Ursinus College

Ursinus College is a private institution that was founded in 1869. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,527 (fall 2022), its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 170 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Ursinus College's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #86. Its tuition and fees are $59,176.

Ursinus College is a small, private school located about 25 miles from Philadelphia in the appropriately named town of Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Students can choose from more than 60 majors to study, including applied economics, politics and wellness education. Freshmen at UC must enroll in the Common Intellectual Experience seminars, which bring students together in small groups to discuss their beliefs and philosophies. Outside the classroom, UC students can get involved in more than 100 organizations, Greek life and community service through the Ursinus Center for Advocacy, Responsibility and Engagement.

Student athletes at UC can try out for the many Ursinus Bears varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division III Centennial Conference. Famous author J.D. Salinger attended UC for about a semester before eventually writing "The Catcher in the Rye," and scientist Gerald Edelman graduated to later win a Nobel Prize for his studies of the immune system.