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Overview
Ursinus College is a liberal arts college in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, distinguished by a curriculum built around a shared intellectual experience rather than a loose distribution of electives, and by strong outcomes in the sciences and pre-health fields.
Academics
Every incoming student takes the Common Intellectual Experience, a required seminar that has every first-year student wrestling with the same set of big questions before dispersing into majors — an unusually deliberate approach to a shared liberal arts foundation. Sciences are a particular strength, with substantial undergraduate research access and strong pre-health advising and placement. The Berman Museum of Art on campus gives the college a real teaching-museum resource uncommon at this size.
Campus & student life
Collegeville is a quiet suburban setting outside Philadelphia, close enough for city access without being defined by it. Campus life centers on a residential, close community typical of a small liberal arts college, with the shared first-year seminar giving incoming classes an unusually early common experience to bond around.
Getting in
Admission is holistic, and Ursinus's application and essay prompts tend to reward students who show genuine intellectual curiosity, consistent with the inquiry-driven culture the Common Intellectual Experience sets from day one.
After graduation
Pre-health placement is a genuine strength, with a track record of graduates moving on to medical and other health-professional schools, supported by dedicated advising built around the sciences' research-heavy undergraduate culture.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
ursinus.edu ↗High school coursework
Required4 units of English · 3 units of mathematics (Algebra 1 and 2, plus Geometry or Pre-Calculus) · 1 unit of lab science · 1 unit of social science · 2 units of one foreign language · 16 total units minimum
Recommendedat least 2.5 additional academic units (calculus, advanced math, statistics, computer science, lab science, social science, foreign language)
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