Dickinson College

Dickinson College is a private liberal arts college with an enrollment of about 2,400 students. The school's campus is in Carlisle, a pre-Revolutionary town of 20,000 people founded in 1756, located in the Cumberland Valley of central Pennsylvania. Academic offerings include programs in arts and humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The school also offers minors in fields including astronomy, creative writing, film studies, and Latin American studies. Dickinson College was created in 1783 by Benjamin Rush, the famed Philadelphia physician and patriot, and is named for John Dickinson, who signed the US Constitution and was known as "The Penman of the [American] Revolution."