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Bryn Mawr College

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Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia suburbs, founded as a Quaker institution in 1885 and largely funded through the bequest of Joseph W. Taylor, with James Rhoads serving as its first president. It is one of the Seven Sisters and was one of the first women's colleges in the United States to offer graduate education through a PhD; by 1893 it had become non-denominational. The college enrolls about 1,350 undergraduate and 450 graduate students, with the graduate school coeducational while the undergraduate program remains women-focused.

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Founded Year
1885 1
Country
United States 1
City
Bryn Mawr 1
Ownership Type
Private 1
Classification
Institution Type
University 1
Statistics
Enrollment Size
1676 2
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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Barnard College.

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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Mount Holyoke College.

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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Smith College.

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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Vassar College.

Source Bryn Mawr College (Wikipedia)

Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Bryn Mawr College.

Source Wellesley College (Wikipedia)
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1. Bryn Mawr College (Wikipedia)
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    Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges.
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    Bryn Mawr College is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia suburbs, founded as a Quaker institution in 1885 and largely funded through the bequest of Joseph W.
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2. Wikidata: Bryn Mawr College
  • Wikidata Q995265, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q995265, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
  • Wikidata Q995265 P2196 (number of students), latest-time (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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Wellesley College (Wikipedia)
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Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges.
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