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With over 35 majors and minor areas of concentration, Elmira College lays the foundation for a diverse, cross discipline education, encouraging you to both specialize and explore.
Grounded in the liberal arts and sciences, Elmira College provides a collaborative and supportive environment that enables students to become active learners, effective leaders, responsible community members, and globally engaged citizens.
The legacy of academic excellence at Elmira College runs deep with a heritage and culture that have been forward-thinking from day one, as the first college for women with a course study equivalent to men's.
At Elmira, you’ll have opportunities that shape your future, raise your sights and equip you with targeted tools and skills to succeed in the professional world. Join a community that’s close-knit, fun-loving, and just the right amount of quirky.
Elmira College makes a private education more affordable than you realize, with a number of ways to get the financial assistance you may need. Our financial aid office can guide you through options, including scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study programs.
Elmira College includes meeting students from around the world, participating in Elmira traditions, completing community service projects, and hopping into a pickup kickball game.
Elmira College provides you with a foundation for future success.
The home of the three-time NCAA National Champion Elmira College Soaring Eagles.
Elmira College alumni stay connected and engaged with the College long after they graduate.
Gifts to Elmira College ensure excellent academic and co-curricular opportunities for generations of EC students.
With over 35 majors and minor areas of concentration, Elmira College lays the foundation for a diverse, cross discipline education, encouraging you to both specialize and explore.
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The City of Elmira and the surrounding Finger Lakes region offer opportunities for skiing, golf, hiking, water sports, bike touring, museums, restaurants, wineries, and breweries.
While campus life has a lot to offer, the same can be said for Elmira, New York, and the surrounding area.
Nestled in the stunning Finger Lakes region, Elmira is a small city of about 35,000. You can take in the history and culture of the town just by walking around and visiting the sites. There are museums, farmers markets, a performing arts center, a downtown community, and even a historic baseball field. A few miles farther and you can be golfing, skiing, hiking, or sampling restaurants and wineries.
We are close to the cities of Ithaca, Syracuse, Binghamton, Rochester, and Buffalo. We're not far from the major urban areas of Toronto, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
These on-campus attractions draw more than 10,000 visitors each year. The exhibit in Gannett-Tripp Library contains many photos and other memorabilia from Twain's time in Elmira and a visit to the Study outside of Cowles Hall allows you to step back in time and take in the space where Twain wrote many of his most iconic works, including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Photo credit: Finger Lakes Wine Country
Photo credit: Finger Lakes Wine Country
This exceptional museum houses a permanent collection of 17th century through 19th century European paintings, 19th century American paintings, and sculptures. Temporary exhibits welcome art collections from around the world. Since its opening in 1913, the Arnot Art Museum has become a leading cultural institution with a focus on promoting the visual arts and enhancing the culture of the region.
The largest general history museum in the region, the Chemung Valley Museum tells the history of Chemung County through interactive exhibits, educational programming, and lectures for visitors of all ages. During the summer months, visitors can hop on the Twain Country Summer Tours at the museum for a guided tour of the City of Elmira, including the Mark Twain Study at EC and the final resting place of Mark Twain and his family in the Woodlawn Cemetery.
Photo credit: Finger Lakes Wine Country
Elmira's Downtown District, which borders the EC campus, offers restaurants, museums, and more! Enjoy professional hockey and other events at the 4,000 seat First Arena, or take in a show at the Clemens Center, a 1,600-seat theater is home to live entertainment, including touring Broadway musicals, professional drama, dance, music, and comedy, as well as local productions and charity events. Throughout the year, Elmira Downtown Development hosts events in the District such as outdoor concerts, a weekly farmers market, street painting festival, and outdoor movie nights.
This residential area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and features a variety of architectural styles. Walking tours are offered throughout the year.
Historic Dunn Field in Elmira's Southside houses the Elmira Pioneers, who have provided the community with competitive summer baseball for many years. Enjoy the summer weather, the game, and the atmosphere of one of America's classic ballparks.
Photo credit: Finger Lakes Wine Country
Known as the "Soaring Capital of America," Elmira is home to the National Soaring Museum, which houses the largest exhibit of classic and contemporary sailplanes in the world. Located on Harris Hill, the soaring field at the museum is the location of national soaring contests and glider rides. EC's official mascot, the Soaring Eagle, was chosen in tribute to the Elmira area's distinction as the "Soaring Capital of the World," and its hills and valleys that naturally suit the region for glider flight.
Tanglewood offers free access to two trail systems with more than 10 miles of hiking trails. The nature center exhibit hall features a "darkened forest" with taxidermied native animals representative of the region's temperate oak-hickory forest and more than 40 species of live animals, ranging from arthropods to reptiles to mammals.
Photo credits: Finger Lakes Wine Country
Regional attractions include the Corning Museum of Glass, Watkins Glen International Raceway, the National Warplane Museum, Finger Lakes wineries and breweries, and a variety of cultural and recreational opportunities.
Explore all the region has to offer by visiting our tourism partners, Mark Twain Country and Finger Lakes Wine Country.
