EDUCATION

Higher Education

     Elizabethtown College, founded in 1899, is a four-year private residential college which offers 36 major programs in 20 disciplines in the traditional liberal arts and pre-professional fields. In addition to the residential college, there is a Center for Continuing Education, which grants an adult external degree that is based on course work, job experience, and CLEP tests. Degrees in business administration and accounting may be earned through evening school courses. Enrollment is approximately 1,500 students.

     Franklin & Marshall College, located in Lancaster, is a privately financed residential college. It offers a bachelor’s degree program to approximately 1,800 residential students.

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     Lancaster Campus, Harrisburg Area Community College, operating out of its brand new campus on 18 acres near the Old Philadelphia Pike and Pitney Road, offers diploma, certificate, and associates degree programs in 56 different areas of study. Some 2000 students can choose from programs such as hotel, restaurant, and institutional management, nursing, computer software specialist, travel and tourism, accounting, police science, and human services. The school provides a day care center for the small children of students.

     Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School offers programs that lead to certificates, associate or bachelor of science degrees, and master’s degrees. Each degree candidate majors in Bible and in one of 28 professional programs. The school has some 800 students in degree programs and approximately 600 students in the Evening Institute.

     The Lancaster Theological Sem-inary offers a basic curriculum leading to a Master of Divinity degree and to ordination and entrance into the ministry. It also offers a doctorate for practicing clergy as well as Master of Arts in religion for lay persons. There is a continuing education program for clergy and laity.

     Lebanon Valley College has a Lancaster branch that offers weekend and evening courses leading toward associate’s or bachelor’s degrees or an MBA. There are some 350 students enrolled in these programs.

     Millersville University offers a wide variety of associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. Bachelor degrees include arts (B.A.), science (B.S.), science in education (B.S.Ed.), science in nursing (B.S.N.), and fine arts (B.F.A.).

     Graduate degrees include master of arts (M.A.), science (M.S.), and education. (M.Ed.). The University has more than 6,500 undergraduate and 900 graduate students.

     Pennsylvania School of Art & Design, was founded in 1982. The school is an accredited professional art college offering bachelor of fine arts degrees in fine art, graphic design, and illustration. It currently serves some 750 students in its adult and youth programs.

     Penn State, Lancaster Center, is a continuing education office affiliated with Penn State, York. Courses are offered for working adults and traditional students including undergraduate credit courses that lead to associate degrees in business and liberal arts.

     Graduate courses in education and business management, computer seminars, and noncredit professional development certificates also are offered. Between 2,000 and 3,000 students are registered each semester.

     The Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology is a fully accredited two-year vocational and technical college serving qualified residents of Pennsylvania who are seeking careers in one of the 15 certificate or degree programs that are offered. Enrollment averages 500 students per year, 300 of them residential and 200 commuters.