St. John's College, Annapolis
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Former name
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King William's School (1696–1784) |
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| Motto | Facio liberos ex liberis libris libraque (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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I make free men from children by means of books and a balance |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1696 |
| Endowment | $157.295 million (2015) |
| President | Christopher Nelson, Annapolis Mark Roosevelt, Santa Fe |
| Dean | Joseph Macfarland, Annapolis Matthew Davis, Santa Fe |
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Academic staff
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~164 total (both campuses) |
| Undergraduates | "typically between" 450–475 at each campus |
| Postgraduates | ~160 |
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Annapolis, Maryland Santa Fe, New Mexico, Maryland New Mexico, United States 38°58′57″N 76°29′33″W / 38.98250°N 76.49250°W 35°40′3″N 105°54′44″W / 35.66750°N 105.91222°W |
| Campus | Annapolis: Urban Santa Fe: Urban / Semi-rural |
| Athletics | Croquet, Fencing, Crew, Sailing, Intramurals, Search and Rescue, Bocce (No varsity sports) |
| Mascot | Platypus/Book/Axolotl |
| Affiliations | 568 Group |
| Website | sjc |
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St. John's College—Santa Fe, New Mexico
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The Santa Fe campus of St. John's College, as seen from the slopes of Monte Luna
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| Location | 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| Coordinates | 35°40′0″N 105°54′45″W / 35.66667°N 105.91250°W |
| NRHP Reference # | 15000495 |
| NMSRCP # | 2013 |
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| Added to NRHP | August 3, 2015 |
| Designated NMSRCP | April 10, 2015 |
St. John's College is a private liberal arts college known for its distinctive curriculum centered on reading and discussing the Great Books of Western Civilization. It has two U.S. campuses: one in Annapolis, Maryland, and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, both of which rank in the top 100 Best Liberal Arts Colleges according to the U.S. News & World Report website.
St. John's College is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States. It traces its origins to King William's School, a preparatory school founded in 1696, and received a collegiate charter under its present name in 1784. In 1937, it adopted a Great Books curriculum known as the New Program, based on discussion of works from the Western canon of philosophical, religious, historical, mathematical, scientific, and literary works; it is probably for this program that the school is best known.
The school grants only one bachelor's degree, in Liberal Arts. Two master's degrees are available through the college's Graduate Institute—one in Liberal Arts, which is a modified version of the undergraduate curriculum (differing mostly in that the graduate students are not restricted to a set sequence of courses), and one in Eastern Classics, which applies most of the features of the undergraduate curriculum (seminars, preceptorials, language study and a set sequence of courses) to a list of classic works from India, China and Japan. The Master of Arts in Eastern Classics is only available at the Santa Fe campus.
The College has no religious affiliation. According to U.S. News & World Report, the Fall 2015 undergraduate acceptance rate was 78% in Annapolis and 81% in Santa Fe.
St. John's College traces its origins to King William's School, founded in 1696. In 1784, Maryland chartered St. John's College, which absorbed King William's School when it opened 1785. The college took up residence in a building known as Bladen's Folly (the current McDowell Hall), which was originally built to be the Maryland governor's mansion, but was not completed. There was some association with the Freemasons early in the college's history, leading to speculation that it was named after Saint John the Evangelist. The College's original charter, reflecting the Masonic value of religious tolerance as well as the religious diversity of the founders (which included Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and the Roman Catholic Charles Carroll of Carrollton) stated that "youth of all religious denominations shall be freely and liberally admitted". The College always maintained a small size, generally enrolling fewer than 500 men at a time.
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