• Selective, private liberal arts college offering a challenging intellectual experience in a collaborative and cooperative atmosphere

• Established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

• Curriculum features more than 40 disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields, and includes a new General Education program devised to prepare students for a life of critical knowledge and informed action

• Earlham has long been committed to advancing the causes of social justice and equality, and in building the conditions for a more peaceful world.

• An Earlham education is rooted in the Quaker values of tolerance, equality, justice, respect, and collaboration, and engages students with a changing world.

• Earlham is ranked 23rd (98th percentile) among 1,469 U.S. institutions of higher learning in the percentage of graduates who go on to receive Ph.D.s, and is 12th (99th percentile) in producing Ph.D.s in biology and 8th (99th percentile) in the life sciences. www.earlham.edu/publicaffairs/content/excellent/hedsc.php

• 72% of Earlham students study off campus in more than 20 countries and throughout the United States.

• Earlham's libraries are nationally recognized for integrating curricular research and bibliographic instruction.

• 1,194 students

• 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio

• Average class size in 2006-07 was 19.5, the average over the last 5 years was 18.76, the average over the last two years was 18.3.

• Approximately 80% of Earlham's students are from out of state; over half (56%) are from outside of the Midwest.

• Students come from 45 states and 67 countries.

• 94% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field.

• Earlham's faculty are fully invested in undergraduate teaching and highly accessible to their students.

• Faculty are active professionals who regularly publish research and scholarly works, often in collaboration with students.

• Comprehensive Fee: $38,018

• More than 60% of Earlham students receive some form of need-based financial aid.

• A budget of $12.5 million is administered annually.

• Earlham admits students without regard to their ability to pay.

• Over the last five years, Earlham students have reported an average of 40,530 hours of community service each year [many more hours go unreported].

• Students participate in numerous performing arts groups and over 60 student-run organizations.

• NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletics program with more than 20 intercollegiate and intramural sports.

• Campus governance stresses the value of the individual and includes students in campus decision-making.

• Nearly 22% are American minority or international students.

• 68% of Earlham's students are in the top 25% of their high school graduating class.

• Median SAT score: 1230

• Median ACT score: 26