Ursinus College is a small, liberal arts college located in Collegeville, PA. Our educational philosophy encourages students to think for themselves, so that they may become mature, responsible independent adults in an interdependent world.
Any one or combination of 62 majors and minors develop the intellect and character needed for a rapidly changing world. Starting with a thought-provoking first-year seminar course, students develop the ability to think critically, leading to lives of purpose and professional achievement.
Applied Professional Experiential Learning = APEX
APEX at Ursinus College equips students with the skills and experiences needed to become forward-thinking leaders and problem-solvers. Through applied learning, experiential opportunities, and career development, APEX ensures every student—regardless of major—is prepared for success in a rapidly changing world.
Learn more about our APEX program here: https://www.ursinus.edu/academics/apex-at-ursinus/
The Ursinus Quest: Open Questions, Open Minds curriculum, a way of teaching—and a way of doing—that ensures you are thinking about what matters most and the impact you’ll have on the world.
The Quest curriculum is built around four questions that everyone confronts:
- What should matter to me?
- How should we live together?
- How can we understand the world?
- What will I do?
What Matters to Us at Ursinus College
Personalized Education
Ursinus gives you the privileges and responsibilities of becoming researchers, writers, thinkers and artists alongside your professors. Faculty and staff know you by name and can guide and mentor you in ways not possible at larger campuses.
Interdisciplinary
Revelations occur at the intersections of disciplines. Ursinus students thrive when multiple interests connect and influence each other. Combine business and chemistry or history and media studies; Gain multiple perspectives to find innovative solutions.
Experiential Learning
Prepare for careers of the future with entrepreneurial opportunities, inquiry-based courses, undergraduate research, civic engagement, and workforce experience built in to the curriculum. We proactively work with our students to bridge the undergraduate experience with career placement and graduate school preparation.
Inclusive Campus
We believe that the combined strengths of our diverse backgrounds and experiences are the cornerstones of an inclusive campus.
Health and Well-being
As the very first liberal arts signatory of the Okanagan Charter in the United States, Ursinus is boldly committed to ensuring health and well-being as an integrated, campus-wide priority. Our new Collaborative Commission on Well-being is designed as a national model to address the intersections of education, economics, spirituality, culture and society on student health.
Ursinus College has been represented at the NCAA Division III Championships 5 of the last 6 seasons. Only 68 of the 130 NCAA Division III programs were represented at the 2026 NCAA Championships (52%).
Ursinus finished 4th in the nation's 2nd toughest region (out of 7) with 3 national qualifiers. This was our highest finish and most national qualifiers in a decade, and the first time the program has been nationally ranked in the same time frame.
We have had an All-American 2 of the last 3 seasons.
Ursinus has produced 132 NCAA All-Americans and Scholar All-Americans, plus two CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.
Our 2026 Centennial Conference dual meet record of 5-0 was the best in the conference as we claimed our 5th consecutive dual meet title.
Since the 2021-22 season, our Conference dual meet record is 25-1 with a 22 match win streak.
In 2026, Ursinus won its 3rd Centennial Conference title in 4 years, and with 6 starters returning, is in a great position for 2027.
2018: 6th place, 43.5 points, 3 medalists
2019: 7th place, 34.5 points, 3 medalists, 1 finalist (champ)
Coaching Change
2020: 4th place, 60.5 points, 5 medalists, 1 finalist (champ)
2021: No tournament (COVID)
2022: 3rd place, 66.5 points, 5 medalists, 3 finalists (1 champ)
2023: 1st place, 84 points, 8 medalists, 4 finalists (1 champ)
2024: 1st place, 93.5 points, 8 medalists, 7 finalists (2 champs)
2025: 2nd place, 80.6 points, 8 medalists, 5 finalists (1 champ)
2026: 1st place, 93.5 points, 8 medalists, 6 finalists (3 champs)
Our coaching staff consists of former Division I coaches and a Division I All- American, who in total have coached 55 NCAA Qualifiers, 6 NCAA All-Americans, 2 U23 All-Americans, a U23 National Champion and an NCAA National Champion.