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Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, Elmira College provides a collaborative and supportive environment that enables students to become active learners, effective leaders, responsible community members, and globally engaged citizens.
The legacy of academic excellence at Elmira College runs deep with a heritage and culture that have been forward-thinking from day one, as the first college for women with a course study equivalent to men's.
At Elmira, you’ll have opportunities that shape your future, raise your sights and equip you with targeted tools and skills to succeed in the professional world. Join a community that’s close-knit, fun-loving, and just the right amount of quirky.
Elmira College makes a private education more affordable than you realize, with a number of ways to get the financial assistance you may need. Our financial aid office can guide you through options, including scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study programs.
Elmira College includes meeting students from around the world, participating in Elmira traditions, completing community service projects, and hopping into a pickup kickball game.
Elmira College provides you with a foundation for future success.
The home of the three-time NCAA National Champion Elmira College Soaring Eagles.
Elmira College alumni stay connected and engaged with the College long after they graduate.
Gifts to Elmira College ensure excellent academic and co-curricular opportunities for generations of EC students.
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With over 35 majors and minor areas of concentration, Elmira College lays the foundation for a diverse, cross discipline education, encouraging you to both specialize and explore.
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Elmira is dedicated to the national movement to keep higher education affordable, offering a first-class education at a low cost compared to any four-year private college or university in the region. Students accepted for admission are automatically reviewed for a scholarship or award. Amounts range from $13,000 to $25,000, with five competitive, full-tuition scholarships available. The highest-value scholarship will be awarded if a student qualifies for more than one academic scholarship or award.
Elmira offers scholarships that recognize your academic and personal achievements. Available to first-time, full-time freshmen, scholarship money is awarded based on your high school GPA and/or ACT or SAT scores unless otherwise noted. The Elmira Scholars Program Scholarship is the College's most generous and competitive four-year, merit-based scholarship.
The 1855 Award recognizes students who exemplify outstanding leadership through involvement in clubs, organizations, the performing arts, and more. While academic criteria are used in awarding the 1855 Award, priority is given to a student's co-curricular resume.
Elmira's most competitive program awards five full-tuition scholarships annually to first-year, full-time undergraduate students. A select number of finalists will be invited to campus in February for an Elmira Scholars Program Day, including interviews and presentations to committee members.
The Founder Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit the ideals of Elmira College's founder, Simeon Benjamin, through excellence in academics and co-curricular activities. This scholarship considers a high school student's high school grade point average, academic curriculum, ACT or SAT score (if submitted), academic letters of recommendation, and co-curricular involvement.
Named after Olivia Langdon Clemens, an Elmira, New York, native from the Class of 1864 and the wife of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (most famously known as Mark Twain), this scholarship is awarded to first-time, full-time students based on academic and cocurricular accomplishments, character, and leadership.
The Presidential Scholarship is awarded to students who exhibit the ideals of Elmira College, through excellence in academics and co-curricular activities. This scholarship considers a high school student's high school grade point average, academic curriculum, ACT or SAT score (if submitted), academic letters of recommendation, and co-curricular involvement.
The Soaring Eagle Award is given to a first-time, full-time student who exemplifies Elmira's mission of embodying active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment.
This $1,000 annual scholarship is awarded to an outside-the-box thinker from each class year who contributes to the environmental, social, and financial sustainability of the Elmira College community. In addition, sustainability leaders will have access to a designated space on campus to work, meet, and convene with each other to share ideas and grow together.
Elmira College offers a portfolio-based scholarship to incoming freshmen Art majors. Selected students will receive $1,000 per year for up to four years. This scholarship is open to all Art major freshmen, who can choose from concentrations in Studio Art, Digital Art and Graphic Design, Digital Art and Product Design, or Art Therapy, as well as to freshmen majoring in Visual Arts (Childhood Education).
Elmira offers scholarships that recognize your academic and personal achievements, including the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Scholarship and Elmira’s most prestigious award given to a transfer student, the Transfer Honor Scholarship. Available to full-time transfer students, scholarship money is awarded based on your college GPA and co-curricular involvement unless otherwise noted.
Phi Theta Kappa Scholars receive a one-term, full-tuition scholarship to pursue a four-year degree at a nationally ranked, private college.
Details of the scholarship are outlined below:
The most prestigious scholarship awarded to a transfer student, this award looks at the cumulative grade point average of all colleges attended and co-curricular involvement throughout college.
The Transfer Achievement Award is awarded to transfer students based on excellence in both their academics and co-curricular activities.
The Transfer Award is designed for full-time transfer students who exemplify the Elmira College mission statement and values showcased in our students since 1855: active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment. They are involved in community service and show deep school pride.
Each year, Elmira College offers academic scholarships to students interested in joining our Soaring Eagle family. Students accepted for admission are automatically reviewed for a scholarship or award based on academic and personal achievements. The highest-value scholarship will be awarded if a student qualifies for more than one academic scholarship or award.
Designed for full-time international students, this scholarship is for those who exemplify Elmira's mission of active learning, effective leadership, responsible community membership, and globally engaged citizenry through a collaborative and supportive environment. Students are also considered based on academic achievements.
The Global Initiative Scholarship is awarded to full-time international students, both first-years and transfers, based on their academic and co-curricular accomplishments, character, and leadership.
