Where We Are: Five Colleges
Talk about good neighbors. Hampshire College is just down the road. So are Amherst College and the University of Massachusetts. Cross the Connecticut River and you'll find yourself at the gates of Smith College. The Five Colleges are yours to explore.
Images
Top right (illustration)
An illustrated area map of the location of the Five Colleges in relation to Mount Holyoke College. Hampshire College, Amherst College, and UMass are all north on route 116 (approximately 10 miles). Smith College in Northampton is approximately 12 miles west.
Bottom right (photo)
Men and women from all five campuses arrive and depart via the Five College bus.
Details of each campus
- The University of
Massachusetts Amherst is a major research university enrolling 24,000
students, from all 50 United States and over 100 countries. (Photo: W.E.B. DuBois library)
Map it. - Amherst College,
one of the nation's premiere liberal arts institutions, enrolls approximately
1,600 students. It offers an open curriculum and a faculty-student ratio of 1:8.
(Photo: Johnson Chapel)
Map it. - Hampshire College
emphasizes independent work with close faculty mentoring. It is located
within a "cultural village" that includes the Eric Carle Museum of Picture
Book Art, the National Yiddish Book Center, and New England Wetlands, Inc.
(Photo: Hampshire's library)
Map it. - Founded in 1871, Smith College
is the nation's largest liberal arts college for women. It enrolls 2,500
students, including more than 200 women beyond the traditional college age.
(Photo: the gates of Smith College)
Map it. - Mount Holyoke
is the nation's oldest institution of higher learning for women.
It enrolls 2,100 students from 48 states and nearly 70 countries. The
College is known worldwide for preparing women to lead and for excellence
in the sciences. (Photo: Mary Lyon Hall)
Map it.
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