Founded: 1971

Type of institution: Small liberal arts college

Setting: Small city

Undergraduate enrollment: 341 (2008–09 academic year)

Total undergraduate cost: $29,800 (tuition, room and board for 2009–10)

Undergraduate majors: One (Liberal Arts)

Five Key Points

1.   A rigorous Great Books curriculum taught by the Socratic method.

2.   Solidly wedded to integrating classical Catholic thought with academics.

3.   There is collegial student and faculty (tutor) environment.

4.   The college has acquired a prestigious national reputation.

5.   The college was the first of the new orthodox Catholic colleges after Vatican II.