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School data & stats
Outcomes
Cost
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Overview
Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania traces its founding to 1742, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the country, with roots in the Moravian Church's early and unusual commitment to educating women alongside men.
Academics
Nursing and health sciences are established strengths, alongside a strong music program tied to the Moravian Church's own deep choral and instrumental traditions. The core curriculum keeps a liberal-arts foundation, and class sizes stay small across a mid-sized undergraduate population.
Campus & student life
Bethlehem is a historic Lehigh Valley city with a preserved colonial-era core adjacent to campus, and Moravian's own buildings include some of the oldest continuously used academic spaces in the country. Student life is residential and modest in scale rather than built around a dominant social scene.
Getting in
Admissions is holistic and personal, consistent with a small university that reviews applications closely rather than by formula, and interviews or campus visits can carry real weight.
Worth knowing
Moravian's age, predating the United States itself, and its historic commitment to women's education are genuine distinctions, and the Lehigh Valley setting gives it a walkable historic-town feel uncommon among small universities.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
moravian.edu ↗High school coursework
RecommendedCollege-preparatory English · Mathematics (4 years for natural science, economics, and business majors) · Social science · Foreign language (same language) · Natural sciences (at least two with laboratory experience)
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