Facts and figures

General information

Founded: 1832
Type: A highly selective, national, four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences
Location: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; on a beautiful 225-acre campus with over 90 buildings. Adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park. 36 miles from the state capital of Harrisburg, 55 miles from Baltimore, 80 miles from Washington, D.C., 117 miles from Philadelphia, and 212 miles from New York City.
2021 Carnegie Basic Classification: Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts and Sciences Focus
Accreditation: Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Academic programs: over 40 majors; over 40 minors
Baccalaureate degrees conferred during the 2023-24 academic year: 554 students earned a bachelor’s degree, including 138 students (25 percent of the class) who completed more than one major. In total, these 554 students completed 695 majors.
Most popular majors among the 2024 graduating class: Business, Organizations, & Management (16.1 percent of the class, or 89/554), Political Science (13.2 percent, or 73/554), Economics and Mathematical Economics (combined, 10.6 percent, or 59/554), Psychology (10.1 percent, or 56/554), Health Sciences (9.6 percent, or 53/554), History (7.6 percent, or 42/554), and Biological Sciences (BIO & BMB combined, 6.1 percent, or 34/554).

Completed at least one internship: 78%
Worked with faculty on research: 55%
Studied abroad (for credit) for a semester or longer: 44% (Note that prior to the COVID pandemic, over 50 percent of a graduating class had studied abroad.)
Served in a campus leadership role(s) (e.g., campus organization/club officer, program coordinator): 61%
Additionally, students participate in other High-Impact Practices. All students are required to take a First Year Seminar and complete a capstone course or experience. Many students also participate in service-learning.

76 percent of the Fall 2023 entering cohort participate in the Guided Pathways, which include various High-Impact Practices and more.

Female: 45%; male: 55%
96 percent hold a doctorate or other terminal degree. All tenured and tenure-track faculty have a doctorate or other terminal degree.
Tenured: 67%
Domestic faculty of color or international faculty: 26%
Student to faculty ratio: 10 to 1 (Fall 2024)
Average class size: 18; median class size: 17

Enrollment: 2,207 (on-campus: 2,093; participating in an off-campus study program: 114)
Male: 50.2%; female: 49.8%
Domestic students of color: 21.3% (N=469)
International students: 14.1% (N=311)
Countries/Territories represented by international students: 64
States represented by domestic students: 40 states and the District of Columbia
Top five states of origin: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, and Connecticut
Among domestic students: 73 percent are out-of-state.
Pell Grant recipients: 21% (N=477) (Note: These numbers were for Fall 2023. Fall 2024 numbers will be available soon)
First-generation college students: approximately 21% (Note: This was the number for Fall 2023. Fall 2024 number will be available soon)

679 students were enrolled in the on-line master’s program in American History (offered in partnership with The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History).
Three students were enrolled full-time; 676 were enrolled part-time.
Male: 46%; female: 54%

2022 graduating class: 98 percent were employed or attending graduate/professional school within a year after graduation

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