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Date of founding
1885
Degrees granted
B.A.; M.A.; M.Ed.; M.F.A.; M.A.T.
Size of student body (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 1473
Graduate students 699
Undergraduate majors 33
Undergraduate courses offered 380
Full- and part-time undergraduate faculty 164
Degrees granted 23,586
Endowment $201,482,000
Preparation of undergraduates
Public school 62%
Private school 37%
Home school 1%
Size of campus
287 acres
Size of undergraduate classes
30+ 6%
20-29 25%
10-19 55%
2-9 14%
Library volumes
Number of book (physical): 235,660
Number of ebooks: 314,300
Number of microforms: 21,668
Number of audiovisual units: 5721
Undergraduate student: faculty ratio
10:1
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 - Present
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 2016)
Total enrollment
2172
Total candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts
1461
First-year students
532
Sophomores
322
Juniors
312
Seniors
295
Non-candidate undergraduates
12
Total undergraduate students
1473
(including non-candidates)
Full-time undergraduates
1444
Part-time undergraduates
29
Undergraduate residents/on campus
83%
Master of Education
268
Master of Arts-Teaching
113
Master of Arts-Historic Preservation
17
Master of Arts-Arts Administration
29
Master of Fine Arts-Creative Nonfiction
37
Master of Arts-Cultural Sustainability
20
Master of Arts - Digital Arts
16
Master of Fine Arts - Digital Arts
5
Master of Arts - Environmental Studies
5
Master of Arts - Management
3
Master of Arts - Dual Degrees
7 Graduate students, comprised of the following:
Master of Arts - Cultural Sustainability and Digital Arts - 1
Master of Arts - Cultural Sustainability and Environmental Sciences - 2
Master of Arts - Cultural Sustainability and Management - 4
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate-Teaching, Professional Development
82
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate-Premedical
31
Total graduate students
699
Geographic Distribution of Undergraduates (Fall 2016)
| Alabama |
4
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| Arizona |
1 |
| Arkansas |
1 |
| California |
93 |
| Colorado |
23 |
| Connecticut |
40 |
| Washington D.C. |
14 |
| Delaware |
14 |
| Florida |
23 |
| Georgia |
17 |
| Guam |
1 |
| Hawaii |
5 |
| Idaho |
2 |
| Illinois |
13 |
| Indiana |
1 |
| Iowa |
1 |
| Kansas |
1 |
| Kentucky |
3 |
| Louisanna |
4 |
| Maine |
35 |
| Maryland |
410 |
| Massachusetts |
75 |
| Michigan |
8 |
| Minnesota |
7 |
| Missouri |
5 |
| Montana |
1 |
| Nevada |
3 |
| New Hampshire |
16 |
| New Jersey |
122 |
| New Mexico |
4 |
| New York |
161 |
| North Carolina |
19 |
| Ohio |
16 |
| Oregon |
13 |
| Pennsylvania |
139 |
| Puerto Rico |
2 |
| Rhode Island |
6 |
| South Carolina |
4 |
| South Dakota |
1 |
| Tennessee |
6 |
| Texas |
24 |
| Utah |
1 |
| Vermont |
17 |
| Virginia |
47 |
| Washington |
15 |
| West Virginia |
1 |
| Wisconsin |
6 |
| Wyoming |
1 |
| Foreign/Non-Resident Alien |
47 |
| TOTAL |
1473 |
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