Rankings and recognition
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Carnegie classification
A Liberal Arts College or College with an Arts & Sciences focus
Institutional classification used for academic peer grouping.
Athletics
NCAA Division III
NCAA division where available from verified imports.
Editorial spotlight
Connecticut College — editorial overview (New London, CT)
Founded in 1911, Connecticut College, located in New London, Connecticut, is the youngest of its New England liberal arts college peers. As many other colleges had a head start on occupying the "traditional liberal arts college" space, and because Connecticut College began as a w...
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