Lebanon Valley College

Summary

Lebanon Valley College is a private institution that was founded in 1866. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,776, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 340 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Lebanon Valley College's ranking in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Colleges (North), 6. Its tuition and fees are $33,200 (2011-12).

Situated on 340 rural acres in the town of Annville, Pa. sits Lebanon Valley College. Students admitted to the college have the opportunity to join more than 85 clubs, organizations, and initiatives that are entirely student supported, as well as various fraternities and sororities available on campus. Students at Lebanon Valley College that are interested in nightlife and entertainment can participate in the Underground Dance Club, which takes place every Saturday night beginning at midnight. Although the town of Annville is small, with a population less than 5,000, it is fewer than three hours away from Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C. The Lebanon Valley Dutchmen compete in the NCAA Division III and are members of the Commonwealth Conference.

Lebanon Valley offers each student the “Four Year Graduation Guarantee.” The college guarantees each student will earn an undergraduate degree in four years of full-time study, or the school will provide free tuition for additional courses. The college houses a well-known Physical Therapy Department in a 35,000-square-foot building near the College’s Arnold Sports Center. Notable alumni of the college include Stephen Scanniello, curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cranford Rose Garden, and John Boag, the fourth American to be granted membership into the London wheelwrights’ guild, the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights.