Sunday, November 22, 2009

Best Colleges 2010

Mary Baldwin College

Work New and Frederick Streets Staunton, VA 24401
Work(800) 468-2262
Web site: http://www.mbc.edu
  • 21Rank
  • 60Score
Tier 1
College Category:
Universities-Master's (South)

Overview : Mary Baldwin College

General Information  
Institutional Control: Private
Year founded: 1842
Religious affiliation: Presbyterian
Academic calendar: 4-1-4
Total number of undergraduates: 1,537
Setting: urban
Endowment: $37,356,888
Fall Admissions  
Application deadline: rolling
Application fee: $35
Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: 70.4%
Selectivity: selective
Expenses  
Costs: 2009-2010 Tuition and Fees: $24,585
Mission  
School mission: MBC combines a high quality liberal arts education with professional training and close individual attention. We boast a highly diverse campus where international and students of color hold elected and appointed leadership positions and where the campus benefits from diverse cultural activities. MBC has a unique early admittance program for gifted young women (Program for the Exceptionally Gifted) and an innovative "24/7" leadership program (Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership) with extensive co-curricular as well as curricular components. In addition to the usual academic components of a liberal education, in line with our commitment to diversity, we offer Asian Studies with study abroad at our sister school in Kyoto, Japan, as well as academic programs in Arabic, African-American studies, Latin American Studies, and Women's Studies.

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