About Marlboro College at a Glance

General Information

• Date established: 1946
• Type: residential, coed, private liberal arts college
• Total average enrollment: 330
• Student-faculty ratio: 8:1
• Average class size: 10 students
• Percentage of classes with fewer than 20 students: 94

Academics

• Types of degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, BA and BS in International Studies
• Number of degree fields: 34
• Number of fulltime faculty: 41
• Faculty of color: 10 percent
• Languages taught: Chinese, Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian, Arabic and Spanish.
• Technology resources: three open computer labs, a digital photography lab, a digital film-video lab, a computational sciences lab, a DNA lab and a language learning lab
• Notable Programs and Opportunities: Plan of Concentration, World Studies Program, Asian Studies
• President: Ellen McCulloch-Lovell

Student Body Profile

• Number of states represented: 36
• Countries represented: Brazil, Finland, Greece, Morocco, Tibet, India, France
• Percentage of 2009 graduates who had an international experience abroad: 39
• Percentage of 2009 graduates who spent a full semester abroad: 19

Campus Life

• Campus: 300 acres of wooded and open hillside
• Student housing: nine residence halls, three houses, six cottages, two cabins, four apartments
• Student life and resources: dean of students office
• Community governance: Town Meeting, with students, faculty and staff all voting
• Student organizations: range from student-organized groups such as Pride, PAG (Political Action Group) and Dead Tree Radio to dozens of Town Meeting committees
• Driving time to: Albany--1.5 hours; Boston--2.5 hours, Burlington, VT--3 hours, Hartford--1.5 hours, Montreal--4.5 hours, New York City--4 hours

After Marlboro

• Freshman Cohort Graduation Rate (measured 9/1/07 - 8/31/08): 62 percent
• Graduates “very satisfied” with their Marlboro experience: 72 percent
• Alumni attending graduate school: 69 percent
• Most frequently attended graduate schools (in order of popularity): Antioch New England, Harvard, Boston University, Univ. of Massachusetts, Columbia, University of Vermont, State Universities of New York, Yale, Universities of California
• Graduates reporting that their Marlboro education helped prepare them to be successful in their careers: 83 percent
• Alumni who have worked in a field related to their Marlboro area of concentration: 60 percent
• Most common fields for graduate study: education, law, library science, psychology/social work, business, English literature, science, arts
• 40 percent earn masters' degrees; 17 percent earn Ph.D.s
• Marlboro graduates who contribute to the college: 49 percent

Costs and Financial Aid (Fall 2011)

• Annual tuition: $35,250
• Annual Room and Board: $10,845
• Percentage of students receiving financial aid: 87

Financial Profile

• Value of physical plant: $22 million
• Endowment: $36.6 million
• Annual operating budget: $14 million
• Average annual fund-raising: $1.2 million unrestricted; $2.5 million restricted
• Fiscal Year: July 1 - June 30

What others say

“You will find the Marlboro adventure far more intense and intellectually demanding than Harvard, any other Ivy or Ivy clone. There is simply no comparison.”

Loren Pope, former education editor for the New York Times, in the 2006 edition of Colleges that Change Lives: 40 Schools that Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges

“A mere sapling in the groves of academe ... [Marlboro has emerged] among the most highly recommended small colleges in almost every guidebook.”

The Associated Press

Peterson's Guide to Colleges

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