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Sweet Briar College stands out: beautiful location, intimate size,
dynamic professors and a proven network to connect your passion
with a career path or graduate study.
We prepare you to excel in the modern world. You are our
sole focus. At Sweet Briar, women receive all the atten-
tion so you can find your way, whatever major you
pursue. The possibilities are wide open.
Our track record
According to the National Survey of
Student Engagement, Sweet Briar out-
performs other colleges in its level of
academic challenge, active and
collaborative learning, student-
faculty interaction, enriching
educational experiences
and being a supportive campus
environment.
And, the Princeton Review is not shy about including us their top 20 lists:
#6 Most Beautiful Campus, #8 Best Career Services, #11 Class
Discussions Encouraged, #4 Professors Get High Marks, #3 Most
Accessible Professors, #8 Best Classroom Experience. (2011)
Wide-open spaces to learn
Education at Sweet Briar is personalized. It’s about your discovery of
new interests in an environment that offers highly accessible professors.
There are more than 40 programs of study with the flexibility to form
your own major. And there’s plenty of guidance. Our advising team
includes faculty, staff and alumnae. Research is part of the experience
here and professors work alongside you to discover new insights.
World-wide opportunities
Customize your experience abroad. Spend a summer, a semester or a full
academic year overseas studying at world-class institutions, living with
host families and becoming part of an international culture. You’ll work
with your professors to define where and why. Students have journeyed to
places from Australia to China, from Ireland to Russia, from Brazil to India.
Specifically, Sweet Briar College has three centers with a strong reputa-
tion: one in Seville, Spain, and two in France in Nice and Paris. We also
have partnerships in cities around the world, including London
(Oxford), Rome, Athens, Beijing and Kyoto. We have competitive
scholarships to help you on your way, too.
The places you can go
The paths that Sweet Briar graduates choose are diverse.
Kat Alexander ’11 is a Fulbright Scholar in Turkey,
Corey Latta ’11 is a teaching artist at the Lexington
Children’s Theatre, Melaina Macone ’11 is a
group manager for Anheuser-Busch, Victoria
Trudeau ’11 is studying at the University of
Chicago, Emily Davies ’11 is a marine
science technician with the United
States Coast Guard. Teacher,
doctor, artist, businesswoman,
engineer, scientist, lawyer …
whatever you choose
you’ll have the confi-
dence and the
knowledge to
pursue it.
Office of A
dmissions
P.O. Box 10
52, Sweet B
riar, V
A 24595
(800) 381-6
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A flourishing campus l
ife
Campus life
at an all w
omen’s colle
ge is an im
portant q
uestion. A
ll-
women mea
ns a le
vel of fr
iendship th
at you don’t h
ave at o
ther
colle
ges. There’s a
bond and a network of c
urrent s
tudents and
alumnae. At S
weet Bria
r, there’s a
strong se
nse of traditio
n
and a world of th
ings to do rig
ht outsi
de your door, f
rom
rock cl
imbing to
form
als to co
ncerts
to horse
back
riding. A
bout 50 st
udent-led organiza
tions a
re
involved in
calen
dar planning. B
ut you don’t h
ave
to abandon the ci
ty altogether. L
ynchburg is
home to about 7
6,000 people and 15 m
in-
utes from ca
mpus. And, W
ashington
D.C. is ju
st a sh
ort tra
in ride aw
ay.
Also, w
ith th
ree colle
ges in
Lynchburg, H
ampden
-Sydney
nearby and UVa about a
n
hour away,
there are
plenty of opportu
ni-
ties t
o meet g
uys.
There are
social ev
ents
on and
off
campus a
nd plenty of ti
me to m
ake i
t to a fo
otball game i
f you want to
.
Alexandra G
roban ’12 sa
ys, “If y
ou want to hav
e guys i
n your life
during
your four y
ears
at Swee
t Bria
r, it’s
very ea
sy to
mak
e that h
appen
.”
Type
Private,
women’s, lib
eral arts
and science
s colle
ge. Esta
blished
1901.
Campus
3,250 ac
res in
the f
oothills of th
e Virg
inia Blue Ridge M
ountains 30 build
-
ings, six nature sa
nctuarie
s, two la
kes and 18
mile
s of tr
ails. H
ome to th
e
Virginia Center fo
r the Crea
tive A
rts and th
e Blue Ridge Summer
Theatre
Festival.
Population
623 on campus, 1
25 off campus f
or a to
tal of 7
48.
First-y
ear stu
dents (C
lass of 2
015)
Average GPA: 3
.4; SAT M
iddle 50%: 980-11
90; ACT M
iddle 50%: 22-27;
top 10% of h
igh school c
lass: 22%; to
p 50% of high sc
hool class:
83%
Honors Pro
gram
Includes h
onors co
urses, c
ampus-wide co
lloquia, an annual re
search
conference
and a senior t
hesis.
Riding
We’re home to
one of the natio
n’s premier e
questrian programs,
with five different c
ollege-su
pported te
ams, nine natio
nal and
nine reserve ch
ampionships, a
n equine studioes c
ertifica
te
program and one o
f the b
est eq
uestria
n facil
ities in
the c
oun-
try with
130 acre
s on ca
mpus, three outdoor r
ings and a
120-by 300-foot in
door arena.
Financial aid (f
all 2011)
Students rece
iving insti
tutional fi
nancial
assista
nce: 9
3%. Total s
cholarsh
ips/grants
awarded: $1
1,781,9
71. Total fr
om Sweet
Briar fu
nds: $9,664,921
Athletic
s
Field hockey
, lacro
sse,
soccer, s
oftball
, swim
ming,
tennis
(NCAA D
ivision III
,
Old Dominion
Athletic
Conferen
ce)
Anthropology
Archaeology
Art History
Arts Management**
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Classics
Creative Writing
Dance
Economics
Education: Pre K-6 Licensure
Education: Secondary Licensure
Engineering Management
Engineering Science
English
Environmental Science (B.S.)
Environmental Studies (B.A.)
Equine Studies**
Fine Arts (Interdisciplinary)
French
Gender Studies*
German
German Studies
Government
History
International Affairs
Journalism, New Media and Communications*
Latin American Studies
Law and Society*
Leadership**
Liberal Studies
Mathematics
Mathematical Economics
Medieval Renaissance Studies*
Modern Languages and Literature
Music
Music Theatre
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Religion
Self-designed Major
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics*
Studio Art
Theatre
*minor only | **certificate only
PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
Pre-law
Pre-medicine
Pre-veterinary
GRADUATE
Master of Arts in Teaching
Master of Education