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Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Private nonprofit 4-year Small city

Overview

Franklin and Marshall College is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its campus is in a small city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 1,808 students.

Franklin and Marshall College offers bachelor's degrees across 43 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other, Business Administration and Management, and Biology. It awarded 453 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

90% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.

Mission

Franklin & Marshall is a residential college dedicated to excellence in undergraduate liberal education. Its aims are to inspire in young people of high promise and diverse backgrounds a genuine and enduring love for learning, to teach them to read, write, and think critically, to instill in them the capacity for both independent and collaborative action, and to educate them to explore and understand the natural, social and cultural worlds in which they live. In so doing, the College seeks to foster in its students qualities of intellect, creativity, and character, that they may live fulfilling lives and contribute meaningfully to their occupations, their communities, and their world.

Mission statement as reported by Franklin and Marshall College

Key figures

1,808
Students enrolled
90%
First-year retention
453
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
43
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

Campus

Program levels

Bachelor

Programs and majors offered 43

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
Social Sciences 4
Business, Management and Marketing 1
Physical Sciences 4
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Visual and Performing Arts 6
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Health Professions 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 2
English Language and Literature 2
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 5
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 4
History 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
90%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
453

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,808
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,808
Full-time, fall 2024
99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,893
Full-time, 2024-25
99%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
52%
Men
48%
White
59%
Hispanic or Latino
9%
Black or African American
5%
Asian
6%
Two or more races
3%
International (U.S. nonresident)
17%
Race or ethnicity unknown
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
0%

Campus and services

Setting
Small city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Research designation
Research Colleges and Universities
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Centennial Conference
President
Andrew Rich
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program

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