60 College Ave.
Annapolis, MD 21401

St. John's College-Annapolis in Annapolis, Maryland, was given an unfinished building and four acres of land when it was chartered by the state of Maryland in 1784. The campus now covers more than 30 acres and is a National Historic Landmark within the Annapolis Historic District.

The undergraduate program at St. John's College-Annapolis follows a required curriculum based on great books in the Western tradition. Past seminars have included studies of works by Plato and Tocqueville. At the Maryland school, freshman seminar follows Greek works and sophomore seminar focuses on selections from the Hebrew Bible and Roman authors. Junior seminar includes writings from the 17th and 18th centuries and senior seminar is the most contemporary, with studies of works by Hegel, Nietzsche and Heidegger.

St. John's College-Annapolis also provides students with a three-year laboratory program. Freshman laboratory focuses on chemistry and biology, junior laboratory emphasizes physics and senior laboratory studies genetics, biology and physics. Students at St. John's College-Annapolis in good academic standing may apply for transfer to St. John's College-Santa Fe.

While there are no fraternities or sororities at St. John's College-Annapolis, the Maryland school offers students both intramural sports programs and extracurricular art courses. Music practice rooms, an art gallery and a music library are among the available facilities. St. John's College-Annapolis also offers boating, sailing and crew activities.

Quick Facts:

The student-to-faculty ratio at St. John's College-Annapolis is 8-to-1.

More than 60 percent of students at St. John's College-Annapolis receive financial aid, with more than half receiving grant aid from the Maryland school.

Seminars at St. John's College-Annapolis are made up of 20 students and are led by two faculty members. Tutorials and lab sessions hold about 12 to 16 students and are led by one faculty member.

More than 450 students attend St. John's College-Annapolis and minority students make up about eight percent of the Maryland school's student body.

More than 80 percent of students at St. John's College-Annapolis live on campus and freshman are guaranteed housing. The Maryland school offers housing in eight dorms, six of which are historic buildings around a quad area and two of which are modern buildings facing a creek.

The library at St. John's College-Annapolis contains more than 100,000 volumes.

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