This liberal arts college was founded in 1886 by Michigan Presbyterians. With a current enrollment of 1,422 students, Alma College offers undergraduate degrees including Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Music. Classes are small, with average class sizes of 19 students, and a student-teacher ratio of 13-to-1. The school year is organized into two 14-week terms, followed by an intensive one-month spring term that allows students to complete an internship or study abroad.
Founded in 1866, the College of Wooster sits on a 240-acre campus an hour's drive from Cleveland. Degrees offered include a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education, and the university has programs in pre-law, pre-health and pre-engineering. Students are ensured individual attention with classes that have a student-teacher ratio of 11-to-1. Students are required to complete an Independent Study senior project, in which they receive individual mentoring from a faculty member. Most of the 2,000 students who are currently enrolled live on campus.
Muskingum University is located in New Concord, one hour east of Columbus. Approximately 1,700 undergraduate students are enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science Nursing degree, while 500 master's degree students are working toward a Master of Arts in Education, Teaching or Information Strategy, Systems and Technology. Students enjoy a 14-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio and have nine pre-professional programs to choose from including pre-medicine and pre-law. The university, which was founded in 1837, has international exchange study programs in 12 countries.
Hanover College's 650-acre campus is nestled along the Ohio River and is a 45-minute drive from Louisville. The university's core strengths include pre-medicine, environmental science, exercise science, psychology, education and business. With an enrollment of 1,000 students and student-teacher ratios in the classroom of 10-to-1, the university offers students pre-professional programs including medicine, law, dentistry and seminary. The school year's fall and winter terms are four months each while the spring term is one month.