Muhlenberg College is an independent, undergraduate, coeducational institution related to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.  Founded in 1848 to provide a liberal arts education in the Judeo-Christian humanistic tradition, Muhlenberg is committed to the highest standards of academic integrity and excellence.

The College is located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, approximately 55 miles north of Philadelphia and 90 miles west of New York City.

As a liberal arts college, Muhlenberg offers programs in the humanities, the natural and social sciences, and in professional areas such as business, education, pre-medical, pre-theological, and pre-law studies.  Flexibility is provided through course options and op­portunities for independent study, research and internships, and through a plan for self-designed majors.  The College strives to keep its curriculum vital and current with the rapidly changing in­tellectual world.  The excellence and integrity of the Muhlenberg program have been recognized by Phi Beta Kappa and by some 13 additional national honorary societies which have established chap­ters at the College.

Muhlenberg’s academic program is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the New York State Board of Regents.  The College is on the approved list of the American Chemical Society.  It is also a member of the American Council on Education, the Association of American Colleges, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the College Entrance Examination Board, the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, the Associated Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania, and the National Collegiate Honors Council.

Significant in the College’s tradition are the historic ties between the College and the Lutheran Church.  The name Muhlenberg College was adopted in 1867 – 19 years after the College was founded in honor of the patriarch of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg.  The sons of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg made important contributions to the early life of our country.  General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg wintered at Valley Forge with George Washington; Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives; and Henry Ernst Muhlenberg was one of the most eminent early American scientists and the first president of Franklin College, now Franklin and Marshall College.