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Live and Learn for Good.
We like to say Earlham College is a community “for good.” We’re known for providing one of the best classroom experiences in the country. Not surprisingly, our faculty, staff and students are committed to living and working together to achieve our shared mission.
But what does that mean for you?
Earlham provides one of the top 20 classroom experiences in the nation and is a Best Value College according to The Princeton Review. We’re consistently ranked among the country’s top 100 national liberal arts schools by U.S. News and World Report.
What does being an Earlhamite mean?
It means you’re driven to make the world a better place through your work and your life.
Earlham is where passion meets purpose.
Find your major and start charting your future.
Earlhamites are driven to make the world—and their respective fields—better. Often, they dedicate their lives and their careers to doing good. Earlham graduates are winners of the Pulitzer Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, the Golden Globe Award, the Rhodes and Knight-Hennessy scholarships. They include diplomats, doctors, teachers and advocates—and most credit Earlham for influencing their world views and preparing them for diverse and dynamic careers.
- Earlham graduates were the first from Afghanistan and the State of Palestine to earn the Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University and the first from Ghana to earn Stanford University’s Knight-Hennessy Scholarship. (Summia Tora ’20, Hashem Abu Sham’a ’17 and Cyrus Buckman ’18)
- Some 40 Earlham students have received Watson Fellowships and 36 have received Fulbright awards, prestigious post-graduate awards that support international travel, independent research, and teaching experiences abroad.
- A team of Earlhamites won the $1M Hult Prize, the largest student competition for the social good that rewards world-changing ideas.
- For generations, Earlham has also been one of the leading liberal arts colleges in the U.S. for percentage of graduates who go on to earn research doctorates, including the Ph.D. Through rigorous academics and thoughtful mentoring, our students become strong candidates for top graduate programs and academic fellowships.
It means you’ll build international connections.
The world is waiting.
Learn more about our off-campus study programs and how you can engage with the world as an Earlham student.
Earlham is consistently recognized as a global community—both for the number of international students who call our campus home, and for the number of our students who study off campus during their undergraduate career.
- Earlham ranks 3rd among baccalaureate institutions for the number of students who study off campus.
- Earlham ranks 9th in the nation in collegerank.net rankings for colleges with the best study abroad programs.
- Earlham ranks 34th among baccalaureate institutions for our number of international students on campus—and that’s even though we’re a smaller college than some in the list.
It means you’ll be ready for any career path you choose.
Your Epic journey starts here.
Epic, Earlham’s signature program, encompasses your college journey. From internships and off-campus study to hands-on research and much more, you’ll have access to advising and opportunities that will help you launch your career.
From summer internships to collaborative research to full-time employment around the globe, Earlhamites have unparalleled opportunities to connect their classroom learning with résumé-building experiences. The Epic Advantage guarantees that every Earlham student can pursue a fully funded, career-defining internship or research experience before graduation, and our career coaches and faculty in the Epic Centers help you in discerning what kind of experience you want to have.
Already know the direction you want to go? We also have pre-professional programs for students who want to pursue careers in engineering, health and law, and our 3+1 education program allows you to earn both your Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in four years, certifying you to teach grades 5-12.