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At Messiah College

From the banks of the Yellow Breeches Creek, meandering through our 471-acre campus, to the four corners of the world, Messiah College students use their gifts, intellect, and inspiration to create a difference.

Messiah College is committed to embracing an evangelical spirit rooted in the Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan traditions of the Christian Church (www.messiah.edu).

Our students have many opportunities to grow in and express their faith:

   •Chapel

   •Small group Bible studies

   •Discipleship, prayer groups

   •Outreach

   •Community service

   •Mission trips

It starts with a relationship…

… with faculty. Messiah’s low student-faculty ratio allows for greater collaboration between professors and students. And by the way, professors—not teaching assistants—instruct classes at Messiah College. While our faculty members are serious scholars who pursue original research and publish widely, they are also practicing Christians who make students their first priority.

    •13:1 student-faculty ratio

    •172 full-time faculty members, representing five countries, from more than 150 prestigious graduate schools

    •78 percent hold terminal degrees

    •Each faculty member signs a statement of faith as an indication of his or her commitment to the mission of Messiah College.

…with one another. Messiah College is committed to providing a hospitable community characterized by humility, respect, and concern for others. While engaging our differences and commonalities, College community members model conviction and compassion as we seek to listen, learn, and build bridges of understanding and healing. The Messiah community intentionally reflects the diversity that is characteristic of our nation, the Church, and the world by embracing the presence and perspectives of students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds and different Christian faith traditions.

Students at Messiah College choose from an abundance of opportunities to forge new friendships and connect with the community:

  •Culture: Music, arts, dining, entertainment, and professional sports venues abound in nearby Harrisburg, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City.

  •Larsen Student Union: Widescreen TV, wireless Internet, pool tables, café, and a fireplace.

  •Campus-Wide Activities: 60+ clubs/organizations, chapel services, concerts, movies, 22 NCAA Division III athletic teams, intramurals, special events, ministry, etc.