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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 College is named in the The Best 392 Colleges: 2027 Edition, published by The Princeton Review. The educational services company profiles schools based on the opinions of their experts and data from its surveys of college administrators and students. Our picturesque campus also is featured on the front cover!
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Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently named Elmira College to its 2026 Transfer Honor Roll. This distinction recognizes EC for developing academic programs of interest to community college students and providing transfer support, making it easier for those students to earn their four-year degrees. EC was also recognized in 2025.
In its 2026 Best Colleges rankings, U.S. News & World Report ranked Elmira College #6 among the Best Regional Colleges in the North. U.S. News and World Report places a lot of its emphasis on graduation and retention rates, indicating that students who attend Elmira College are likely to stay and successfully earn their degrees.
Elmira College ranks #3 in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Value Colleges list. The list takes into account a school's academic quality, as indicated by its 2026 U.S. News Best Colleges ranking, and the 2024-2025 net cost of attendance for a student who received the average level of need-based financial aid. The higher the quality of the program and the lower the cost, the better the deal. Only schools ranked in or near the top half of their categories are included because U.S. News considers the most significant values to be among colleges that are above average academically.
The College was ranked #2 on the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Top Performers on Social Mobility list, which focuses on a school's success with enrolling and graduating disadvantaged students who were awarded Pell Grants. Most of these federal grant recipients come from homes with adjusted gross family incomes under $50,000. Through our Soaring Eagles Take Flight program, EC combines scholarships with state and federal grants and awards to cover full-time tuition and mandatory fees for new incoming, full-time undergraduate New York State students whose family income is $50,000 or less.
Elmira College ranks in the list of the Top 208 Bachelor's Colleges, according to the Washington Monthly's 2025 college rankings. The rankings focus on what colleges do for their students and their contribution to the public good.
Elmira College was named to Money's list of Best Colleges in America 2025. Money's rankings only include U.S. colleges that have sufficient reliable data to analyze, and in order to make the list, a college's graduation rate must be at or above the median for its institutional category. The annual review also eliminates institutions that showed at least two signs of financial difficulty, such as having low bond ratings or being labeled by the U.S. Department of Education as having financial issues.
