Welcome, Class of 2029!
Muhlenberg’s newest students join the Allentown community from 26 states and 13 countries around the globe.By: Carey Manzolillo Thursday, August 28, 2025 10:38 AM
Photos by Joe Romano '23Muhlenberg College proudly welcomed its Class of 2029 last week. Hundreds of faculty, staff, and student leaders were on hand to welcome new students into the community through a number of beloved events and campus traditions, such as the candle-lighting and scarfing ceremony. Full teams of student-athletes helped the Class of 2029 move into campus residence halls. (About a third of Muhlenberg’s students are also varsity athletes.)
Muhlenberg’s newest students join the Allentown community from 26 states and 13 countries around the globe. In fact, 64% of the Class of 2029 comes to the college from out of state.
With an average GPA of 3.51 (on a 4.0 scale), the academically-minded class’s interests are widely split between the fields of natural sciences (23%), social sciences (21%), and accounting/business/economics/finance (21%). Another 16% intend to pursue the arts.
Student-athletes make up 38% of the Class of 2029.
Born around 2007, the Class of 2029 sits firmly in the middle of Gen Z — having never known a world without iPhones or social media. A quarter of Muhlenberg’s new arrivals are the first in their families to attend college.
