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Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland

https://www.goucher.edu

#481 National Colleges

81.3% Admission Rate
Least Selective

1,439 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
  • Four-year, small, highly residential
Goucher College ( (listen) GOW-chər) is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. It was chartered in 1885 by a conference in Baltimore led by namesake John F. Goucher and local leaders of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Goucher was a women's college until becoming coeducational in 1986. As of 2020, Goucher had 1,480 undergraduates studying 33 major and six interdisciplinary fields, plus 700 graduate students. Goucher grants professional certificates in writing and education and offers a postbaccalaureate premedical program.

Originally situated in central Baltimore, Goucher moved in 1953 to a new campus on 287 acres (116 ha) in downtown Towson. Goucher is a member of the Landmark Conference and competes in the NCAA's Division III in sports including lacrosse, tennis, soccer, volleyball, basketball, and horseback riding. Goucher is among the few colleges in the United States to require study abroad of all undergraduates and was one of forty institutions profiled in Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope. Among its alumni are journalist Jonah Goldberg, former First Lady of Puerto Rico Lucé Vela, Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander of the District Court for the District of Maryland, 27th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard Sally Brice-O'Hara, former president of First Republic Bank Katherine August-DeWilde, and the third president of California State University, San Marcos, Karen S. Haynes.

"Goucher College." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 February 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goucher_College.
Location

City
Baltimore, Maryland

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Locale
City: Small (population less than 100,000)

Region
Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Social Sciences 16.5%
Visual And Performing Arts 13.0%
Psychology 12.6%
English Language And Literature/Letters 8.1%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 7.4%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 7.0%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 6.7%
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 6.3%
History 4.6%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 3.5%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 3.2%
Physical Sciences 2.8%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 2.8%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 2.1%
Natural Resources And Conservation 2.1%
Education 1.1%
Mathematics And Statistics 0.4%

Cost

Tuition
$45,250.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
55.28%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$25,716.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1166 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 610 555 500
Verbal 650 590 530

ACT Scores

26 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 27 23 18
English 33 28 22