From the rolling hills, greenhouse, historic buildings, Riding Center, and so much more – there’s no substitute for a visit to Sweet Briar.
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Each visit is customized based on your academic, athletic, and leadership interests. Most campus visits last about three hours. Before or after your tour, you’re also invited to have lunch – our treat – in our dining hall.
Sweet Briar College campus has more than 20 buildings on the National Historic Registry. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
The front gate of Sweet Briar College (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
The bell tower is a distinctive site at Sweet Briar College’s historic Quad. (Credit: Lathan Goumas/Sweet Briar College)
The Mary Helen Cochran Library at Sweet Briar College offers students a wide variety of research resources and comfortable study spaces. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
Each year, the senior equestrian students get the opportunity to ride their horses on Sweet Briar College’s historic main campus. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
Many social and cultural events take place in Student Commons Courtyard near the dining hall, book shop, and Daisy’s Cafe. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
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Babcock Auditorium is home to Sweet Briar College’s performing arts. (Credit: Sweet Briar College.)
The Boathouse is home to many Sweet Briar College social events. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
Sweet Briar College’s historic campus is beautiful during any season. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
The wildflower meadow and apiary are key components of Sweet Briar College’s sustainability courses. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
The Dairy Barn complex is home to Sweet Briar College’s visual arts classes. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
Sweet Briar College’s equestrian center features one of the largest indoor college arenas in the nation. (Credit: Sweet Briar College)
With 2,847 acres, we explore, ride and meander on a 20-mile network of trails. We paddle, swim and enjoy our two lakes. We harvest grapes, tend bees, and grow our own vegetables. Campus life is engaging at our stunning hands-on laboratory.
You can ride here at any starting level. We’ve strived for excellence in riding for well over 100 year, and in 2021, our Vixens won a national championship! We have a 130-acre on-campus riding center and one of the nation’s largest indoor college arenas. We have riders of all skill levels, from beginners to the most accomplished. Like everything at Sweet Briar, you are so welcome to join!
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We have a caring and supportive community, your home away from home. Most students live on campus all four years and many of our dorms are on the National Register of Historic Places. Renovated to provide all the things you need, these beautiful, historic buildings make campus living memorable.
The 53,000 square-foot Fitness and Athletic Center (FAC) offers racquetball and squash courts, a spinning room, pickleball courts and a multi-purpose event space in the Upchurch Field House. The FAC includes the Williams Gymnasium and the Prothro Natatorium pool, in addition to locker rooms, cardio and weightlifting equipment, free-weight and fencing rooms.
We’re so convinced you’ll love Sweet Briar as much as we do that we will reimburse you for the trip. Be our guest at the on-campus Elston Inn, and we will assist with the cost for you and one family member to visit. We will coordinate a tailored itinerary based on your interests — whether you fly, drive or take a train!
We invite all independent and high school counselors to join us for a Counselor Open House! Once you arrive on campus, there is no cost to attend this event. You will have the opportunity to see our stunningly beautiful 2,847-acre campus including lakes, trails, and historic architecture. Register here!
We invite all independent and high school counselors to join us for a Counselor Open House! Once you arrive on campus, there is no cost to attend this event. You will have the opportunity to see our stunningly beautiful 2,847-acre campus including lakes, trails, and historic architecture. Register here!
September 16
11:00am - 1:00pm
Josey Dining Room
Our High School and Independent Counselors will be eating lunch in Prothro Dining Hall and wrapping up the event.
