Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN
According to its mission statement, "Gustavus Adolphus College is a church-related, residential liberal arts college firmly rooted in its Swedish and Lutheran heritage. The College offers students of high aspiration and promise a liberal arts education of recognized excellence provided by faculty who embody the highest standards of teaching and scholarship. The Gustavus curriculum is designed to bring students to mastery of a particular area of study within a general framework that is both interdisciplinary and international in perspective." [Source]
Website: http://gustavus.edu/
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Undergraduate
Enrollment
4-Year
Graduation Rate
Tuition & Fees
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Student to Faculty Ratio
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Composition
YES
Literature
Foreign Language
U.S. Government/History
Economics
Mathematics
YES
Science
YES
It should be noted that Gustavus Adolphus College offers an alternative general education program, the 3 Crowns Integrated Core, which should be commended for its robust foreign language and literature requirements in addition to the subjects noted above.
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2021-22 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.