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Experiential Learning

Go beyond the classroom. Dive into real-world experience and personal growth.

Ignite your potential by exploring hands-on challenges and making meaningful connections. Across the curriculum, you’ll have learning experiences that allow you to take risks and gain new insights and deeper understanding.

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Faculty & Student Research

Muhlenberg students have the opportunity to work alongside faculty to contribute to existing research projects or to design their own.

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Academic Partnerships

Muhlenberg challenges students to make moves that matter. Our partners support students as they decide where they will create impact.

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Career Center & Internships

Gain experiences and expertise that will prepare you to thrive in a career that aligns with your passion and goals.

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Study Abroad & Global Education

The world is your classroom. Explore one of our 137 study abroad experiences.

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Office of Community Engagement

Learn alongside community members and create collective change.

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Academic Support & Resources

Powerful outcomes are built upon a foundation of personalized support. Muhlenberg College’s support services are inclusive, accessible and active.

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Faculty Excellence

Muhlenberg’s reputation as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the nation stems from the quality of its challenging academic program and its outstanding faculty.

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Program Finder

Where do you want to go? We can help guide you there.

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An instructor and a college student sit side-by-side at the table while a movie plays on a projector screen behind them.

A young adult working in a greenhouse shovels soil from a metal bucket into a seed tray.

A man, seated on moss-covered stones in a forest, writes in a notebook perched on his knee.

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“My time there allowed me to gain firsthand exposure to inpatient and outpatient environments and proved to be a transformative experience in my journey toward a career in medicine.” — Gabriel Seinfeld '27 , Premedical Neuroscience and Finance Double Major Read Seinfeld's Story

“I hope to apply to graduate school this year, and I am confident that my research experience will help me stand out in the process.” — Marie Tohill '25 , Media & Communication and Music Double Major READ TOHILL'S STORY

“Throughout this experience, my favorite part has just been getting out of my comfort zone and being able to learn more about topics I am not very familiar with.” — Jayson Williams-Johnson '25 , Finance Major Read Jayson's Story

“Many of the people who lived [in Six Penny Creek] could have moved away. They could have moved on to Canada. They stayed because they wanted to help others.” — Benjamin Carter , Associate Professor of Anthropology Read About The Research

“This experience has expanded how I think of sustainability, humanized so many issues I have studied and empowered me personally in my travels.” — Harli Strauss-Cohn ’24 , International Studies and Sustainability Studies Double Major Read Harli's Story

“We came out of the emergency phase of a global pandemic, and our expectations for learning — how we’re going to learn, what we’re going to learn — have changed.” — Laura Furge , Provost Read About Muhlenberg's New Curriculum

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Student Support

On Studying Abroad at Muhlenberg

Caleya Tereska '24

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Student Support

On Learning Beyond the Classroom at Muhlenberg

Giovanni Merrifield '24

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Student Support

On Experiential Learning at Muhlenberg

Associate Professor Giancarlo Cuadra

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Student Support

Finding an Opportunity for Impact in Allentown

Lacey Pasco '23

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Student Support

One How Research Can Transcend

Professor Amy Hark

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Average class size

A faculty member helping a student

100%

of first-year students receiving some form of financial aid

A classroom full of students

91%

of first-year students return for their second year

18,000+

Internship opportunities available to students

$20k - $34k

Merit scholarship range

Muhlenberg Hall

>50%

Students study abroad

Muhlenberg Academics

Opportunities Await

From study abroad to research and scholarship to exceptional facilities and resources, a Muhlenberg education is a transformative experience.

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Research & Scholarship

Through both faculty-led research and independent study, Muhlenberg provides a foundation for immersive scholarship.

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Diversity & Inclusion

Equity, understanding and engagement are essential components to Muhlenberg's mission and critical to our success as a pluralistic community.

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Global Education

Challenge yourself and embrace difference to face the challenges of our global society.

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Learning Environments

Scholarship isn't limited to the classroom. Our labs, performance areas and collaborative spaces are designed for and structured around integrative learning.

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Honors Programs

Distinguish yourself through independent study, advanced scholarship and intellectual leadership within your fields of study.