Randolph College
School Description
Provided by Randolph College
Randolph College isn’t something new. It’s something more.
As Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, we built a reputation for attracting the top female applicants looking for a challenging, personalized education. Now we’re looking for a few good men as well.
We’ve always offered a rigorous liberal arts education with an international focus. Now we offer our students a unique opportunity to learn in an Honors Environment, a Global Environment and an Experiential Learning Environment.
We’ve always believed in an active campus enriched by traditions, diversity and athletics. Now we’re adding six new varsity sports teams and welcoming the most racially and culturally diverse incoming class in college history.
Even though our name is new, our mission remains the same: to offer our students a world-class liberal arts education in a tight-knit, active, residential community.
Randolph College
From Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaRandolph College is a private coeducational liberal arts college located in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was founded in 1891 as the women's college Randolph-Macon Woman's College. It was re-named Randolph College on July 1, 2007, when it became coeducational.
History
The college was founded by William Waugh Smith, then-president of Randolph-Macon College, under Randolph-Macon's charter after failing to convince R-MC to become co-educational. Randolph-Macon Woman's College and R-MC were governed by a separate board of trustees beginning in 1953. Randolph-Macon Woman's College has historic ties to the United Methodist Church. After many attempts to find a location for Randolph-Macon Woman's College, the city of Lynchburg donated the property for the purpose of establishing a women's college. In 1916, it became the first women's college in the South to earn a Phi Beta Kappa charter.
In 2006, Randolph-Macon Woman's College announced that it would adopt coeducation and change its name. Former Interim president Ginger H. Worden argued (in a 17 September 2006 editorial for the Washington Post) that, "today, the college is embarking on a new future, one that will include men. Yet that original mission, that dedication to women's values and education, remains. The fact of the marketplace is that only 3 percent of college-age women say they will consider a women's college. The majority of our own students say they weren't looking for a single-sex college specifically. Most come despite the fact that we are a single-sex college. Our enrollment problems are not going away, and we compete with both coed and single-sex schools. Of the top 10 colleges to which our applicants also apply, seven are coed. Virtually all who transfer from R-MWC do so to a coed school. These market factors affect our financial realities. "
It was re-named Randolph College on July 1, 2007, when it became coeducational.
Quick Facts
- Location:
- Mid-Atlantic
- Setting:
- Large Town Setting
- Type:
- Private
- Affiliation:
- United Methodist
- Size:
- Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
- Mascot:
- Wildcats
Students & Campus Life
- Undergraduate Enrollment:
- 737
- On Campus Housing:
- Available
- Full Time Students:
- 100%
- Athletic Programs:
- Unavailable
Students
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Top States for Incoming Freshman
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| Percent of Students International: | 9% |
Housing
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 101% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 26,870 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 510 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,397 | 27% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,188 | 35% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 12,843 | 98% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,755 | 65% | |
Any Aid: |
99% |
Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)
| Acceptance Rate: | 87% (Selective) |
| Test Scores | |
| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 90% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 540, Math: 510 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 670, Math: 630 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 21% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 23, Verbal: 22, Math: 21 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 29, Verbal: 31, Math: 27 |
Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)
| Application Fee: | $ 35.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
Degree Programs at Randolph College
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Natural Resources and Conservation
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Arts & Humanities
- English Language and Literature
- Film and Theater
- Foreign Languages
- General Studies
- History
- Music
- Performing Arts
- Philosophy
- Religion/Religious Studies
- Visual Arts
- Communication & Media
- Engineering
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Fitness, Recreation and Leisure Studies
- Physical Fitness
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Health & Medical Services
- General Health Professions
- Mental & Social Health Services
- Interdisciplinary Studies
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Life Science
- Biology
- Mathematics and Statistics
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Natural Sciences
- Chemistry
- Physics
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Social Sciences
- General Social Sciences
- Anthropology
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
- Economics
- International Relations and Affairs
- Psychology