
- 1
- Percent Hispanic
- 1
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.gettysburg.edu/
