About Allegheny College
Allegheny provides the path for students to turn the unexpected into the extraordinary.
Learning With a Purpose
At Allegheny, you’ll study all of your interests, no matter how unusual the combination. Every student pursues a major and a minor in two very different areas, which opens perspectives, generates innovation, and sharpens communication and problem-solving — skills that employers and graduate schools desire most.
Allegheny at a Glance
1,300Total student body population
100%Live on campus
60%Of graduates begin their career immediately
90%Of students receiving some form of financial assistance
Our Mission
Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares young adults for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world.
What Others Are Saying
Our 2027 rankings include:
#2Best Private Schools for Making an Impact (Princeton Review)
#10Senior Capstone Projects (U.S. News & World Report)
#20Most Innovative Schools (U.S. News & World Report)
#20Most Accessible Professors (The Princeton Review)
#29Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects (U.S. News & World Report)
#34Best Undergraduate Teaching (U.S. News & World Report)
Statement of Community
Allegheny students and employees are committed to creating an inclusive, respectful, and safe residential learning community that will actively confront and challenge racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of harassment and discrimination. We encourage individual growth by promoting a free exchange of ideas in a setting that values diversity, trust, and equality. So that the right of all to participate in a shared learning experience is upheld, Allegheny affirms its commitment to the principles of freedom of speech and inquiry, while at the same time fostering responsibility and accountability in the exercise of these freedoms. This statement does not replace existing personnel policies and codes of conduct.
Past, Present, and Future
A rich academic legacy set the foundation for today’s strong leadership and strategic vision for the future of Allegheny College.
Year In Photos
Signature Events
From high-energy homecoming celebrations to quirky campus rituals, these traditions create memories, strengthen friendships, and give every student a true sense of belonging.
Carbon-Neutral Campus
Allegheny boasts the distinction of being the first carbon-neutral college in Pennsylvania, and eighth in the entire country. Find out how this milestone (and many other green initiatives!) was achieved.
Alma Mater
Alma Mater Beatissima
Fair Allegheny, yonder on the hill
Through all the years our hearts are turning still
In love to thee, and so they ever will.
O, Alma Mater, Beatissima.
Warm rests the sun, so soft on wall and vine;
No air in all the world can equal thine,
Again we flame our torches at thy shrine,
O, Alma Mater, Beatissima.
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