Sweet Briar College:
Situated 12 miles north of Lynchburg, Virginia, Sweet Briar College is a liberal arts and sciences college primarily for women that offers a range of Certificate, Pre-Professional, Bachelor Degree & Masters Degree programs. Academic fields of study include Business, Environmental Science, Fine Arts, Mathematics, and more. Sweet Briar provides women with an enduring education that includes broad-based skill development and relevant professional experience.

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Our Mission:

- Sweet Briar College prepares women (and men at graduate level) to be productive, responsible members of a world community. It focuses on personal and professional achievement through a customized educational program that combines the liberal arts, preparation for careers, and individual development.

- The faculty and staff guide students to become active learners, to reason clearly, to speak and write persuasively, and to lead with integrity. They do so by creating an educational environment that is both intense and supportive and where learning occurs in many different venues, including the classroom, the community and the world.

Specializing in Educating Women:

Since our founding in 1901, Sweet Briar has specialized in educating women. It’s an approach that brings personal relevance to every discipline studied here, and opens up insights and understanding between students and faculty that might not be explored in a co-educational environment.

Certificate, Undergraduate & Graduate Degree Programs:

Bachelor Degree Programs:
- Business
- Economics
- Engineering Science
- Environmental Science
- Fine Arts
- History of Art
- Law and Society
- Liberal Studies
- Mathematics
- Music
- Physics
- Psychology
- Sociology, and more...

Pre-Professional Programs:
- Pre-Medicine
- Pre-Law
- Pre-Veterinary
- Teacher Education

Certificate Programs:
- Leadership
- Arts Management
- Equine Studies

Masters Degree Programs:
- Master of Education
- Master of Arts in Teaching

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Address: 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia , USA

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