Marlboro College

The College

• Marlboro received the top academic rating by the Princeton Review in 2009 and 2010
• Founded in 1946 by veterans returning from WWII and Walter Hendricks (protégé of Robert Frost, who served as a trustee)
• 350 acre-campus with fields and wooded land, criss-crossed with hiking/biking/skiing trails

Location Highlights

• Surrounded by the Green Mountains of southeastern Vermont
• 2 hours from Boston
• 4 hours from New York City and Montreal
• 20 minutes from Mount Snow ski resort and the Appalachian Trail
• 1 hour from the Five-College Consortium (Amherst, Smith, University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke and Hampshire).

Unique Characteristics

• Marlboro’s Plan of Concentration allows juniors and seniors to create and pursue a program of study working closely with faculty sponsors
• Marlboro College was ranked #2 in the nation by The Princeton Review for “Best Overall Academic Undergraduate Experience,” #2 for “Professors Get High Marks,” and #5 for “Classroom Discussions Encouraged”
• Marlboro’s World Studies Program has placed students in working internships in some 80 different countries