Ursinus College Overview

Located in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, Ursinus College is a private not-for-profit institution. Ursinus is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

What Is Ursinus College Known For?

• Ursinus has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 10 to 1.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Ursinus.
• During a recent academic cycle, 75% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Ursinus makes roughly $73,721 a year. This is 81% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Ursinus student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Ursinus College?

Contact details for Ursinus are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 E. Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000
Phone:	610-409-3000
Website:	www.ursinus.edu

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How Do I Get Into Ursinus?

You can apply to Ursinus online at: www.ursinus.edu/admission/applying/

Admission Requirements for Ursinus

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	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Ursinus?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, Ursinus may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Ursinus submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 580 and 690.

Ursinus received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 32.

Can I Afford Ursinus College?

The overall average net price of Ursinus is $37,756. 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 Ursinus, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $10,636 a year. That adds up to $42,544 over four years for those students.

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Ursinus College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,493 undergraduate students at Ursinus, with 1,484 being full-time and 9 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,484 full-time undergraduates at Ursinus, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	58
Black or African American	109
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	1,104
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	95

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Ursinus College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 12 countries are represented at Ursinus. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Netherlands.

Ursinus College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Economics	50	50
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	43	43
General Biology	38	38
Communication & Media Studies	33	33
General Psychology	33	33
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	22	22
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	21	21
Natural Resources Conservation	21	21
Computer Science	19	19
General English Literature	19	19
Political Science & Government	16	16
General Education	11	11
History	10	10
Physics	8	8
International Relations & National Security	8	8
Sociology & Anthropology	8	8
Mathematics	7	7
Chemistry	7	7
Drama & Theater Arts	6	6
Romance Languages	5	5
Area Studies	4	4
Public Policy	4	4
Fine & Studio Arts	4	4
Music	4	4
Dance	3	3
Other Business, Management & Marketing	1	1
General Engineering	1	1
Applied Mathematics	1	1
Statistics	1	1
Philosophy	1	1
Religious Studies	1	1
Design & Applied Arts	1	1
Germanic Languages	0	0
TOTAL	411	411

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 Pennaboy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.