Goucher College

About Goucher College

Goucher College is an innovative private liberal arts college founded in 1885 in Baltimore, Maryland, and situated on a lush, 287-acre wooded campus in Towson, Maryland, just eight miles north of downtown Baltimore. Nationally recognized for pedagogical innovation and global engagement, Goucher was the first college in the United States to make study abroad a mandatory graduation requirement for 100% of its undergraduate students. Accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), Goucher enrolls approximately 1,800 students (1,100 undergraduates and 700 graduate/professional students). The college is renowned for its interdisciplinary "Goucher Commons" curriculum, its acclaimed Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program boasting a near-100% medical school admission rate, prestigious master's degree programs in Creative Nonfiction, Historic Preservation, and Art and Cultural Management, and a 4+1 dual-degree partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Goucher fosters collaborative discovery with an average class size of 15 and a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio.