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Principia College

Elsah, Illinois Private nonprofit 4-year Rural area

Overview

Principia College is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Elsah, Illinois. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 339 students in fall 2024.

Principia College offers bachelor's degrees across 36 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Education, General, Environmental Biology, and Mass Communication/Media Studies. It awarded 76 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 83% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
339
Students enrolled
83%
First-year retention
76
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
36
Programs and majors
6:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

Bachelor

Programs and majors offered 36

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

Business, Management and Marketing 4
Education 1
Visual and Performing Arts 6
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 1
Social Sciences 4
Communication and Journalism 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 3
History 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Architecture 1
Communications Technologies 1
Engineering 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Physical Sciences 2
English Language and Literature 2

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
83%
Student-to-faculty ratio
6:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
76

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
339
Undergraduates, fall 2024
339
Full-time, fall 2024
99%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
378
Full-time, 2024-25
87%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
43%
Men
57%
White
37%
Hispanic or Latino
5%
Black or African American
11%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
4%
International (U.S. nonresident)
39%
Race or ethnicity unknown
3%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
34%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
College President
Meggan Madden
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit

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