Randolph-Macon College
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Randolph–Macon College is a private, co-educational liberal arts college
Liberal arts colleges in the United States
Liberal arts colleges in the United States are certain undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers a definition of the liberal arts as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general...

 located in Ashland
Ashland, Virginia
Originally known as Slash Cottage, Ashland is located on the Old Washington Highway U.S. Route One and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, a busy north-south route now owned by CSX Transportation...

, Virginia
Virginia
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, United States
United States
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, near the capital city of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
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. Founded in 1830, the school has an enrollment of over 1,200 students. The college offers bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
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s in 31 major disciplines in the liberal arts
Liberal arts
The term liberal arts refers to those subjects which in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free citizen to study. Grammar, Rhetoric and Logic were the core liberal arts. In medieval times these subjects were extended to include mathematics, geometry, music and astronomy...

, including political science
Political science
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, business
Business
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, psychology
Psychology
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, biology
Biology
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, international studies
International relations
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, and computer science
Computer science
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, as well as nearly 40 minors, including education
Education
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. Randolph–Macon College is a member of The Annapolis Group of colleges in the United States, as well as the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.
Randolph–Macon was founded in 1830 by the Virginia Methodists, and is the oldest Methodist-run college in the country.
 
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