Highlights

Marlboro College offers a student-centered approach to education that is structurally and culturally different from other colleges. Unfettered by generic course requirements, each student works with their faculty advisor to choose an individualized course of study. For graduation, seniors complete a self-designed Plan of Concentration that is reviewed by an outside evaluator who is an expert in the student's field.

All this occurs within a campus community governed by students, faculty and staff in monthly Town Meetings. The philosophy of students taking responsibility for their education is rooted in the college's beginnings in the 1940s, when G.I.s returning from World War II insisted on playing a dynamic role in their academic community.

University Attributes

Marlboro was founded in 1946 by veterans returning from fighting in World War II who wanted to participate in the structuring of their education. They worked with a handful of faculty and staff members to rebuild two Vermont dairy farms into classrooms, dorms and a dining hall. At the same time they created a college in which the students work closely with faculty to tailor an education to their own interests and needs, a college in which each student, faculty and staff member has an equal vote on issues affecting the community, a college whose community life is inseparable from its academic life. Marlboro continues to evolve, but the college remains unchanged in its objective: to teach students how to think and how to learn, how to analyze and how to synthesize, how to form opinions and how to defend them. Out of this intellectual tradition comes the kind of self-reliance, self-confidence, and sense of civic responsibility which is characteristic of Marlboro graduates.

Degrees Available

• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts

Subject Areas

Experience Required

no

Application Process Involves

• Other
• Transcript
• Written Application
• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Letters of Reference

Typically The Application Process Time is

2-4 weeks

Post Services Include

• Alumni Network
• Exit Debriefing Abroad
• Job and Internship Network
• Re-Entry Debriefing at Home

Marlboro College's Mission Statement

The goal of Marlboro College is to teach students to think clearly and to learn independently through engagement in a structured program of liberal studies. Students are expected to develop a command of concise and correct English and to strive for academic excellence informed by intellectual and artistic creativity; they are encouraged to acquire a passion for learning, discerning judgment and a global perspective. The college promotes independence by requiring students to participate in the planning of their own programs of study and to act responsibly within a self-governing community.

Year Founded

1946