Elizabethtown College

1 Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022-2298
http://www.etown.edu

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Overview
Type	Private institution
Year Founded	1899
Religious Affiliation	Church of the Brethren
Undergrad Students	2,162
Endowment	42,239,729
Application Deadline	Rolling
Application Fee	30
Selectivity	More selective
Application Deadline	Rolling
Tuition	26,950
Room/Board	7,300

Services
Associated Firms	U.S. Patent Office; Words & Numbers; Bear Stearns & Company; Kids Peace; Lancaster County Children and Youth; Culpeper School District; Youth Advocate Program; Donegal Mutual Insurance; National Institutes of Health; Skelly & Loy, Inc. Elizabethtown Coll
Campus Safety	24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Career Services	on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Museums	Three art galleries: Hess, McCormick, and Lyet galleries. High Library contains some of the College's permanent art collection. The art collection is also in housed in other buildings on campus. Additionally, the College maintains a significant collection of works related to the Anabaptist and Pietist movements at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The Center is nationally unique.
Basic Services	nonremedial tutoring, health service, health insurance
Museums	Three art galleries: Hess, McCormick, and Lyet galleries. High Library contains some of the College's permanent art collection. The art collection is also in housed in other buildings on campus. Additionally, the College maintains a significant collection of works related to the Anabaptist and Pietist movements at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. The Center is nationally unique.
Periodical Subs	970
# of Books	194,990
Graduate Job Placement Statistics
within 6 months	N/A
within one year	59%
within two years	N/A
Campus Life
Students in fraternities	0%
Students in sororities	0%
Campus Size	193 acres
College housing offered	Yes
Students in college housing	82%
College housing types	coed dorms (68%), women's dorms (11%), apartment for single students (15%), special housing for disabled students (3%), cooperative housing (3%)
Popular Events	Evening Lecture and Wednesday-at-11 lecture series; Lefever Lecturer; monthly lecturers at the Young Center; Homecoming; TGIS (Thank God It's Spring); Thanksgiving Dinner served to students by faculty and staff; Dell Day ("A snow day without snow"); fall and spring theatrical productions, weekend dances, comedians, and pop concerts; Monday Evening chamber recitals; Gretna Music events; annual men's soccer game with Messiah College; spring semester student music recitals and music group concerts; International Fest; Junior-Senior Dance; annual poetry reading; Alumni Career Networking Events; coffeehouse with entertainment; regular first-run films
Nearest Airport	Harrisburg International Airport (10), Philadelphia (70)
Nearest Train	Elizabethtown (1)
Army ROTC	Not offered
Navy ROTC	Not offered
Extracurricular
Students activities	choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, radio station, student government, student newspaper, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
Number of Organizations	70
# of fraternities	0
# of sororities	0
Students in fraternities	0%
Students in sororities	0%
Student Papers	(Appears as submitted by school) The Etownian (weekly)
Honor Societies	Alpha Epsilon Rho, Alpha Kappa Delta, Alpha Lambda Delta, Alpha Psi Omega, Alpha Mu, Alpha Psi Omega, Beta Beta Beta, College Scholars, Delta Mu Delta, Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta, Pi Mu Epsilon, Pi Sigma Alpha, Pi Theta Epsilon, Psi Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, Society of Collegiate Journalists.
Religious Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Brethren Mennonite Student Fellowship, Hillel (Jewish Student Union), Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Lutherans United, Newman Club.
International Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Asian Cultural Association, International Club, Japanese Club, Lady Jays Step Team, Noir (Black Student Union), Spanish Club.
Other Organizations	(Appears as submitted by school) Accounting/Finance Club, Advocates for Peace, The Allies Group (GLBT), Amnesty International, Art Club, Biology Club, Cheerleeding Club, Circle K International, College Democrats, College Republican Club, Computer Science Club, Education Club, Emotion, English Club, Gamer's Guild, Get ABSURD, Habitat for Humanity, History Club, International Association of Business Communicators, K-9 Club, Law Club, Mad Cow (comedy improvisation performance group), Marketing Club, Math Club, Medicus, Melica, Men's Volleyball Club, Mock Trial Club, Newman Club, Outdoor Club, Pa. Collegiate Music Educators Association, Phalanx (a cappella group), Philosophy Club, Photography Club, Physics and Engineering Club, Political Science Club, Psychology Club, Robotics and Machine Intelligence Club, Social Work Student Association, Sociology and Anthropology Club, Sock & Buskin (student theatre organization), Student Affliates of the American Chemical Society, Student Environmental Action Coalition, Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Student Occupational Therapy Association, The Twirling Blue Jays, Wellness Peer Educators, Womenspeak, Concert Choir, Women's Chorus, Community Chorus, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Brass Ensemble, Flute Choir, Precussion Ensemble, Woodwind Quintet, Conestogan (yearbook), ECTV, Etownian (newspaper), SWEET (programming board), Student Senate, WWEC.