College Overview
Type: |
Private institution |
Year Founded: |
1869 |
Religious Affiliation: |
None |
Academic Calendar: |
Semester |
Undergrad Student Body: |
1,571 |
Local Setting: |
Suburban |
Endowment: |
$109,575,757 |
Application Deadline: |
February 15 |
Application Fee: |
$50 |
Selectivity: |
More selective |
Tuition Costs: |
$33,350 |
Room & Board Costs: |
$7,600 |
Extracurricular Activites
Student Activities: |
choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, television station, yearbook |
Student Organizations: |
80 |
Honor Societies: |
Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Psi Omega; Beta Beta Beta, Kappa Mu Epsilon, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Phi Epsilon Kappa, Pi Nu Epsilon, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Sigma Iota, Pi Sigma Alpha, Psi Chi, Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, Sigma Xi, Theta Chi, Lambda Pi Eta, Cub and Key Society, Whitian Society |
Religious Organizations: |
(Appears as submitted by school) Chapel Group (Ecumenical), Newman Society (Roman Catholic), Hillel (Jewish), IMAAN (Muslim), Intervarsity Christian Fellowship |
International Organizations: |
(Appears as submitted by school) Southeast Asian Student Association, SUN(Sankofa Umoja Nia, ) ALMA (Association of Latino Students Motivated to Achieve, ) German Club, Japanese Club, Le Cercle Francais, Spanish Club |
Other Organizations: |
(Appears as submitted by school) Student interest and academic organizations: Alternative Spring Break Club, Association for Computing Machinery, Athletic Training Club, Beardwood Chemical Society, Blue Note Jazz Society, Brownback-Anders Pre-Medical Society, Chess Club, College Democrats, College Republicans, Ursinus Dance Company, Exercise and Sport Science Club, Film Society, Gay/Straight Alliance, German Club, The Grizzly (newspaper), Haines-Barnard Pre-Legal Society, International Relations Club, Investment Club, Japanese Club, The Lantern (literary magazine), Le Cercle Francais (French Club), Mathematical Association of America, Men's Rugby Club, Newman Association, Organization of Commuting Students, Politics Association, Women's Rugby Association, Psychology Club, Residence Hall Association, The Ruby (yearbook), S. C. U. B. A. Dive Team, Society of Physics of Students, Spanish Club, Students for Creative Anachronism, Students Together Against Rape (STAR), Table Tennis Association, UC Blue Skies Environmental Organization, Ursinus Folksong Society, Ursinus Forensics Society, Ursinus College Academic Competition Team, Ursinus Student Government Association (USGA), Ursinus College Outdoors Society, Voices in Praise, World Cultures Club, and WVOU (radio station). Musical and cultural group include proTheatre, College Choir, Meistersingers, Concert Band. Community Service clubs include Best Buddies, Norristown State Mental Hospital Volunteer Program, Student Emergency Response Volunteers and America Reads. Greek organizations on the Ursinus campus currently include the fraternities Alpha Phi Epsilon, Beta Sigma Lambda, Chi Rho Psi, Delta Mu Sigma, Delta Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Sigma, Pi Omega Delta, Sigma Chi Delta, Sigma Rho Lambda and Zeta Chi. The sororities are Alpha Sigma Nu, Kappa Delta Kappa, Omega Chi, Phi Alpha Psi, Sigma, Sigma, Sigma, Tau Sigma Gamma, and Upsilon Phi Delta. The presidents of these organizations serve on the Greek Presidents Council, the governing board for all fraternities and sororities. Ursinus has 25 teams that compete in the Centennial Conference: football, men's and women's soccer, women's field hockey cross country, volleyball, men's and women's basketball, indoor track, women's gymnastics, men's and women's swimming, wrestling, men's baseball, women's softball, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and field, men's and women's tennis |
Student Papers: |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Grizzly (weekly) |
Number of Fraternities: |
8 |
Fraternity Chapter Houses |
0 |
Percent Fraternity Members: |
17% |
Number of Sororities: |
7 |
Sorority Chapter Houses |
0 |
Percent Sorority Members: |
28% |
College Services
Basic: |
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, other |
Remedial: |
N/A |
Counseling: |
minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, birth control, religious |
Career: |
on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other |
Local Hiring Firms: |
GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co., Wyeth, ICON Clinical Research, University of Pennsylvania (research), Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Vanguard Group, Federal Reserve Board, Merrill Lynch, Lockheed Martin, National Multiple Scleros |
Library: |
Yes |
# of Library Books: |
406,000 |
Library Facilities: |
Literary papers of writer Linda Grace Hoyer Updike, Ursinus 1923, mother of novelist John Updike; a Pennsylvania German archive; the Ursinusiana archives and a collection of student art work. The library also has access to 6020 electronic periodicals via database aggregators including Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, Lexis-Nexis Environmental and Expanded Academic ASAP index. It also holds access to Early American Imprints Series I: Evans, 1639-1800. The Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College includes a collection of over 3,000 works by artists ranging from Henry Moore to Louise Nevelson to Francoise Gilot. |
Museums |
The Kaleidoscope, the college's new performing arts center, opened in April of 2005 with a 350-seat proscenium arch theater, an experimental black box theater, an outdoor stage, a set design studio, lighting and sound center; the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, with a sizable collection of paintings, drawings, etchings, sculpture and other works of art; the Floy Lewis Bakes Field House and Fitness Center; the Pfahler Hall of Science with state-of-the-art lab equipment, including Bruker 300 MHz NMR, Perkin Elmer Spectrum 1000 FTIR, LKB Isothermal Calorimeter, Hewlett Packard 1800A GCD GC-MS, Hewlett Packard 5890 Series II GC equipped with a 5971A MS, BAS 100W Voltammetric Analyzer, Varian Cary 1 UV-Visible Spectrometer, Perkin Elmer Lambda 2S UV-Visible Spectrometers, Hewlett Packard 8450A UV-Visible Spectrometers, Perkin Elmer 603 Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Hewlett Packard 1090 HPLC, Perkin Elmer Series 4 Chromatographic System, a photographic darkroom, and the state-of-the art Marsteller Observatory on the building's roof; Thomas Hall, life sciences building, with advanced laboratory equipment, including a scanning electron microscope, flow cytometer, spectrometers, light microscopes and tissue culture facility; Bomberger Hall, where the three-manual, 62-rank Heefner Memorial Organ is the dominant feature; and a major collection of outdoor sculptures which dots the 170-acre campus. |
Computers Available: |
1,825 |
Computers At: |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
Wired Classrooms |
1,124 |
Wired Labs: |
97 |
On-Campus Wireless Network: |
Yes |
Wireless Areas: |
in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing |
Wireless Capacity: |
345 |
Online Registration: |
Yes |
Campus Safety: |
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc) |
Campus Life
Offers Housing: |
Yes |
Campus Housing: |
Yes |
Off Campus Assistance: |
Yes |
Housing Types Available: |
coed dorms (65%), women's dorms (10%), men's dorms (10%), special housing for international students (5%), other housing options (10%) |
Sprinkler System: |
100% |
Fire Alarms: |
100% |
Campus Size: |
170 acres |
Nearest Airports (miles): |
Philadelphia (30), Allentown, PA (35) |
Nearest Train Stations(miles) |
Philadelphia (25) |
Nearest Bus Stations (miles): |
King of Prussia (10) |
Cars Permittedt: |
No |
Army ROTC |
Not offered |
Navy ROTC: |
Not offered |
Airforce ROTC: |
Not offered |
Alcohol Permitted: |
Yes |
Additional Policies: |
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited |
Popular Events: |
Concerts by the Ursinus Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band, the Meistersingers and College Choir, Music at Noon, plays by Ursinus College Theater are always sold out, dance recitals by the Ursinus Dance Company draw large crowds, Homecoming, Spring Fling, Battle of the Bands, Poemplooza, and for fun and fund-raising, the annual Airband competition. |
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