Students and Faculty
Nearly 2,700 students, approximately one-half men and one-half women and representing 40 states and 35 foreign countries, attend the college.
Some 75% of the student body is from outside Pennsylvania.
The Class of 2014 had a 40% acceptance rate, and often competes with comparable schools Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall for applicants.
The college employs 180 full-time faculty, with 100% of the permanent faculty holding a doctorate or highest earned degree in their fields. The student/faculty ratio is 10:1, with an average class size of 18 students. The college hosts one of only 19 chapters of Phi Beta Kappa in Pennsylvania.
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