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Eastern University

Eastern University
1300 Eagle Road
St. Davids, PA 19087-3696


Fax number: (610) 341-1723
Website: https://www.eastern.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 74%
Student:Faculty ratio: 15:1
Total faculty: 215 men, 270 women
Full-time faculty: 43 men, 61 women
Part-time faculty: 172 men, 209 women
Graduation rate: 63% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.
Air Force ROTC: offered off-campus ROTC branch unit at a cooperating host institution.

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Early Childhood and Family Studies
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting and Finance
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services, Other
  • Athletic Training/Trainer
  • Bible/Biblical Studies
  • Biochemistry
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Chemistry, Other
  • Communication Management and Strategic Communications
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections, General
  • Dance, General
  • Data Science, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Early Childhood and Family Studies
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Education, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
  • Environmental Science
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Services, General
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing, Other
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Missions/Missionary Studies
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Nursing Practice
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Spanish Language and Literature
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
  • Theology/Theological Studies
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Youth Ministry
Certificates

  • Bible/Biblical Studies
  • Christian Studies
  • Lay Ministry
  • Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
  • Theology/Theological Studies
Diplomas

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Education, Other
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Psychology, Other
  • School Psychology
Doctorates

  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Pastoral Studies/Counseling
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Anthropology, Other
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Counseling Psychology
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Divinity/Ministry
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Health and Medical Administrative Services, Other
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Human Services, General
  • International Economics
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Psychology, Other
  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • School Psychology
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
  • Theology and Religious Vocations, Other
  • Theology/Theological Studies
  • Urban Studies/Affairs

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for DANTES
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • False
 
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