Elms College Overview

Elms College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Chicopee is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Elms College Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Elms College since the student to facuty ratio is 10 to 1.
• The highest award offered at Elms College is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period31% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Elms College bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,540 a year. That's about 26% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Elms College to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Elms College?

Contact details for Elms College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	291 Springfield St, Chicopee, MA 01013
Phone:	413-594-2761
Website:	www.elms.edu

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How Do I Get Into Elms College?

You can apply to Elms College online at: https://www.elms.edu/undergraduate-admission/how-to-apply/

Admission Requirements for Elms College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Elms College?

Elms College has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to Elms College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 545 and 665. Math scores were between 525 and 635.

Elms College received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Elms College?

The overall average net price of Elms College is $41,454. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Elms College, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $7,844 a year. That adds up to $31,376 over four years for those students.

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Elms College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,030 undergraduate students at Elms College, with 881 being full-time and 149 being part-time.

There are also 325 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 881 full-time undergraduates at Elms College, 23% are male and 77% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Elms College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	19
Black or African American	80
Hispanic or Latino	132
White	461
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	186

Geographic Diversity

Massachusetts students aren't the only ones who study at Elms College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Elms College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Brazil, Japan, and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Elms College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	104	2	13	17	136
Social Work	0	0	44	0	0	0	44
Communication Sciences	2	4	22	0	5	0	33
Special Education	0	0	0	0	27	0	27
General Psychology	0	0	27	0	0	0	27
General Biology	0	0	13	0	13	0	26
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	15	0	15
Information Technology	0	0	14	0	0	0	14
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	14	0	0	14
General Education	0	0	10	0	0	0	10
Computer Science	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0	9	0	9
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	9	0	0	0	9
Health & Physical Education	0	0	8	0	0	0	8
Accounting	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
Business Administration & Management	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Computer Software & Applications	0	0	6	0	0	0	6
Marketing	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	5	0	0	0	5
History	0	0	4	0	0	0	4
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
Sociology	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
Biotechnology	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Other Education	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
Writing Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
Religious Studies	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
General English Literature	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mathematics	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Research	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Support Services	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Education	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	4	315	18	85	17	441

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By John Phelan under License

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