About LVC

Mission
The College's aim is to enable our students to become people of broad vision, capable of making informed decisions, and prepared for a life of service to others. To that end, we seek to provide an education that helps students acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to live and work in a changing, diverse and fragile world.

Through both curricular and co-curricular activities, we endeavor to acquaint our students with humanity's most significant ideas and accomplishments, to develop their abilities to think logically and communicate clearly, to give them practice in precise analysis and effective performance, and to enhance their sensitivity to and appreciation of differences among human beings.

Lebanon Valley College aspires to pursue this mission within a community in which caring and concern for others is a core value. We value strong and nurturing faculty interacting closely with students; encourage individual student development; and affirm the interrelatedness of liberal learning and the ideal of vocation. We regard the cultivation of wisdom that is the capacity of judging rightly in matters of life and conduct, and a lifelong love of learning as the ultimate reward of the educational experience.

Campus
Lebanon Valley College is located on more than 340 beautiful rural acres in the town of Annville, Pennsylvania, just eight miles east of Hershey. Twenty-seven residence halls house students in traditional dormitories, suites, and apartment-style facilities. Our library contains more than 200,000 physical items and our science facilities are state-of-the-art.

Scholarships
We give awards based on high school academic work-not on SAT scores. If you rank among the top 30 percent of your high school class, you will qualify for an academic scholarship that covers up to half the cost of tuition.

Size
LVC feels like family. Founded in 1866, today the College has 1,630 full-time undergraduate students, 155 part-time undergraduates, 237 graduate students, and 102 full-time faculty. We feel more like a large welcoming family than an impersonal institution.

Collegiate Ranking
U.S. News & World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges" issue and guidebook has ranked LVC number two in the North in the 'Great Schools, Great Prices' category among 'Best Baccalaureate Colleges.' Also, LVC was again recognized by The Princeton Review as "A Best in the Northeast" college and Forbes named us on its list of "America's Top Colleges."

Four Year Graduation Guarantee
LVC guarantees that you will earn an undergraduate degree in four years of full-time study, or we will provide free tuition for additional courses.

Accreditors
Accreditors approved by the U.S. Secretary of Education:Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), Middles States Commission on Higher Education, National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)

Other Accreditors: American Chemical Society (ACS) and Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)

Retention Rate
86% of the 2010 cohort of full-time, first time bachelor’s degree seekers returned for 2011. This ranks LVC among the top three percent for average freshman retention rate among our 371 comparable institutions in U.S. News and World Report's 2012 "America's Best Colleges."

Graduation Rate
With LVC’s commitment to guidance and support 69% of LVC students graduate in four years, as compared to the graduation rate across the Pennsylvania State System of 34%. This ranks LVC among the top two percent for average graduation rate among our 371 comparable institutions in U.S. News and World Report's 2012 "America's Best Colleges."

Special Programs
In cooperation with Case Western University and Penn State University; engineering; in cooperation with approved hospitals: medical technology.

Degrees Granted
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology, Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Music Education, Master of Science Education, Doctorate of Physical Therapy.

Study Abroad
Semester-long programs are available abroad in Argentina, Australia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, and Spain. Faculty-led, short-term, study-abroad programs are also offered each year. Off-campus programs are available in Washington D.C., and Philadelphia.

Student Consumer Information
LVC makes available a wealth of consumer information to current and prospective students and their families in accordance with the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA). Visit our student consumer information website for a list of the information available..