Elmira College Business Programs

Elmira College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Elmira, New York. The city atmosphere of Elmira makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is Elmira College?

Contact details for Elmira are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901
Phone:	607-735-1800
Website:	https://www.elmira.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/elmiracollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/elmiracollege

How Do I Get Into Elmira?

You can apply to Elmira online at: https://www.elmira.edu/admissions-aid/Apply/index.html

Admission Requirements for Elmira

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Elmira?

Elmira has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Elmira submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 446 and 652. Math scores were between 444 and 650.

Elmira received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 25. Math scores were between 16 and 27. Composite scores were between 17 and 27.

Can I Afford Elmira College?

The overall average net price of Elmira is $22,827. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Elmira, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $5,400 a year. That adds up to $21,600 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Elmira is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Elmira College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 715 undergraduate students at Elmira, with 682 being full-time and 33 being part-time.

There are also 53 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 682 full-time undergraduates at Elmira, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Elmira College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	32
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	520
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Elmira College. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at Elmira. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Japan, and Bahamas.

Online Learning at Elmira College

In 2019-2020, 365 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Elmira has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Elmira

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Elmira College was 88.0%. This is the #382 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Elmira regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Elmira College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	1	22	15	38
Accounting	0	4	0	4
Accounting and Finance	0	3	0	3
General Economics	0	2	0	2
Finance	0	0	0	0
Human Resources Development	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	31	15	47

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Lvklock under License

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