Men's colleges in the United States
Men's colleges in the United States are primarily, though not exclusively, those categorized as being undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting single-sex institutions that admit only men. In the United States, male-only undergraduate higher education was the norm until the 1960s. The few remaining well-known men's colleges are traditional independent liberal arts colleges, though at present the majority are institutions of learning for those preparing for religious vocations, primarily in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox Jewish religious traditions.
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Historically, most colleges in the United States were gender-segregated. Alfred University in upstate New York was founded in 1836 as a co-educational institution. Northwestern University and Washington University in St. Louis were some of the first men's colleges to begin admitting women, both doing so in 1869.[1][2] However, mixed-sex education did not become the norm until much later. Some colleges, such as Wesleyan University began to admit women in 1872, but abandoned the practice in 1912, when it became all-male once again, and would not admit women again until 1972.[3]
By the mid-1960s to early-1970s, most of the remaining male-only institutions began to admit women at the undergraduate level, including Georgetown University (1969), Princeton University (1969), Johns Hopkins University (1970) and Yale University (1969). Claremont McKenna College, then Claremont Men's College, started admitting women in 1976 after being founded as a men's college for World War II veterans on the G.I. Bill. Haverford College admitted its first female students in 1980 andColumbia College of Columbia University held out even longer, not admitting women until 1983. By that point, most men's colleges had already disappeared from the American academic landscape.
In 1990, Virginia Military Institute (VMI), then still all male, was sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for discrimination. The Department of Justice argued that since VMI was a public institution, it could not prevent women from attending based on gender alone. Due to United States v. Virginia, VMI admitted its first female cadets in 1997.
At Tulane University, Tulane College was for men and H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was for women. The two merged in 2006 due to the financial devastation to the university after Hurricane Katrina.[1]
Deep Springs College in California, a small two-year school with approximately two dozen students, began admitting women in 2018.[4]
Today
Four-year men's colleges
As of 2024[update], there are three private, non-religious, four-year, all-male college institutions in the United States. These are:
Name | Location | Year Founded | Number of Students | Endowment Size |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hampden–Sydney College | Hampden Sydney, Virginia | 1775 | 993 | $258 million |
Morehouse College | Atlanta, Georgia | 1867 | 2,260 | $186 million |
Wabash College | Crawfordsville, Indiana | 1832 | 835 | $385.2 million |
In April 2019, Morehouse announced that it would begin admitting transgender men for the first time in 2020, becoming the first standalone all-male college in the U.S. to adopt a policy allowing transgender students.[5]
Two-year men's colleges
Although it now offers associate's degrees, the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Media, Pennsylvania was established as a free vocational school and is usually not considered a traditional men's college although it is a non-denominational independent institution that enrolls no women.[6][7] Taking inspiration from Williamson, the Harmel Academy was opened in 2020 as a Catholic vocational school for men.[8][6]
Counterparts and coordinates
A few men's colleges exist as components of a larger co-educational institution or partnership. Such arrangements were formerly much more common, but most ended with a merger or with one or both institutions becoming co-educational in the second half of the twentieth century.
As a member of Atlanta University Center, Morehouse has extensive cross-registration and resource sharing with Spelman College (all women) and Clark Atlanta University (coeducational).
Hampden–Sydney provides a female-only guest house on its campus for female visitors.[9]
Some universities separate their undergraduate students into individual, gender-conscious colleges. Yeshiva University oversees the all-male Yeshiva College as well as the Stern College for Women. The University of Richmond has Richmond College for men and Westhampton College for women.[10] In each of these cases, the individual colleges have their own residence systems, advisors, staff, student governments, and traditions separate from their male or female counterpart.
Several cases exist of men's colleges that are formally independent but have close academic relationships with women's colleges on adjacent campuses. Unlike the single-sex colleges at Yeshiva and Richmond, they are not considered to be two colleges within one larger university, but instead two independent colleges joined in a partnership arrangement. Current examples include Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York and College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Christian seminaries
Non-denominational Christian
The Master's Seminary (Sun Valley, California)
The Master's University has a Women’s Ministries Certificate of Achievement that is open both to undergraduate students and lay members of the community, out of a desire to "train women for ministry in accordance with the model set by Titus 2, where older women are called to train younger women."[11]
Roman Catholic
While most Roman Catholic seminaries offer degrees limited to men, often, but not necessarily the MDiv, as of 2024, a number of Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States offer degrees to women, and are thus no longer exclusively colleges for men only.
This is not an exhaustive list of Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States, but only includes institutions that are confirmed to offer degrees exclusively to men. According to the 2010 Official Catholic Directory, as of 2009 there are 189 seminaries in the United States with 5,131 students in the United States; 3,319 diocesan seminarians and 1,812 religious seminarians.
California
- Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Berkeley) – Run by the Dominican Friars; opened in 1964.
- Franciscan School of Theology (Oceanside) – Run by the Franciscan Friars; opened in 1854.
- Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University (Berkeley) – Run by the Society of Jesus; opened in 1969.
- Juan Diego House (Gardena) – Archdiocesan seminary.
- St. John's Seminary (Camarillo) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1939. Formerly operated by the Congregation of the Mission from 1939 to 1987.
- St. Patrick Seminary (Menlo Park) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1898.
- St. Peter Chanel Seminary (Berkeley) – Run by the Marist Fathers.
- Blessed Junipero Serra House of Formation (Grand Terrace, California) – Run by the Diocese of San Bernardino; opened in 1995.
Colorado
- St. John Vianney Seminary (Denver) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1999. Opened at the site of the former St. Thomas Seminary operated by the Congregation of the Mission from 1907 to 1995.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Denver) – Archdiocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way; opened in 1996.
Connecticut
- Holy Apostles Seminary (Cromwell) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1960. Formerly run by the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles.
- Novitiate and College of Humanities of the Legionaries of Christ (Cheshire) – Seminary currently run by the Legionaries of Christ.
- St. John Fisher Seminary Residence (Stamford) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1989.
- St. Thomas Seminary (Bloomfield) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1897.
District of Columbia
- Saint John Paul II Seminary – Archdiocese of Washington; opened in 2011.
- Dominican House of Studies – Run by the Dominican Friars; opened in 1905.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary – Archdiocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way; erected 2001.
- Theological College – Run by the Society of St. Sulpice; opened in 1917.
- St. Joseph's Seminary – major seminary run by the Josephites, founded in 1888; later an independent academic seminary, but residential-only beginning in the early 1970s
Florida
- St. John Vianney College Seminary (Miami) – Founded in 1959
- St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary (Boynton Beach) – Diocesan seminary; founded in 1963.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Miami) – Archdiocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way; opened 2011.
Illinois
- Catholic Theological Union (Chicago) – Run by twenty-four various religious institutes; opened in 1968.
- University of Saint Mary of the Lake (Mundelein) – Archdiocesan major seminary; opened in 1921.
Indiana
- Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary (Indianapolis) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 2004.
- Moreau Seminary (Notre Dame) – Run by the Congregation of Holy Cross; opened in 1958.
- Old College, University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame) – Undergraduate seminary of the Congregation of Holy Cross; opened in 1843.
- Sacred Heart Apostolic School (Rolling Prairie) – Run by the Legionaries of Christ; opened in 2005.
- Saint Meinrad School of Theology (St. Meinrad) – Run by the Benedictine Monks; opened in 1857.
Iowa
- Divine Word College (Epworth) – Run by the Society of the Divine Word; opened in 1931
- St. Pius X Seminary at Loras College (Dubuque) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1839.
Louisiana
- Notre Dame Seminary (New Orleans) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1923.
- Saint Joseph Seminary College (St. Benedict, Louisiana) – Run by the Benedictine Monks; opened in 1891.
Maryland
- Fulton Sheen House of Formation (Chillum) – Run by the Institute of the Incarnate Word; opened in 1998.
- Mount St. Mary's Seminary (Emmitsburg) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1808.
- St. Mary's Seminary (Baltimore) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1791.
Massachusetts
- Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary (Weston) – Archdiocesan seminary for adult vocations; opened in 1964.
- Our Lady of Grace Seminary (Boston) – Run by the Oblates of the Virgin Mary; opened in 1978.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Chestnut Hill) – Archdiocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way; erected 2005.
- St. John's Seminary (Boston) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1884.
Michigan
- Sacred Heart Major Seminary (Detroit) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1919.
Minnesota
- Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary (Winona) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1948.
- Saint John's School of Theology∙Seminary (Collegeville) – Saint John's School of Theology∙Seminary; opened in 1857 as Saint John's Seminary.
- St. John Vianney College Seminary (St. Paul)
- Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity (St. Paul) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1894.
Missouri
- Conception Seminary College (Conception) – Run by the Benedictine Monks; opened in 1886.[12]
- Kenrick–Glennon Seminary (Shrewsbury, St. Louis County) – Run by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis; founded in 1898.
Nebraska
- Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary (Denton) – Run by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter; opened in 2000.
- St. Gregory the Great Seminary (Seward) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1998
New Jersey
- Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology (South Orange) – Founded in 1860 and part of Seton Hall University.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Kearny, New Jersey) – Archdiocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way; opened in 1991. Undergraduate and graduate theological studies take place at Seton Hall University.
- The College Seminary of the Immaculate Conception at St. Andrew's Hall (South Orange, New Jersey) – Diocesan Minor Seminary located on the campus of Seton Hall University.
North Carolina
- St Joseph College Seminary (Charlotte) – Diocesan Minor Seminary located on the Campus of Belmont Abbey College by the Diocese of Charlotte and assisted by the Benedictine Monks of Belmont Abbey; opened in 2016.
Ohio
- Athenaeum of Ohio-Mount St. Mary Seminary (Cincinnati) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1829
- Borromeo College Seminary (Cleveland) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1953.
- Pontifical College Josephinum (Columbus) – International seminary of pontifical status; opened in 1888[13]
- Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology (Cleveland) – Established in 1848
Oregon
- Mount Angel Seminary (St. Benedict) – Run by the Order of Saint Benedict; opened in 1889.[14]
Pennsylvania
- Byzantine Catholic Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius (Pittsburgh) – Metropolitan Ruthenian seminary established in 1950
- Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary (Philadelphia) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1832. The current Theological Building was completed in 1871.
- St. Paul Seminary (Pittsburgh) – Diocesan seminary for the Diocese of Pittsburgh.
- St. Vincent Seminary (Latrobe) – Diocesan seminary; Benedictine affiliated; opened in 1855.
- St. Mark Seminary (Erie) – Diocesan seminary.
Rhode Island
- Our Lady of Providence Seminary (Providence, Rhode Island) – Diocesan seminary; opened in 1942.
Texas
- Assumption Seminary (San Antonio) – Archdiocesan seminary; established in 1915.
- Holy Trinity Seminary (Irving) – Diocesan seminary; established in 1964.
- Oblate School of Theology (San Antonio) – Run by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate; opened in 1903.
- St. Charles Seminary (Texas) (El Paso) – Diocesan seminary.
- St. Mary Seminary (Houston) – Archdiocesan seminary.
- San Antonio de Padua Seminary (El Paso) – Franciscan theological seminary for Mexican province.
- Redemptoris Mater Seminary (Dallas) – Diocesan missionary seminary consisting of vocations from the Neocatechumenal Way.[15]
Wisconsin
- Saint Francis de Sales Seminary (Milwaukee) – Archdiocesan seminary; opened in 1845.[16]
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
- Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary (Jordanville, New York) - Although the degrees offered by the seminary are only open to men, there is a Certificate of Theological Studies that is open to women.[17]
Ukrainian Greek Catholic
- St. Basil College Seminary (Stamford, Connecticut)
Jewish seminaries
California
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
- Telshe Yeshiva-Chicago (Chicago)
Maryland
- Ner Israel Rabbinical College (Baltimore)
- Yeshiva College of the Nation's Capital (Silver Spring)[18]
Michigan
- Yeshiva Gedolah of Greater Detroit (Oak Park)[19]
- Yeshiva Beth Yehuda Kollel (Southfield)[20]
New Jersey
- Talmudical Academy of New Jersey (Adelphia)[21]
- Beth Medrash Govoha (Lakewood)
- Rabbinical College of America (Morristown)
New York
- Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute (Brooklyn)[22]
- Beth Hatalmud Rabbinical College (Brooklyn)
- Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim-Lubavitch (Brooklyn)[23]
- Darkei Noam Rabbinical College (Brooklyn)[24]
- Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary (Brooklyn)[25]
- Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College (Brooklyn)[26]
- Mesivta Torah Vodaath Seminary (Brooklyn)[27]
- Mirrer Yeshiva Central Institute (Brooklyn)
- Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin (Brooklyn)
- Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva B'nei Zion (Brooklyn)[28]
- Rabbinical College Ch'san Sofer of New York (Brooklyn)[2]
- Rabbinical Seminary Adas Yereim (Brooklyn)[29]
- Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah (Brooklyn)
- Torah Teminah Talmudical Seminary (Brooklyn)[30]
- United Talmudical Seminary (Brooklyn)
- Yeshiva and Kollel Harbotzas Torah (Brooklyn)[31]
- Yeshiva Karlin Stolin (Brooklyn)[32]
- Yeshiva of Nitra (Brooklyn)
- Yeshivas Novominsk (Brooklyn)[33]
- Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid (Far Rockaway)[34]
- Rabbinical Seminary of America (Flushing)
- Yeshiva Shaar Hatorah (Kew Gardens)
- Rabbinical College of Long Island (Long Beach)[35]
- Shor Yoshuv Rabbinical College (Lawrence)[36]
- U.T.A. Mesivta-Kiryas Joel (Monroe)[37]
- Rabbinical College Beth Shraga (Monsey)[38]
- Ohr Somayach Tanenbaum Education Center (Monsey)
- Yeshiva and Kolel Bais Medrash Elyon (Monsey)
- Yeshivath Viznitz (Monsey)[39]
- Yeshiva of the Telshe (Riverdale)
- Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York (Rochester)
- Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland (Suffern)
Ohio
Pennsylvania
See also
- List of mixed-sex colleges and universities in the United States
- List of defunct United States military academies
- Men's colleges
- Women's colleges in the United States
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