Date of founding
1885
Degrees granted
B.A.; M.A.; M.Ed.; M.F.A.; M.A.T.
Size of student body
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Undergraduates 1446
Graduate students 727
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Undergraduate majors
31
Undergraduate courses offered
558
Full- and part-time undergraduate faculty
212
Degrees granted
Over 21,073
Endowment
$188,336,000
Preparation of undergraduates
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Public school 68%
Private school 32%
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Size of campus
287 acres
Size of undergraduate classes
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30+ 5%
20-29 19%
10-19 58%
2-9 18%
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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 2011)
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Total enrollment 2173
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Total candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts 1420
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First-year students 485
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Sophomores 345
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Juniors 319
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Seniors 271
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Non-candidate undergraduates 26
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Total undergraduate students 1446
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(including non-candidates)
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Full-time undergraduates 1409
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Part-time undergraduates 37
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Undergraduate residents/on campus 82%
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Undergraduate commuters/off campus 13%
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Undergraduates abroad 5%
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Master of Education 355
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Master of Arts–Teaching 139
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Master of Arts–Historic Preservation 33
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Master of Arts–Arts Administration 33
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Master of Fine Arts–Creative Nonfiction 42
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Master of Arts–Cultural Sustainability 34
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Master of Arts-Digital Arts 9
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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate–Teaching, Professional Development 43
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Post-Baccalaureate Certificate–Premedical 31
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Teachers Institute 8
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Total graduate students 727
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Geographic Distribution of Undergraduates (Fall 2011)
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Alabama 8
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Arizona 5
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Arkansas 3
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California 78
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Colorado 15
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Connecticut 54
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Delaware 10
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District of Columbia 11
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Florida 18
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Georgia 3
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Hawaii 2
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Idaho 1
Illinois 15
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Indiana 3
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Kansas 3
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Kentucky 3
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Louisiana 3
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Maine 43
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Maryland 396
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Massachusetts 83
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Michigan 6
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Minnesota 13
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Missouri 3
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Montana 1
Nevada 1
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New Hampshire 20
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New Jersey 106
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New Mexico 4
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New York 181
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North Carolina 17
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Ohio 11
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Oklahoma 1
Oregon 11
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Pennsylvania 147
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Rhode Island 6
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South Carolina 2
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Tennessee 8
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Texas 28
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Utah 1
Vermont 14
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Virginia 40
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Washington 15
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West Virginia 5
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Wisconsin 2
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Wyoming 1
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Puerto Rico 2
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Virgin Islands 1
AE (Military Parents) 2
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Foreign/ Non-Resident Alien 36
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Unknown State, U.S. 4
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Total 1446
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