Why Choose Earlham

Earlham College

801 National Road West
Richmond, Indiana
47374-4095

For more information call:
1-800-EARLHAM
1-800-327-5426

See the World Differently

Earlham’s challenging intellectual environment attracts diverse students with a variety of motivations. Whether academic, political, social, athletic, ethical or career-minded reasons brought them to Earlham, our students tend to share a common goal: they want to impact the world.

Rooted in the Quaker values of tolerance, equality, justice, respect and collaboration, an Earlham education creates an unending desire to see the world differently and to bring about change. Earlham prepares you for life — not only for life after college, but also for the challenges, dilemmas and decisions of your college career.

Successful Outcomes

Earlham graduates do well in life; they also do much good in the world. Just as Earlham makes a difference in the lives of its students, Earlham alumni are making a difference in all 50 states and in 56 countries around the world.

Our Admissions Mission

Earlham’s Admissions Office helps prospective students make connections so that you can discover for yourself that Earlham is the right college match. We strive to honestly represent Earlham so that you’ll know exactly what you are getting when you choose Earlham over other colleges.

Please rely on the Admissions Staff as your resource as you explore what makes Earlham distinctive. We’ll be glad to find an answer to any question — from the College’s admission and financial aid application processes to the college search process in general.

If every college and university sharpened young minds and consciences as effectively as Earlham does, this country would approach utopia.

Loren Pope,
Colleges That Change Lives (2006)

Earlham is participating in the University & College Accountability Network project, making a wide range of information available for prospective students.