Sweet Briar at a Glance

Aerial of campus featuring our brand new, state-of-the-art turf field Aerial of campus featuring our brand new, state-of-the-art turf field

Where…

  • 2,840 acres in Amherst, Virginia
  • 5.8 acres of land per student
  • 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places
  • 26,000-square-foot greenhouse

Women…

  • 457 students from 37 states and 12 countries
  • 8:1 student-faculty ratio
  • Average class size: 16
  • 30% of students identify as minority

Lead…

Accolades

  • Sweet Briar has one of the only two ABET-accredited engineering programs at a women’s college in the country
  • Our chapter of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society is notable because only 10% of U.S. colleges and universities have one
  • Forbes’ Top Colleges and Kiplinger’s Best College Values for 2019
  • The Princeton Review Best Colleges: Southeastern Region for 2020

Rankings

  • U.S. News & World Report:
    • Most Innovative Liberal Arts Colleges
    • Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
    • Top Performer on Social Mobility
  • Included in the Forbes list of Private Colleges and Liberal Arts Universities
  • Included in the Washington Monthly list of Liberal Arts Colleges

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Class of 2025

  • Average high school GPA, Presidential Scholars = 4.15
  • Average high school GPA = 3.65
  • Average reported SAT combined, Presidential Scholars= 1264
  • Average reported SAT combined=1129