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Date of founding
1885
Degrees granted
B.A.; M.A.; M.Ed.; M.F.A.
Size of student body
Undergraduates
Graduate students |
1,479
820 |
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Undergraduate departments
20
Undergraduate courses offered
564
Full- and part-time undergraduate faculty
215
Degrees granted
Over 20,552
Endowment
$158,375,000
Preparation of undergraduates
Public school
Private school |
68%
32% |
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Size of campus
287 acres
Size of undergraduate classes
30+
20-29
10-19
2-9 |
7%
20%
49%
24% |
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Library volumes
300,000
Undergraduate student: faculty ratio
9:1
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-
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 Department of Chemistry is on the approved list of the American Chemical Society.
Student profile (Fall 2010)
| Total enrollment |
2,299 |
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| Total candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts |
1,456 |
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| First-year students |
470 |
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| Sophomores |
383 |
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| Juniors |
286 |
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| Seniors |
317 |
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| Non-candidate undergraduates |
23 |
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| Total undergraduate students |
1,479 |
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(including non-candidates) |
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| Full-time undergraduates |
1444 |
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| Part-time undergraduates |
35 |
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| Undergraduate residents/on campus |
81% |
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| Undergraduate commuters/off campus |
19% |
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| Undergraduates abroad |
5% |
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| Master of Education |
440 |
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| Master of Arts–Teaching |
161 |
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| Master of Arts–Historic Preservation |
35 |
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| Master of Arts–Arts Administration |
27 |
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| Master of Fine Arts–Creative Nonfiction |
44 |
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| Master of Arts–Cultural Sustainability |
24 |
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| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate–Teaching |
42 |
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| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate–Premedical |
32 |
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| Teachers Institute |
14 |
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| Total graduate students |
820 |
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Geographic Distribution of Undergraduates (Fall 2009)
| Alabama |
4 |
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| Arizona |
3 |
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| Arkansas |
2 |
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| California |
76 |
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| Colorado |
21 |
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| Connecticut |
57 |
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| Delaware |
10 |
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| District of Columbia |
6 |
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| Florida |
18 |
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| Georgia |
8 |
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| Hawaii |
1 |
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| Illinois |
17 |
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| Indiana |
1 |
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| Kansas |
3 |
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| Kentucky |
5 |
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| Louisiana |
3 |
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| Maine |
41 |
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| Maryland |
394 |
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| Massachusetts |
101 |
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| Michigan |
7 |
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| Minnesota |
10 |
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| Missouri |
6 |
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| Nevada |
1 |
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| New Hampshire |
19 |
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| New Jersey |
120 |
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| New Mexico |
2 |
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| New York |
187 |
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| North Carolina |
18 |
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| Ohio |
13 |
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| Oregon |
10 |
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| Pennsylvania |
141 |
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| Rhode Island |
8 |
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| South Carolina |
1 |
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| South Dakota |
2 |
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| Tennessee |
9 |
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| Texas |
28 |
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| Vermont |
16 |
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| Virginia |
50 |
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| Washington |
14 |
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| West Virginia |
3 |
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| Wisconsin |
1 |
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| Wyoming |
1 |
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| Puerto Rico |
1 |
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| AE (Military Parents) |
2 |
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| Foreign/ Non-Resident Alien |
29 |
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| Unknown State, U.S. |
8 |
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| Total |
1,479 |
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