1. Wellesley College
Wellesley College was founded in 1870, a private women’s liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The College was founded by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary. Wellesley is a member of the Seven Sisters Colleges. The original name of the college was the Wellesley Female Seminary. On March 7, 1873, it was renamed Wellesley College. The Massachusetts legislature approved the name. The first president of Wellesley was Ada Howard. It contains 56 departmental and interdepartmental majors spanning the liberal arts and even 150 student clubs and organizations. The average class size at Wellesley is between 17 and 20 students.
Academics
The college offers dual degree programs with the Olin College of Engineering and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology allowing the students to receive a Bachelor of Science at those schools in addition to a Bachelor of Arts at Wellesley.
Its most popular majors, based on 2021 graduates, were:
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
- Political Science and Government
- Computer and Information Sciences
- Neuroscience
- Research and Experimental Psychology
- Biology/Biological Sciences.
2. Olin College
Olin College is an engineering college, officially known as Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering. It was founded by the F. W. Olin Foundation in 1997. Olin College is a private college located in Needham, Massachusetts. It is ranked among the top undergraduate engineering programs in the United States. Olin College hired its first faculty members and invited 30 students, known as Olin Partners, to help it form a curriculum in a program known as Invention 2000. In 2002, Olin admitted its first full class of 75 students. The college campus was designed by the architecture firm Perry Dean Rogers Architects in the postmodern style. Unlike many institutions, Olin College does not have separate academic departments.
Academics
- The College offers degrees in electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and engineering.
- In the engineering program, students can on computing, biological engineering, systems design, and materials science.
- They can design their own concentrations with the administration’s approval.
3. Scripps College
Scripps College was founded as a member of the Claremont Colleges in 1926. It is a private liberal arts women’s college located in Claremont, California. The college is known for its extensive interdisciplinary core curriculum. Scripps College is frequently described as one of America’s most beautiful colleges with a 32-acre campus. Since 1984, the college is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The campus was designed by Gordon Kaufmann in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Scripps is a four-year undergraduate institution. The college is regarded as the most prestigious women’s college in the American West. Scripps is the only college whose campus offers interactive landscaping elements. It also offers a rose garden to the north designated for community cutting and fruit trees available for picking. Fruits are available for students, they also harvest olives from its olive trees and press them into award-winning olive oil.
Academics
Scripps College academics are focused on interdisciplinary humanities combined with rigorous training in the disciplines. The College’s general requirements include classes in fine arts, mathematics, social sciences, natural sciences, foreign language, race/ethnic studies, and women’s/gender studies.
Its most popular majors were:
- Political Science and Government
- Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
- Research and Experimental Psychology
- Mass Communication/Media Studies
- Biology/Biological Sciences
- Neuroscience
- English Language and Literature
- Environmental Science.
4. Harvey Mudd College
Harvey Mudd College is a private liberal arts college in Claremont, California. The college was founded in 1955 by the friends and family of Harvey Seeley Mudd. The campus was designed by Edward Durell Stone in a modernist style. Harvey Mudd College admission is highly competitive as the college maintains a competitive academic culture.
Academics
At Harvey Mudd College students can elect an Individual Program of Study or an off-campus major offered by any of the other Claremont Colleges. They offer mainly four-year degrees those are.
- Computer Science & Mathematics
- Engineering
- Computer Science
- Mathematics.
5. Babson College
Babson College was established in 1919. It is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. The college’s central focus is on entrepreneurship education. Babson College was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute. The college offers intensive training in the fundamentals of production, finance, and distribution in just one academic year, rather than four. Babson College converted its three-year Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree into a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in the year 1969. The main residential campus of Babson College lies on 350 acres.
Academics
- Babson College offers all undergraduates a Bachelor of Science degree.
- It provides a Master of Science in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Business Analytics (MSBA), Finance (MSF), and even a Certificate of Advanced Management (CAM).