Franklin and Marshall College
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| Motto | Lux et Lex (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Light and Law |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1787 |
| Affiliation | None |
| Endowment | $339.2 million |
| President | Daniel R. Porterfield |
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Academic staff
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175 |
| Undergraduates | 2,324 |
| Location | Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Campus | Urban 170 acres (1.35 million feet²) |
| Athletics | www.GoDiplomats.com |
| Nickname | Diplomats |
| Website | www.fandm.edu |
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Franklin and Marshall College Campus Historic District
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Shadek-Fackenthal Library (1934-35), the youngest building in the district
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| Location | College Avenue, Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival, Tudor Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 03001190 |
| Added to NRHP | November 21, 2003 |
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| Location | Harrisburg Pike Lancaster, PA 17604-3003 |
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| Owner | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Operator | Franklin & Marshall College |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Surface | Kentucky bluegrass |
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| Broke ground | 1920 |
| Opened | 1920 |
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Franklin & Marshall College (abbreviated as "F&M") is a private co-educational residential liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,324 full-time students.
F&M was ranked 37 on U.S. News & World Report's 2014 list of liberal arts colleges. The New York Times ranked F&M 26th in a ranking of "The Most Economically Diverse Top Colleges" in 2014. In 2011 F&M was ranked as the 4th Most Rigorous College/University on Newsweek's "The Daily Beast".Forbes' 2009 list of "America's Best Colleges" ranked the school 36th overall, and 33rd among private colleges. It was also ranked #1 in the nation for "Faculty accessibility" by The Princeton Review in 2003. The college is a member of the Centennial Conference. For the Class of 2012 Admissions Cycle, the acceptance rate dropped to 35.9%, making it F&M's most selective class yet while increasing the admissions profile. The average SAT score is 1311, which combines the Critical Reading and Math portions. The average class size is 19 students, and the student-faculty ratio is 9:1.
Franklin College was chartered on June 6, 1787, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on the site of a former brewery. It was named for Benjamin Franklin, who donated £200 to the new institution. Founded by four prominent ministers from the German Reformed Church and the Lutheran Church, in conjunction with numerous Philadelphians, the school was established as a German college whose goal was "to preserve our present republican system of government," and "to promote those improvements in the arts and sciences which alone render nations respectable, great and happy." Its first trustees included five signers of the Declaration of Independence, two members of the Constitutional Convention and seven officers of the Revolutionary War.
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