Marlboro College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

Marlboro College is a private, tow-year, co-educational institution located in Marlboro, Vermont. The college was founded by returning World War II veterans in 1946. For over 50 years, the college’s campus has hosted the Marlboro Music Festival. The institute offers degrees in subjects like environmental studies, history, anthropology and biochemistry, among others.

Students at Marlboro College can enjoy any of the many recreational events organized by the school, including Cabaret, open mic nights and an annual Halloween party. The institute publishes a quarterly magazine known as Potash Hill and a student-run newspaper known as The Marlboro Citizen.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in art studies, liberal arts, drama and performing arts, photography and commercial art, conservation and resource management, and music.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 326 in 2009-2010 (321 full-time equivalent).

About 56% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 44% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students and graduate students are 0%.

Students under 25 years old represent 97% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Marlboro College provides on-campus housing for 265 of its 321 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

Marlboro College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (8 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (0 awarded)

• Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics

LIBERAL ARTS (43 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (6 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (2 awarded)

• Psychology