Goddard College is a small private college that specializes in low-residency undergraduate and graduate programs; this means that instead of living on campus (as is the traditional college education model), students pursue their degrees remotely and then come to campus twice a year for in-person workshops and to connect with their classmates and faculty mentors. Goddard's main campus is in Plainfield, Vermont and it has residency sites in Port Townsend, WA and Seattle, WA.
Currently, the college has about 115 faculty and 750 students, about two-thirds of whom are pursuing graduate degrees. The college has a strong interest in the arts and social justice, and those interests are reflected in its degree programs:
Undergraduate Studies
BA in Education
BA in Health Arts and Sciences
BA in Individualized Studies
BA in Sustainability
BFA in Creative Writing
BA/MA Fast Track in Psychology
Graduate Studies
MA in Education
MA in Health Arts and Sciences
MA in Individualized Studies
MA in Psychology and Counseling
MA in Social Innovation and Sustainability
MFA in Creative Writing
MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts
Goddard was initially founded in 1863 as the as the Green Mountain Central Institute, a Universalist seminary. Later, the Institute was renamed the Goddard Seminary, and in 1938 it became Goddard College. In 1963, Evalyn Bates founded Goddard's Adult Degree Program and it became the first program of its kind in the U.S.
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