Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, established through the bequest of Sophia Smith, chartered in 1871 and opened in 1875 with 14 students and 6 faculty members. Smith wanted to give her gender, in her own words, means and facilities for education equal to those afforded to young men, and the college is now a member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges and of the Five College Consortium. It was the first women's college to join the NCAA and the first historically women's college to offer an undergraduate engineering degree, and it enrolls roughly 2,915 students across 50 academic departments and programs.
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Can Smith College students take classes at other colleges?
Yes. Through the Five College Consortium students may attend classes at the other member colleges.
Yes. Smith is a member of the Five College Consortium with four other institutions in the Pioneer Valley: Mount Holyoke College, Amherst College, Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Students of each member college are allowed to attend classes at any other member institution.
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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 Smith College.
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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Smith College; the two are also, together with Amherst College and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (neither yet live in this atlas), members of the Five College Consortium.
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Historic member of the Seven Sisters consortium of women's colleges in the northeastern United States, alongside Vassar 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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Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, United States.
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It was chartered in 1871 by a bequest of Sophia Smith and opened its doors in 1875 with 14 students and 6 faculty.
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Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, established through the bequest of Sophia Smith, chartered in 1871 and opened in 1875 with 14 students and 6 faculty members.
- Associated With: Vassar College
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Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is one of the Seven Sisters Colleges.
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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