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Guilford College

Greensboro, North Carolina 27410-4108

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Data last updated: August 29, 2026

84%Admit rate
$21,200Avg net price
1010–1250SAT middle 50%
48%Grad in 4 yrs
1,011Undergrads
20Visit slots

Close-knit campus

Guilford College is a private institution in Greensboro with particular strength in psychology and business. With an average SAT of 1120, the school attracts a broad applicant pool.

A small campus of 1K undergraduates with a 12:1 student-faculty ratio. The urban location puts students at the center of city life.

48% of students graduate within four years, and graduates earn a median of $47,590 a decade after enrollment. Net price after aid averages $21,200.

Established
1837
Motto
Sapientium atque virtutum molior
Mascot
Nathan the Quaker
Type
Private liberal arts college
Division
Division III
84%
Acceptance
1120
SAT Avg
1,011
Undergrads
12:1
Student : Faculty
48%
Grad Rate (4yr)
$47,590
Earnings 10yr
$21,200
Avg Net Price

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History & Fun Facts

  • •History Guilford College is the only Quaker-founded college in the southeastern United States and the first co-ed college in the South.
  • •Opening in 1837 as "New Garden Boarding School", the institution became a four-year liberal arts college under its current name, "Guilford College", in 1888.
  • •The college announced in November 2020 that it would likely discontinue 19 out of its 42 majors and cut 16 tenured professors.
  • •In November 2020, as a response to this plan, the faculty voted no confidence in Moore and the Board of Trustees' leadership, the first no-confidence vote in the college's history.
  • •Moore subsequently left the college and Jim Hood, a faculty member, was selected as the new interim president at the end of February 2021.

Source: Wikipedia

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