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Earlham College
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Motto Vita Lux Hominum (Life, The Light of Humankind)
Type Private coeducational liberal arts college
Established 1847
Religious affiliation
Quakers
Endowment $384.1 million (2016)
President Alan C. Price
Students 1,019
Location Richmond, Indiana, U.S.
Coordinates: 39°49′28.44″N 84°54′47.78″W / 39.8245667°N 84.9132722°W / 39.8245667; -84.9132722
Campus Rural, 800 acres (3.2 km2)
Colors Maroon and White
         
Nickname Quakers
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division IIIHCAC
Mascot Big Earl
Website www.earlham.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 132
Liberal arts colleges
U.S. News & World Report 68
Washington Monthly 62

Earlham College is a private, liberal arts college in Richmond, Indiana. Established in 1847 by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Earlham welcomes students of all faiths and offers an education rooted in such Quaker values as integrity, a commitment to peace and social justice, mutual respect and community decision-making.

Earlham is ranked 29th (98th percentile) among 1,533 U.S. institutions of higher learning in the percentage of graduates who go on to receive Ph.D.s, and is 10th (99th percentile) in producing Ph.D.s in the biological sciences and 14th (99th percentile) in the life sciences. In 2016, Earlham ranked number 61 among national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report.Forbes Magazine in 2016 ranked Earlham at 106 in private colleges and 82 in "grateful grads." Forbes gave Earlham an A+ financial rating. Earlham is member of the Colleges That Change Lives.

Nearly half of Earlham alumni graduating in the last 10 years enrolled in graduate or professional school, including institutions such as Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Washington University of St. Louis and the University of Oxford in England.

Earlham is primarily a residential undergraduate college, but also offers a Master of Arts in Teaching, which provides a route for teacher licensure to students with liberal arts undergraduate degrees. There is also an affiliated graduate seminary, the Earlham School of Religion, which offers three master's degrees: a Master of Divinity, Master of Ministry, and Master of Arts in Religion. Earlham College is listed in Loren Pope's book, Colleges That Change Lives, and has produced two Nobel laureates (both in chemistry).


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