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Eastern University

Christian educational institution in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Organization university Q5330550

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
university, private not-for-profit educational institution, church college, Christian educational institution[8][9][10]
Religion or worldview
American Baptist Churches USA[3]
Inception
1925[14]
Country
United States[7]
Official website
www.eastern.edu, www.eastern.edu[15][16]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.052°, -75.371°
Academic calendar type
semester[33]
Admission rate
+0.64[27]
Admission yield rate
+0.28[32]
Athletics program
Eastern Eagles[34]
Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
master's colleges and universities: larger programs, majority undergraduate, research doctoral: single program - other, four-year, medium, highly residential, four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in, balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence[20][21][22][23][24][25]
Child organization or unit
Palmer Theological Seminary[12]
Count of students
+3504[18]
Employees
+663[17]
Endowment
+29772965[29]
Industry
higher education[13]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Radnor Township[4][5][6]
Member of
Open Education Network[2]
Post town
St. Davids, PA[26]
Postal code
19087-3696[11]
Social media followers
+4809, +4769[30][31]
Street address
1300 Eagle Rd, Saint Davids, PA, 19087-3696[28]
Total assets
+97736290[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eastern Baptist Seminary en Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary en Eastern University es Universidad del Este fr Université de l'Est ja イースタン大学 pt Universidade do Leste zh 東方大學
🔖 Identifiers · 26
ROR ID
04txhk134
ISNI
0000000086024118
VIAF cluster ID
149122594
Library of Congress authority ID
n2003032243
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata n2003032243 isni_public n89639962 edition 2026-10-01 · CC0 1.0
OpenAlex ID
I905180023
GRID ID
grid.434118.b
Facebook username
EasternUniversity
Freebase ID
/m/043tv5
Instagram username
easternuniversity
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ID
212133
KISTI ID
K000207104
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
905180023
Show all 26 identifiers +14
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987013316907505171
OpenStreetMap way ID
28023397
Pinterest username
easternu
Ringgold ID
7501
SEVIS school ID
6584
SNARC ID
Perroy
Scilit organization ID
25804
Threads username
easternuniversity
Times Higher Education World University ID
eastern-university
Topic's main category
Category:Eastern University (United States)
World Higher Education Database ID
IAU-003979
X (Twitter) username
easternU
YouTube channel ID
UCmDgSpk6MirXCnjYnfDjkRw
YouTube handle
easternuniversityathletics

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🔗 Connections
← Affiliated with 21
Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ann-Marie Horcher, Carlos A Cuevas, Dagmar Sternad, Deniz Erdoğmuş, Dinesh John, Jiabei Liu, João L. Carapinha +13 more
Notable alumni 4
Bryan Stevenson, Shane Claiborne, Marvin Rees, Morgan Hikaru Aiken
Located in the administrative territorial entity 3
Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Radnor Township
Instance of 2
university, church college
Academic calendar type 1
semester
Country 1
United States
Industry 1
higher education
Member of 1
Open Education Network
Religion or worldview 1
American Baptist Churches USA
SNARC ID 1
Perroy
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Eastern University was founded on January 1, 1925.

In 2020, it had 663 employees.[1]

Related Entities

Open Education Network Pennsylvania United States university

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . www2.census.gov. www2.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. Retrieved . eastern.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . eastern.edu. Retrieved . eastern.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . National Center for Education Statistics. wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Times Higher Education World University ID → eastern-university
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Times Higher Education World University ID: eastern-university, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/74486972|Eastern University (#74486972)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-m"
  2. 17w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Eastern University (United States)
    Academic calendar type → —
    Post town → St. Davids, PA
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → —
    + 95 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987013316907505171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
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