Why A Women's College?
Saint Joseph College: Created By and For Women
At Saint Joseph College, students explore and expand their potential in a welcoming community that offers personal attention and academically challenging programs to individuals who want to succeed and make a difference in society.
Why a Women’s College in Today’s World?
Today, more than ever, the world is in need strong, capable, and confident leaders. Women’s colleges, with their steadfast commitment to developing women as agents for change, have a proven record in cultivating effective leaders, women like: Nancy Pelosi, Rachel Carson, Pearl S. Buck, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Katharine Hepburn, Dr. Bernadine Healy, Ella Grasso and many more. Visit http://www.womenscolleges.org/alumnae/notables for a list of other women’s college graduates.
What Can a Women’s College do for You?
- Empower you to discover your strongest self
- Inspire you to make a difference
- Challenge you to work to your greatest capacity
- Prepare you for career success
The Research on Single-Sex Education
- While women's college graduates account for less than 4% of college-educated women, more than 30% of the women in a recent Business Week list of rising female corporate stars were graduates of women’s colleges
- In a study by The Economist magazine, researchers report that women's college graduates represent 24% of the women in Congress, 33% of the women board members in Fortune 500 companies, and are twice as likely to obtain doctorates!
- Studies show that women who attend women’s colleges differ from those who attend co-ed schools in the following ways:
- Participate more fully in and out of class
- Hold more leadership positions
- Report greater satisfaction regarding their college experience
- Develop higher levels of self-esteem
- Score higher on standardized tests
- Succeed in traditionally male disciplines (the sciences, mathematics, computer science, engineering) and earn higher salaries
- Are more philanthropic after college
“As a student of women’s studies and gender roles, I can cite research findings and anecdotes to demonstrate that women from female-only colleges thrive; they are actually more likely to have higher levels of achievement compared to their counterparts who attended coed colleges. On the personal level, our students tell me that here, they have the encouragement, support, and community that permits them to become the women they seek to be.” — SJC President Pamela Trotman Reid
