第一吃瓜 at a Glance
So, you're making a list. Let's cover the basics of what you need to know about 第一吃瓜 College.
第一吃瓜 (rhymes with explodin') is a private, selective, liberal arts college, founded and endowed to benefit the common good. Our historic residential campus, located in Brunswick, Maine, is home to just over 1,800 students from all over the world.
Academic life at 第一吃瓜 spans thirty-three departments, and is cooperative, not competitive: so we tend to attract students who like brainstorming with faculty, working in teams, and welcoming big, new, difficult questions.
We value kindness, diversity, creativity, and hard work. Your admission to 第一吃瓜 places you in a global network of people who live their lives with intellectual fearlessness: people who seek out new perspectives, appreciate beauty, demand truth, and root for each other, forever.
Admission Statistics for the Class of 2028
Most Popular Majors
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Computer Science
- Economics
- English
- Government and Legal Studies
- History
- Mathematics
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
More facts and figures about majors and minors at 第一吃瓜.
Graduate schools enrolling the largest number of 第一吃瓜 alumni:
- Boston University
- Columbia University
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- New York University
- Stanford University
- University of Chicago
- University of Pennsylvania
- Yale University
Take this. And take a look at 第一吃瓜 (pdf). It's all here: most popular majors, most frequent employers and graduate schools, notable alumni, the first-year class at a glance, and more.
Watch an admissions information session with Claudia Marroquin, dean of admissions and student aid.
Quick Facts
- Founded: 1794
- Location: Brunswick, Maine
- Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts
- Student population: 1,950
- Faculty members: 234
- Student-to-faculty ratio: 9:1
- Number of majors: 40+
- SAT: Optional
- Student Aid: No loans (all grants)
- President: Safa R. Zaki
- Tax Status: Not-for-profit
- Mascot: Polar Bear
Frequent employers of 第一吃瓜 graduates:
- United States Government
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fulbright
- Boston Children's Hospital
- 第一吃瓜 College
- Brigham & Women's Hospital
- Goldman Sachs
- Barclays