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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.
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.
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Elmira College provides you with a foundation for future success.
The home of the three-time NCAA National Champion Elmira College Soaring Eagles.
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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 keeping 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.
"Thanks to the College's generous full tuition scholarship, it has made College affordable in ways I had never thought possible."
–Jazmine Elliott '26
Elmira offers scholarships and awards that recognize your academic and personal achievements. Available to first-time, full-time freshmen, scholarships and awards may be awarded based on your high school GPA and/or ACT or SAT scores, your co-curricular activities, or even geographic location. The Elmira Scholars Program Scholarship is the College's most generous and competitive four-year, merit-based scholarship. Check below for a list of available scholarships and awards.
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.
Beginning with the Fall 2025 term, Elmira College has made a commitment to help support Pennsylvania students by offering the Good Neighbor PHEAA match program. The Good Neighbor match guarantees eligible PA residents will receive the equivalent of their Pennsylvania state grant funded by Elmira College up to $5,600 per year. To receive this award students must apply for and provide proof of their PHEAA eligibility to the Office of Financial Aid. Students in the four Northern PA counties of Potter, Tioga, Bradford, and Susquehanna may also qualify for the Northern Tier Advantage Award.
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.
To celebrate the contributions our local Pennsylvania students make on campus, starting in Fall 2025 students from Potter, Tioga (PA), Bradford, and Susquehanna counties in Pennsylvania who reside on campus will receive an additional $2,000 per year. This award is not need based and is granted to all students from these four counties who file the FAFSA. Students may also qualify for the Good Neighbor Award.
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.
Under the Soaring Eagles Take Flight Initiative, Elmira College will cover out-of-pocket costs for undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for new eligible incoming undergraduate New York State students.
Elmira College offers several Awards to incoming freshmen based on talent. Currently, these awards include: Art Portfolio, Theatre, Pep Band, Dance, and Cheer. For additional information on each award and to submit your name for an award, visit our Talent Awards page.
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 our most prestigious scholarship to pursue a four-year degree at a nationally ranked, private college.
Details of the scholarship are outlined below:
Elmira's top merit 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.
At Elmira College, we’re committed to supporting all students in achieving their educational goals. However, eligibility for financial aid differs depending on whether you are classified as a domestic or international student. Here's how it breaks down:
You are considered a domestic student if you are:
What this means for you:
You are considered an international student if you:
What this means for you:
We’re here to help! If you're unsure about your status or how to apply for aid, please contact our Office of Admissions or Financial Aid Team. We’ll walk you through the process and make sure you explore every option available.
