University of Redlands

University of Redlands, Redlands, CA

· 2,518 Students

· 74% admit rate

· $65,800/year

· 90% of students receive financial aid. Average award: $42,500

· Combination of liberal arts, pre-professional, and alternative interdisciplinary approach through the Johnston School.

· Johnston Center for Integrative Studies – very unique program. Interdisciplinary program where you design your own major under close supervision of advisor and committee. Experimental living/learning community with narrative grades rather than traditional transcript. No majors, departments, or distribution requirements. This program is very big on connecting academics to real work issues and opportunities. Admissions to this program is highly competitive.

· Lots of faculty mentored research opportunities

· Psychology, Business, Communication Disorders & the Johnston Program are the most popular.

· Healthy, Medicine, & Society is a popular interdisciplinary major

· Schools of Education and Music are very strong

· All students must complete a capstone project to graduate

· 4-year housing guarantee

· Offers 3 + 2 Engineering program with Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis.

· No majors are currently impacted

· Very accessible professors

· Politically leans right but the campus is not very political

· Small classes. Average class size is 18.

· Offers a 4-4-1 schedule. May term is optional. A lot of students use this term to study overseas.

· Very big on community service. 80 hours of community service are required to graduate.

· Really big on ensuring students graduate in four years. Four-year graduation promise.

· 90% of recent grads working on graduate degree or working within 6 months of graduation.

· Students live in 13 residential communities

· 15% of men and 20% of women join the Greek system

· 36% of students are first generation students

· Mountains, beaches, and desert are all less than 2 hours away

· Athletics are very big here (20% of students are athletes). 50% of students participate in a club sport.