Highlights

St. John's College is a co-educational, four year liberal arts college known for its distinctive "great books" curriculum.

St. John's is a single college located on two campuses, one in Annapolis, Maryland, and another in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The campuses share an identical curriculum (changes must be approved by both halves of the faculty) and a single governing board. Each campus is limited to well under 500 students, and the faculty-student ratio is 1 to 8.

The all-required course of study is based on the reading, study, and discussion of the most important books of the Western tradition. There are no majors and no departments; all students follow the same program.

Students study from the classics of literature, philosophy, theology, psychology, political science, economics, history, mathematics, laboratory sciences, and music. No textbooks are used. The books are read in roughly chronological order, beginning with ancient Greece and continuing to modern times.

All classes are discussion-based. There are no class lectures; instead, the students meet together with faculty members (called tutors) to explore the books being read.

University Attributes

St. John's College is a co-educational, four-year liberal arts college known for its distinctive great books curriculum. Through the reading of original texts, students reflect on the great questions of the Western tradition from ancient Greece to modern times. Students study from the classics of literature, philosophy, theology, psychology, political science, economics, history, mathematics, laboratory sciences, music, and the visual arts. St. John's was founded in 1696 and has two campuses, one in Annapolis, Maryland, and another in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The College awards both the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. St. John's has no religious affiliation. St. John's is one college on two campuses. The campuses share a common curriculum, and students may transfer between them during the course of their studies.

Degrees Available

• Bachelor of Science
• Bachelor of Arts
• Master of Science
• Master of Arts

Subject Areas

Experience Required

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St. John's College's Mission Statement

St. John's College is a community dedicated to liberal education. Such education seeks to free men and women from the tyrannies of unexamined opinions and inherited prejudices. It also endeavors to enable them to make intelligent, free choices concerning the ends and means of both public and private life.