<p>Does anyone knows the total number of girl colleges in the US?</p>
<p>I guess it should be more than seven, right?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>well, not all of the seven sisters are still single-sex. radcliffe has merged with harvard and vassar is now coed. that said, a quick internet search found 54 women-only colleges.</p>
<p>"I guess it should be more than seven, right?"</p>
<p>I take it you speak of the Seven Sisters colleges? You may be surprised that many (if not all, I'm not sure) of them are now co-educational. You're right, though, female counterparts to traditionally male schools are a good place to start. The only one that comes to mind besides the ones we've mentioned (which may not even follow this path any more...) is St. Mary's, near Notre Dame, but I'm sure there are a lot out there, if you really look for them.</p>
<p>EDIT: The poster above me fully answered the SS question and the original question. Shows what I know.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.womenscolleges.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.womenscolleges.org/</a> has most of the women's colleges in US and Canada. I would do extra research still because Wells college is still on their list and they are coed now.</p>
<p>I've heard 60, but perhaps, as ericatbucknell mentioned, it's down to 54. I think it's strange juxtaposition next to the 2 all male colleges in the country. At least, I've read it's only two now (Deep Springs and some very religious school in the Midwest).</p>
<p>Wabash and Morehouse are all men too.</p>
<p>Hampden-Sydney (in Virginia) is all men</p>
<p>Hm... I can think of...</p>
<p>Wellesley
Smith
Mills
Mt. Holyoke
Scripps
Wells (formerly)
Simmons</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr, Pa
Salem, NC (one of the oldest colleges in the US)
Hollins, Va
Sweet Briar, Va</p>
<p>here's a list:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.univsource.com/womens.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.univsource.com/womens.htm</a></p>
<p>I'm not sure how up to date or accurate it is</p>
<p>Geez, there were about 80 when I graduated college in the late 1980s. </p>
<p>According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (an article on Trinity just printed last month), there are 66 remaining.</p>
<p>A quick glance at the source benny's posted above shows University of Richmond and Tulane as women's colleges. So I don't think that's a good source to use.</p>
<p>Small nitpick: Can we call them "women's colleges" please?</p>
<p>Thanks you for all the info!</p>
<p>I have one more question. Are the seven sister colleges as good and prestigious as Ive leagues?</p>
<p>What's good and prestigious are very open to debate. Some people don't consider the Ivies very good, especially for undergraduate education.</p>
<p>The original seven sisters were:
Barnard - now semi-merged with Columbia. Maintains its own identity and admissions, but students from Columbia and Barnard can take classes at the each campus and women can apply to Columbia but men cannot apply to Barnard.
Bryn Mawr - still a single-sex, liberal arts college, very highly regarded
Mount Holyoke - still a single-sex, liberal arts college, very highly regarded
Radcliffe - now merged with Harvard
Smith - still a single-sex, liberal arts college, very highly regarded
Vassar - now coed and a highly regarded liberal arts college
Wellsely - still a single-sex, liberal arts college, very highly regarded</p>
<p>It's hard to compare them with the Ivies, since the Ivies are all comprehensive universities and the seven sisters are all liberal arts colleges except for Barnard and Radcliffe are merged with Ivy Leage unviersities. My advice would be to not get caught up with titles.</p>
<p>benny, barnard never "merged" with columbia. it remains a single-sex liberal arts institution just like bryn mawr or smith, it just has a unique relationship with columbia which has existed since barnard's conception in the 1880s.</p>
<p>originally, the seven sisters basically were ivy leagues for women. because they are not as old and only appeal to half the population they are not as well known, but the education one receives at a seven sister is comparable to or, in my opinion, even better than that one may receive at penn or yale. obviously this is a very subjective question.</p>
<p>Spelman is an all-women's college</p>
<p>there are really only a handful, maybe 50 or 60. I was checking to see if they had any all male colleges as well, and there are only like 3 so at least you have more of a variety!</p>
<p>Yeah, a handful seems like a better way to describe the all-male offerings available.</p>
<p>There are 4:</p>
<p>Morehouse (all black/all male)</p>
<p>Wabash </p>
<p>Hampden-Sydney </p>
<p>Deep Springs (2 yr. in DEATH VALLEY on a dude ranch)</p>
<p>scarfmadness, Did you read my post? I said semi-merged. Since Barnard students can take classes at Columbia and vice versa, the same-sex distinction has weakened a lot.</p>
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<p>I see little reason to doubt the Chronicle--they usually do their homework when it comes to simple numbers like this.</p>