300 N. Broadway
Lexington, KY 40508

Transylvania University is a liberal arts school located in Lexington, Kentucky, on a 48-acre campus, and founded in 1780. Early supporters include George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, as well as Henry Clay, who was a law professor at Transylvania University and a member of the Kentucky School's board of trustees. Distinguished alumni from the Kentucky school include U.S. Vice Presidents John C. Breckinridge and Richard M. Johnson, and Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan.

The Kentucky school offers more than 30 undergraduate majors. Programs range from anthropology and business administration to computer science and religion. Students at Transylvania University also have the option to design individual majors. The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredits bachelor's degrees awarded by the Kentucky school, and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education accredits the education program at Transylvania University.

More than 50 organizations are open to students at Transylvania University. Activities include campus service organizations like the student alumni association, professional organizations such as the pre-law society, special interest groups like the chess and equestrian clubs, plus campus media and Greek organizations.

Quick Facts:

Transylvania University is the 16th college founded in the U.S., and the first school to open west of the Allegheny Mountains.

More than 1,100 students are enrolled at Transylvania University, representing more than 25 states.

The student-to-faculty ratio at Transylvania University is 13-to-1, with an average class size of 17.

More than 95 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty at the Kentucky school hold doctoral degrees or the highest degree in their field.

More than 80 percent of Transylvania University students live in on-campus housing and the Kentucky school has more than 470 residence hall rooms.

The academic calendar at Transylvania University is divided into two 14-week semesters in fall and winter, including a month-long term in May. Most students at the Kentucky school take four classes during the fall and winter semesters and one class in May.

Transylvania University is an NCAA Division III school and a member of the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. More than 20 percent of the student body at the Kentucky school participates in athletics, as athletes, trainers, sports information assistants, cheerleaders or dancers.

The Monroe Moosnick Medical and Science Museum at Transylvania University displays 19th century equipment that was used to teach science.

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