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Muhlenberg College Overview

Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg College is a private not-for-profit institution. Allentown is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Muhlenberg College Known For?

699 Undergraduate Awards
$43,709 Avg Cost After Aid
66% Acceptance Rate
  • Muhlenberg has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 8 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Muhlenberg.
  • In a recent academic period57% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Muhlenberg makes roughly $69,107 a year. This is 69% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • The average Muhlenberg student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Muhlenberg College?

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Contact details for Muhlenberg are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2400 Chew Street, Allentown, PA 18104
Phone: 484-664-3100
Website: www.muhlenberg.edu

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How Do I Get Into Muhlenberg?

You can apply to Muhlenberg online at: www.commonapp.org/explore/muhlenberg-college

Admission Requirements for Muhlenberg

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Muhlenberg?

66% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
32% Submit SAT Scores
Muhlenberg has an acceptance rate of 66%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 69%.

Average Test Scores

About 32% of students accepted to Muhlenberg submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 700. Math scores were between 600 and 700.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Muhlenberg College  ( 600 to 700 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Muhlenberg College  ( 600 to 700 )
200
800
Muhlenberg received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 30 and 35. Math scores were between 27 and 0. Composite scores were between 29 and 33.

ACT English Scores for Muhlenberg College  ( 30 to 35 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Muhlenberg College  ( 29 to 33 )
1
36

Can I Afford Muhlenberg College?

$43,709 Net Price
56% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Muhlenberg is $43,709. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Muhlenberg, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $8,149 a year. That adds up to $32,596 over four years for those students.

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Muhlenberg College Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,016 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,046 undergraduate students at Muhlenberg, with 2,016 being full-time and 30 being part-time.

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There are also 21 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,016 full-time undergraduates at Muhlenberg, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 69
Black or African American 82
Hispanic or Latino 171
White 1,502
International Students 45
Other Races/Ethnicities 147

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Muhlenberg College. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 21 countries are represented at Muhlenberg. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and Rwanda.

Muhlenberg College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
Drama & Theater Arts 0 106 0 106
Business Administration & Management 2 64 7 73
Communication & Media Studies 0 58 0 58
General Psychology 0 56 0 56
General Biology 0 41 0 41
Finance & Financial Management 0 39 0 39
Political Science & Government 0 32 0 32
Dance 0 27 0 27
Economics 0 22 0 22
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 21 0 21
History 0 21 0 21
Mathematics 0 14 6 20
Music 0 20 0 20
Accounting 0 19 0 19
Public Health 0 17 0 17
General English Literature 0 14 0 14
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 13 0 13
Fine & Studio Arts 0 13 0 13
Computer Science 0 11 0 11
Religious Studies 0 10 0 10
Management Information Systems 0 9 0 9
Sustainability Science 0 9 0 9
Natural Resources Conservation 0 9 0 9
International Relations & National Security 0 9 0 9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 8 0 8
Sociology 0 7 0 7
Philosophy 0 6 0 6
Anthropology 0 6 0 6
Romance Languages 0 5 0 5
Writing Studies 0 3 0 3
Chemistry 0 3 0 3
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 2 0 2
Physics 0 2 0 2
Area Studies 0 1 0 1
Other Education 0 0 0 0
General Physical Sciences 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2 697 13 712

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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