318 Prospect Street
Staunton, VA 24401

Mary Baldwin College is a private four-year, liberal arts college for women, centrally located in Staunton, Virginia on 54 acres in Shenandoah Valley, with co-educational graduate and adult degree programs. Students who attend Mary Baldwin's undergraduate Residential College for Women (RCW) have an assortment of academic choices to suit their individual educational dreams and needs.

The Residential College for Women's signature programs and MBC Advantage give students an unforgettable and personalized college experience. The signature programs include Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership, Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, Quest Interfaith Village, and the Honors Program. The MBC Advantage assists students with academic and personal goals from freshmen year through senior year with programs and activities including the first-year experience, a personalized learning plan and portfolio, a personal wellness plan, learning communities, strong academic majors, friends and mentors, experience, study abroad, and the big finish.

Mary Baldwin College offers bachelor's in arts and sciences including the adults degree program on campus and at three regional centers throughout the state, Master of Arts in Teaching on campus and at regional centers in Richmond, Roanoke, and Charlottesville, Master of Letters and Master of fine arts in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance, more than 30 majors and minors, preprofessional programs in law, medicine, ministry, ROTC, and undergraduate and graduate teaching licensure programs.

Quick Facts

U.S. News & World Report ranked Mary Baldwin College a top-tier master's level university in the South.

Mary Baldwin College ranked a top college in southeast by Princeton Review.

In the 2007-2008 academic year, 807 enrolled in the Residential College for women, 35% students of color, 2% international, student to faculty ratio is 10 to 1, and average class size is 17. The adult degree program had an enrollment of 1268 men and women and 179 men and women enrolled in graduate programs.

In the 2006-2007 academic year, Mary Baldwin College conferred 236 Bachelor of Arts, 13 Bachelor of Science, 38 Master of Arts in Teaching, 18 Master of Letters, and 14 Master of Fine Art degrees.

The tuition and fee for the Residential College for Women during the 2007-2008 academic year was $22,730 and room and board was $6,470.

In the 2007-2008 academic year, 75% of students received need-based aid and the average financial aid package was $21, 247.

The Virginia Women's Institute for Leadership began in 1995 and is the only all female cadet corps in the nation. The cadets are in ROTC and Virginia Corps of Cadets including students from Virginia Tech and the Virginia Military Institute. Sixty percent select professions outside of the military and more than 35% accept commission to the armed forces.

Mary Baldwin's Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) began in 1985 and is the only program of its kind in the nation. PEG accepts as young as rising 8th graders and the average age of a PEG freshmen is 14. The average SAT score for a PEG student entering in fall 2007 was 1477 and the average GPA was 3.84.

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