Facts

Date of founding

1885

Degrees granted

B.A.; B.P.S.; B.S.; M.A.; M.A.T.; M.Ed.; M.F.A.; M.S.; P.B.C.; P.M.C.

Size of student body (Fall 2019)

Undergraduates     -    1,449                                                     

Graduate students   -    719                                                   

NOTE: This includes GPEP as well as full-time and part-time students.

Undergraduate majors  -    28                                          

Undergraduate courses offered    -     578        

Full- and part-time undergraduate faculty  -   

Degrees granted -     26, 921                               

Endowment   -      $203,430,000                       

Preparation of undergraduates

Public school                             77%

Private school                            22%

Home school                                1%

Size of campus

287 acres

Size of undergraduate classes

30+                                                2%

20-29                                            27%

10-19                                            55%

2-9                                                15%

Library volumes

Number of print items: 250,129

Number of ebooks: 619,583

Number of electronic journals: 66,668

Number of media materials, CDs, DVDS, and streaming files: 57,852

Undergraduate student: faculty ratio

11:1

The College Seal

The shield within the seal of Goucher College bears against a gold ground, an open book inscribed “I. Thess. Ch. V. Vs. 21” (Prove all things, hold fast that which is good). Below, in the lower left quarter, against a blue field, are three lilies; in the lower right corner are the arms of the state of Maryland and the arms of the family of Lord Baltimore.

College colors

Blue and gold

College flowers

Ragged robin and coreopsis

College presidents

William Hersey Hopkins, 1886-90

John Franklin Goucher, 1891-1908

Eugene Allen Noble, 1908-11

John Blackford Van Meter, acting, 1911-13

William Westley Guth, 1913-29

Hans Froelicher, acting, May 1929-January 1930

Dorothy Stimson, acting, January 1930-June 1930

David Allan Robertson, 1930-48

Otto Frederick Kraushaar, 1948-67

Marvin Banks Perry, Jr., 1967-73

Rhoda Mary Dorsey, 1974-94; acting, 1973-74

Judy Jolley Mohraz, 1994-2000

Robert Stephen Welch, acting, 2000-01

Sanford Jerome Ungar, 2001-14

José Antonio Bowen, 2014-19

Kent Devereaux, 2019-

Accreditation

Goucher College is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. The Elementary Education Program, Special Education Program, and the Secondary Education Program have been approved by the Maryland State Department of Education. The Chemistry Program is approved by the American Chemical Society.

Student profile (Fall 2019)

Total enrollment                                            

2168

Total candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts                    

1449

First-year students                                        

395

Sophomores                           

337

Juniors                                                                

319

Seniors                                                                

279

Non-candidate undergraduates     

8

Total undergraduate students        

1338

Full-time undergraduates                

1318

Part-time undergraduates               

20

Undergraduate residents/on campus          

85%

Master of Education          

274

Master of Arts-Teaching   

137 

Master of Arts-Arts Administration, Cultural Sustainability, Digital Arts, Environmental Studies, and Historic Preservation 

65

Master of Fine Arts                                                        

28

Master of Science in Higher Education

17

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate-Teaching, Professional Development   

118

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate-Premedical        

32

Other non-candidate graduate students

48

Goucher Prison Education Partnership (GPEP)

111

Geographic Distribution of Undergraduates (Fall 2019)