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About Sweet Briar College

Sweet Briar College is a liberal arts women's college in Sweet Briar, which is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, in the central part of Virginia state, USA.

The college was established in 1901 and gets its name from the former Sweet Briar plantation, which is believed to have been named for the sweet briar rose.

Sweet Briar currently offers its students more than 40 major, minor and certificate programs, as well as pre-professional programs in pre-law, pre-medicine and pre-veterinary, and graduate degree programs in differentiated curriculum and instruction, offering Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education.

Athletics

Sweet Briar's athletic teams are nicknamed the Vixens and they compete in NCAA Division III, ODAC. Their distinctive colors are pink and green.

Notable Alumnae

Among Sweet Briar College's noteworthy alumnae, we also find: Elaine Dundy - actress, journalist, novelist, biographer, and playwright, Diana Muldaur - actress and former president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and Sarah Porter Boehlmer - first female Executive VP of the New York Stock Exchange.

Quick Facts

Address: 134 Chapel Road, Sweet Briar, VA.

Campus: 3,250 acres, 30 buildings, six nature sanctuaries, two lakes.

Student/Faculty Ratio: 8:1.

Full-time Faculty: 76.

Motto: `She who earns the rose may bear it`.