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    St. Olaf College

    St. Olaf College

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    • Listing Type: Colleges & Universities
    • Top Majors: Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, STEM, Music
    • Type: Private, Nonprofit
    • Degrees Awarded: 4 Year
    • Campus Setting: Rural
    • Testing Requirements: ACT, SAT, Test Optional
    • Financial Aid: Grants/Scholarships, Loans, Work Study
    • Gender: Coed
    • Country: United States
    • In State Tuition: $56,970
    • Out of State Tuition: $56,970
    • Delivery: Day, Residential
    • Affiliation: The Common App, The Coalition Application, Colleges That Change Lives
    • Religious Affiliation: Protestant
    • CEEB: 6638
    • IPED: 174844
    • Location:Northfield, Minnesota
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    Overview

    Academic excellence informs St. Olaf College's identity. Through its curriculum, campus life, and off-campus programs, St. Olaf hones students' critical thinking and nurtures their moral formation. The college encourages and challenges its students to be seekers of truth.

    One of the nations leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf College offers a distinctive education grounded in academic rigor, residential learning, global engagement, and a vibrant Lutheran faith tradition.

    Many excellent colleges provide one, two, or even three elements of the St. Olaf experience. What makes St. Olaf unique is the combination of so many distinguishing features working together at the highest level: an intense academic program that sharpens minds and an emphasis on a global perspective that broadens them; the vitality of a residential community that engages thoughtful people across the full range of human experiences; and a faith tradition that encourages reflection and honors different perspectives.

    By cultivating the habits of mind and heart that enable graduates to lead lives of financial independence, professional accomplishment, personal fulfillment, and community engagement, St. Olaf College provides an uncommon educational experience that fully prepares students to make a meaningful difference in a changing world.