Thursday, August 25, 2011

Muhlenberg College



Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
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Enrollment: 2,515 (all undergraduate)
Male/Female: 43/57%
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Retention Rate: 93%
Graduation Rate [4 years]:  82%
Classes With Less Than 20 Students:  62% 
Student-to-Faculty Ratio:  12 to 1
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SAT 25/75%[CR and Math]: 1120/1360
ACT 25/75%[Composite]: 25/31
Admitted: 48%
Enrolled:  27%
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Mascot: Mule
Points of Interest:  
Muhlenberg's 81-acre campus is located in a residential neighborhood in the city of Allentown, about an one hour drive north of Philadelphia and nearly two hours west of New York City. The campus includes numerous buildings with distinctive red doors in traditional European/Protestant style that symbolizes Welcome.  The College prides itself on its friendly community and accessible faculty. Muhlenberg offers 40 majors and is strong in business, pre-med and pre-law as well as in the performing arts.  In 2009-10, out of 613 degrees awarded, the six most-popular were in: Business (160), Visual and Performing Arts (96), Psychology(73), Biology (71), Social Sciences (57), and Speech Communication and Rhetoric (51). Students may join a fraternity or sorority beginning in their sophomore year.  Approximately 16% of the men join fraternities; 17% of the women are members of sororities.  8% of the students live off-campus.  Although 19% of the undergraduates are from Pennsylvania, another 54% come from New Jersey and New York.  College Prowler, the student review web site, gives Muhlenberg’s Campus Dining a grade of A, Campus Housing a grade of  B+ but Diversity a grade of C+.  One of “40 Overlooked Gems” noted in Acceptance by David Marcus (paperback edition).
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Information collected from College Navigator, College web site and  Wikipedia.
Retention rate: Percentage of Students Who Began Their Studies in Fall 2009 and Returned in Fall 2010
Graduation Rate: Percentage of Full-time, First-time Students Who Began Studies in 2004 And Graduated In Four Years. 

Image from Muhlenberg College web site.
Links  
http://collegeprowler.com/muhlenberg-college/

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