Juniata vs. Muhlenberg vs. Washington College

JESmom
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 14:22:56 +0000

My daughter goes to Juniata and also considered Washington. A friend’s daughter goes to Muhlenberg. I think they are all great schools. Of the three, I think Juniata has a particularly strong background in health sciences. And, they are expanding on that by adding a nursing program and had recently added a master’s in public health.

Juniata is the most rural/isolated of the three so she’d have to be ok with that. But, as part of that, it can be an interesting place to study, in particular, the public health challenges to rural places. There is a big emphasis on community engaged learning and you can do a secondary emphasis (aka minor) in Rural Experience.

It seems to be a friendly campus with a lot of support for students. There are a lot of clubs and campus activities but no Greek life. I also liked their “Inbound” orientation program as a way to help students get to know others at the start of the first year.