Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; Telephone 404-679-4501) to award the bachelor of arts degree. Education program accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education at the initial teacher preparation level.
$124,764,000
Lexington, Kentucky — population 300,000
24 major buildings on 48 acres
Historic neighborhood in walking distance to Lexington’s downtown
Private liberal arts college
Founded in 1780
Sixteenth college in the U.S.
First college west of the Allegheny Mountains
Transylvania is Latin for across the woods, an appropriate description of Kentucky in the late 1700s.
1,100 total students
2011 entering class:
259 total; first-year students: 245, transfers: 14
Average ACT score: 27
34 Kentucky Governor's Scholars or Governor's School for the Arts participants
6 National Merit Finalists
Average high school GPA: 3.76
18 percent of the class comes from outside Kentucky, representing 18 states and four foreign countries
11 percent of the incoming students identify themselves as racial or ethnic minorities
Transylvania’s faculty members are dedicated to undergraduate teaching. Ninety-six percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty hold the Ph.D. or highest degree in their field. Transylvania offers the Bachelor of Arts degree in 36 majors, students can design their own majors, and dual-degree engineering programs are offered with two major universities. The student-faculty ratio is 12:1, many classes have fewer than 10 students, and no classes have more than 35 students.
R. Owen Williams became Transylvania’s 25th president on August 1, 2010, and was inaugurated on April 29, 2011.
August term for first-year students
Two 14-week terms
One-month May term
Optional summer session
Our mission: Through an engagement with the liberal arts, Transylvania University prepares its students for a humane and fulfilling personal and public life by cultivating independent thinking, open-mindedness, creative expression, and commitment to lifelong learning and social responsibility in a diverse world.
Our values: Diversity, globalization, community outreach, sustainability, and technology.
Twenty intercollegiate teams (11 women’s and 9 men’s teams)
Twelve intercollegiate sports
Men’s and women’s lacrosse are the most recent additions
NCAA Division III
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Mascot: Pioneers
School color: crimson
75 percent of students live on campus
Over 60 student organizations
Approximately 90 percent of students participate in community service opportunities
Transylvania is a tobacco free campus.
Study abroad is offered for the term, year, or summer at locations around the world including a semester program at Regent's College in London, England; 70 percent of students study abroad.
Transylvania is dedicated to sustainability.Thomson Residence Hall, built in 2008, received the EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification. A community garden is maintained by students, faculty, and staff. A campus-wide paperless initiative began in 2010. Transylvania’s rain garden was one of the first in the Lexington area.
Ranked and praised in leading national college guides including:
U.S.News World Report’s America’s Best Colleges
Princeton Review’s Best 376 Colleges
Barron’s Best Buys in College Education
America’s Best Value Colleges
Tuition and fees: $26,740
Room and board: $8,090
Tuition cost is below the national average for comparable private liberal arts colleges
Transylvania offers extensive merit-based scholarships and need-based assistance.
More than 95 percent of students receive some kind of financial aid.
Transylvania University admits students regardless of age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, national origin, or any other classification protected by federal or state law or local ordinance.
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