About Elmira College

Founded in 1855, Elmira College. is a Private college. Located in New York, which is a city setting in New York, the campus itself is Urban. The campus is home to 1,101 full time undergraduate students, and 86 full time graduate students.

The Elmira College Academic calendar runs on a Four-one-four plan basis. In the school year the student to faculty ratio was 11:1. There are 69 full time instructional teachers. Degrees awarded at Elmira College include: Bachelor's Degree, Masters Degree, Post-master's certificate, Doctor's degree.

Quick Facts

Acceptance Rate82%
Application Deadline15-Jan
Application Fee0
SAT Range
ACT Range

Admissions at are considered Less Selective, with ,21% of all applicants being admitted.

In the school year, of the students who applied to the school, only 10 of those who were admitted eventually ended up enrolling.

89% of incoming freshmen are in the top half of their high school class. 59% were in the top quarter, and 31% were in the top tenth. You can apply online.

STUDENT LIFE

We asked, and students answered these important questions about student life at Elmira College.

0%
“We”re apathetic”
50%
“We know about current events and vote”
40%
“We participate and encourage others to get involved”
10%
“There”s nothing we won”t protest”
10%
“We save it for the classroom”
20%
“Sometimes, but not often”
60%
“There”s usually intelligent conversation to be found”
10%
“All the time, including weekends”
20%
“I”m always terrified”
20%
“I only go out in groups”
40%
“I usually let someone know where I”m going”
20%
“I feel extremely safe”
11%
“We don”t play sports”
0%
“We play recreationally”
44%
“We bought the gear”
44%
“We live for the big game”
30%
“It”s not really our thing”
0%
“Occasinally we gallery crawl”
60%
“There are a variety of opportunities”
10%
“We”re a very artistic group”
0%
“Haven”t met them”
10%
“Available in class”
50%
“They keep regular office hours”
40%
“They”re always available”
90%
“No greek life, but other groups to join”
0%
“There is some involvement, but not a lot”
10%
“Plenty of people join a sorority or fraternity”
0%
“It”s everything. If you”re not greek, you”re a geek”
10%
“We”re not into drinking at all”
10%
“Maybe a little, but it”s not a big thing”
60%
“We only party on weekends”
20%
“There”s some drinking happening every night”
10%
“Never, we”re here to learn”
50%
“There might be people who do”
40%
“People are known to partake on weekends”
0%
“There”s a huge drug scene”
0%
“We”re apathetic”
50%
“We know about current events and vote”
40%
“We participate and encourage others to get involved”
10%
“There”s nothing we won”t protest”
10%
“We save it for the classroom”
20%
“Sometimes, but not often”
60%
“There”s usually intelligent conversation to be found”
10%
“All the time, including weekends”
20%
“I”m always terrified”
20%
“I only go out in groups”
40%
“I usually let someone know where I”m going”
20%
“I feel extremely safe”
11%
“We don”t play sports”
0%
“We play recreationally”
44%
“We bought the gear”
44%
“We live for the big game”
30%
“It”s not really our thing”
0%
“Occasinally we gallery crawl”
60%
“There are a variety of opportunities”
10%
“We”re a very artistic group”
0%
“Haven”t met them”
10%
“Available in class”
50%
“They keep regular office hours”
40%
“They”re always available”
90%
“No greek life, but other groups to join”
0%
“There is some involvement, but not a lot”
10%
“Plenty of people join a sorority or fraternity”
0%
“It”s everything. If you”re not greek, you”re a geek”
10%
“We”re not into drinking at all”
10%
“Maybe a little, but it”s not a big thing”
60%
“We only party on weekends”
20%
“There”s some drinking happening every night”
10%
“Never, we”re here to learn”
50%
“There might be people who do”
40%
“People are known to partake on weekends”
0%
“There”s a huge drug scene”

Elmira College REVIEWS

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  • How would you rate on-campus housing?

    50 Students rated on-campus housing 3.8 stars. 30 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate off-campus housing?

    31 Students rated off-campus housing 1.8 stars. 0 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate campus food?

    50 Students rated campus food 3.3 stars. 24 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate campus facilities?

    51 Students rated campus facilities 4.1 stars. 45 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate class size?

    51 Students rated class size 4.5 stars. 71 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate school activities?

    51 Students rated school activities 3.9 stars. 41 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate local services?

    51 Students rated local services 4 stars. 37 % gave the school a 5.0.

  • How would you rate academics?

    51 Students rated academics 3.6 stars. 24 % gave the school a 5.0.

What's your overall opinion of Elmira College?

10 Students rated Elmira College

Farrah

I love the atmosphere. It feels like home and everyone from the ground crew up to the President of the college is super nice and engaging. I think that the best part about this school is the fact that it is small. This allows students to create strong bonds, as well as join multiple clubs and/or sports.

Kayla

Elmira was such a poor experience and I am beyond excited to be transferring. There are so few students on campus that two entire dorm buildings can be shut down. The surrounding area is so dangerous and it translates to campus. The professors are not always the best. They are unable to keep enough students coming in, or enough to stay. The food is very disappointing. The school will put on a good show when parents and families come to campus, but once they leave, it goes down hill once again. It is almost impossible to eat on campus food on the weekends because there are almost no options.

Ian

This place is AWFUL! The surrounding area is very unsafe, there are stabbings and shootings every month are so me are within half a mile of the campus if not closer. The campus is like a ghost town. We have so few kids here that two of the dorms aren't even used. They are so desperate for students they will take almost anyone. A guy across the hall from me DIDN'T EVEN TAKE the SATs, and he bragged that he got all "Ds" in high school (but he plays lacrosse so of course they took him). Speaking of guys, if you are looking to go to a school to make great guy friends this is NOT the place. My class had like 200 kids and only 40 of us were dudes. You might as well go to a girls school. Please don't let the robots giving the tours fool you with stupid stories about racing across the school pond in rafts and cookouts on the lawn. Bear in mind all amazing things they hype on the tour usually only happen ONCE a year. The rest of the time, the only way to amuse yourself either comes in a six pack or a well packed bowl, both of which are REALLY easy to get here at EC. After the first meeting on our floor where he told us all the rules, my Resident Assistant actually came into my room and tried to sell me and my roommate a dime bag!

Isiah

I love Elmira College. The class sizes are small and the campus is very clean. The gym was redone and so was the dining hall. The basketball team is close and I adjusted well to my first year. Fortunately I got half of my education paid for because I was recruited to play basketball. Another thing I love is that the RAs check in regularly. Elmira is a place where you can get a lot of support. The people are nice and the campus is gorgeous. We were rated as the top Liberal Arts College.

Elmira College FAQS

  1. What is the Acceptance Rate at Elmira College?

    The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Elmira College is 82%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.

  2. What should every freshman at your school know before they start?

    Hello highschool self. I have a very personal piece of advice for you to get you ready for college: Start working now on getting rid of your tendancy to procrastinate. This will save you from much sleep deprivation, you will earn better grades, and have less stress your first semester in college. Sure, you are getting away with procrastinating on your papers or projects for class in highschool and still getting really good grades now, but that is not going to be the case when you get to college. Your professors will know from the quality of your work, (and how awful you look in class), that you slapped your assignment together the night before. You will not get the grades you are used to with this approach when you are in college and that will shake your confidence. Instead of doing your assignments all at once, do a little bit every day and try to finish your work a day or two early. This lowers your stress level immensely and will give you enough time to have your assignment proofread at the writing lab. You will then definitely pull A's across the board.

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  3. What's unique about your campus?

    School spirit is a major part of Elmira College. Everyone is engaged and school oriented that we have our own tight knit community.

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  4. Describe the students at your school.

    Everybody knows your name, the true person that you really are, and they accept you for it.

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  5. What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?

    The Freshman Writing Program. For the first two terms of your freshmen year you have to take Freshmen Writing, whether you passed the AP English exam or not. You have to read numerous amounts of books and type, what seems like, tons of thousands of papers. For the first term they even make you have Saturday morning class. I'm talking 20 page papers!

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  6. What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?

    There are not a lot of clubs and stuff around to do off campus. Although there are no sororities of fraternities the life is based around the hockey team and the cheerleaders.

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  7. Describe your favorite campus traditions.

    Our school is probably most well known for for its Encore program and required freshman writing courses. Encore is a program freshman and sophomores must take to become more culturally diverse by watching performances from all cultures. The freshman writing course is a writing intensive course all freshman students must take, and all students are required to do a 20 page research paper. One last thing this campus is most well known for is the art professor Marc Dennis. He is very well respected in the art world and is extremely talented.

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  8. What kind of person should attend this school?

    A person that wants their professors to know them as a person, not just as a number.

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  9. Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.

    Purple.

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  10. What kind of person should not attend this school?

    My school is focused on school spirit, and hard work. The freshman writing program is very intensive, and there is a required theater program focused on culturally diverse and classical performances. It is a very small school, and while there are parties, there are none like in a university setting. We don't have fraternities or sororities. Students looking for a party atomosphere will not find it. Hardworking, friendly, and students interested in the world should definitely apply.

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  11. What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?

    My campus is just beautiful and the surrounding areas have alot of hills and hiking. My school has alot of extra curricular activities and I am able to still participate in a dance group and have leaned tap dancing also! Our class sizes are 10-15 and my professors and I definitely have a good working relationship; they know who I am and are very willing to assist outside of class time. I feel like I made the best choice for me when I picked this school!

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  12. What's the most frustrating thing about your school?

    The most frustrating fact about Elmira College are the required programs they have. They have a mandatory class that all freshmen must take which is about learning to except other cultures, but the teachers don't even teach based on that. And then they require students to attend performances that don't even peek the interest of the audience, most of the audience falls asleep halfway through the performance due to the dull content of the performance.

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  13. Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!

    I came to Elmira College because of the scholarship. It was amazing because college suddenly became cheaper. I was a high honors student in high school and had several other opportunities at more prestigious schools. If you are not offered a scholarship, then not only should you not come here, you should not THINK about coming to Elmira College.

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  14. What are the academics like at your school?

    A lot of busy work for a little learning. Students are not competitive at all. The college does not encourage students to succeed and the culture is to not succeed.

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  15. What are the most popular student activities/groups?

    No activites and no clubs, student life at EC is dead and considering that you have to drive everywhere you go, if you don't have a car you're sick in the college.

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  16. Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?

    Yes.

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  17. What is the stereotype of students at your school?

    Rich, snotty

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  18. What is your overall opinion of this school?

    I am a sophomore at Elmira College. I am a double major and have the Presidential Scholarship, or roughly half of my tuition paid. If you were to come here for more than a week while the campus is not gilded for potential freshmen, you would find that the list of negatives versus positives is many times longer. Yes, the campus is small, so you know everyone and your teachers know your name. Yes, the campus is quite pretty, so laying outside during the spring is wonderful. But, the cost, both in value and actual money, is too high. EC has an incredibly backwards administration. It reminds you of a 1950s campus, fake smiles and fake laughter everywhere. I could write of a dozen different things trying to explain to you just how pitiful this school is, but it really requires experiencing it. Once there are no parents and the freshmen have finished orientation, the school becomes something different altogether. If you want a small school, just look somewhere else. Several years of your life wasted is not worth a mere scholarship. I am leaving next year, and then I can finally have a college experience.

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  19. What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?

    There's is a big population of white students, very little minorités in this school and that is one of the things that it lacks the most.

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Student Body

Students

70%

female

30%

male

1,101

Total Undergrad Enrollment

86

Total Grad Students

37%

Out-Of-State

59%

In-State

4%

International

Organizations

103

Student Organizations

N/A

Fraternities

N/A

Sororities

Housing

Yes

On-Campus Housing

80%

of students living on campus

Student Diversity

% American Indian/Alaskan Native
N/A
% Asian/Pacific Islander
2%
% Black or African-American
5%
% Hispanic/Latino
4%
% White or Caucasian
78%

TUITION & AID

All students must apply yearly for financial aid. This process starts with the FAFSA. Though financial aid deadlines vary by school, it is a good idea to apply as soon as possible. For the upcoming school year, you can apply as early as October 1 for the FAFSA. Additional school aid will be dependent on the FAFSA results.

100% of students attending Elmira College receive some sort of financial aid. 36% were awarded federal grants. While 77% received federal loans. Many students do also need to apply for additional private student loans.

Cost Out of State

$41,900

Tuition and fees(Out of state)

$600

Books and Supplies

$12,000

Room and Board

54,500

Total On Campus

Actual Cost By Income Level(W/Financial Aid)

Family Income
Cost
$0 - $30K
$19,513
$30 - $48K
$19,838
$48 - $75K
$26,083
$75 - $110K
$26,381
$110K & UP
$28,043

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