1890-91 Women's Colleges, Division A and B

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1890 Women's Colleges Division A and B Dataset

Division A

1890 Women's Colleges Division A

College name	City	State	Male faculty in preparatory department	Female faculty in preparatory department	Male faculty in collegiate department	Female faculty in collegiate department	Total male faculty	Total female faculty	Preparatory department students	Collegiate department students	Graduate department students	Students in other departments	Total students	Number pursuing courses leading to AB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BS degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BL degree	Students in special or partial courses	Notes
Mills College	Mills College	California	2	13	3	12	5	20	172	11	1	0	184	2	0	5	0
Woman's College of Baltimore	Baltimore	Maryland	10	17	12	11	14	18	285	75	0	0	360		0	0		would become Goucher
Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women	Cambridge	Massachusetts	0	0	63	0	63	0	0	174			174	50				would become Radcliffe
Smith College	Northampton	Massachusetts	0	0	10	19	19	21	0	486	4	61	551	257	20	172	37
Mount Holyoke Seminary and College	South Hadley	Massachusetts	0	0	0	32	0	32	0	85		204	289	38	31	16
Wellesley College	Wellesley	Massachusetts	0	0	7	75	7	75	0	693	10	0	703	301	297	0	95
Evelyn College	Princeton	New Jersey		3	23	1	24	7	18	22		3	43	7			15	Parallel college estabilshed by Princeton
Wells College	Aurora	New York			4	10	4	10	16	43	0	23	82	27	2	3	11
Elmira College	Elmira	New York	0	7	3	8	8	11	70	78	2	67	217	52	12	0
Ingham University	Le Roy	New York	0	5	0	11	0	16	86	20			106
Barnard College	New York	New York	0	0	18	1	18	1	0	40	12		52	16	0	0	24
Rutgers Female College	New York	New York	0	4	4	10	4	14	28	43	0	0	71	11	0	11	18
Vassar College	New York	New York	0	0	7	16	10	20	0	282	1	46	329	282	0	0
Cleveland College for Women	Cleveland	Ohio	0	0	11	3	11	3	0	45	0	0	45	17
Bryn Mawr College	Bryn Mawr	Pennsylvania	0	0	16	8	16	8	0	127	11	0	138	122	0	0	5
College name	City	State	Male faculty in preparatory department	Female faculty in preparatory department	Male faculty in collegiate department	Female faculty in collegiate department	Total male faculty	Total female faculty	Preparatory department students	Collegiate department students	Graduate department students	Students in other departments	Total students	Number pursuing courses leading to AB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BS degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BL degree	Students in special or partial courses	Notes

Note: Between 1887 and 1910, the Bureau of Education categorized women’s institutions as Division A or Division B. The Bureau described Division A institutions as “essentially collegiate…making more or less provision for the distinctive studies of the college curriculum” in contrast to the Division B schools that featured some collegiate courses alongside primary and preparatory training. Division A colleges tended to boast more substantial libraries, equipment, and endowments.

Source: “Division A – Statistics of Colleges for Women for 1890-91,” United States Department of the Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education, vol. 2 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1894), 1414.

Division B

1890 Women's Colleges Division B

College	City	State	Male faculty	Female faculty	Total faculty	Primary department students	Preparatory department students	Academic department students	Collegiate department students	Graduate department students	Other departments students	Total students	Number pursuing courses leading to AB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BS degree	Number pursuing courses leading to PhB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to MEL degree	Number pursing courses leading to other first degrees	Music students	Art students	Number of graduates in 1890-91	Notes
Athens Female College	Athens	Alabama	1	9	10	28	15		130			173	12			118		80	30	21
Huntsville Female College	Huntsville	Alabama	1	14	15	12	25	14	197	6		254	92			46	30	223	74	38
Huntsville Female Seminary	Huntsville	Alabama	1	4	5		20		20			40								3	Statistics from 1889-90; Institution listed in 1890, but records show that an institution by the same name closed in 1875.
Judson Female Institute	Marion	Alabama	2	12	14	12	29		141	3		185						121	29	17
Marion Female Seminary	Marion	Alabama	1	7	8							110								19
Central Female College	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	1	5	6	35		40	75			150	3			5		52	20	20
Tuscaloosa Female College	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	0	8	8	28	0	48	105	0	39	220								22
Alabama Conference Female College	Tuskegee	Alabama	2	10	12	20	40	20	90			170		0	0		0	90	30	45
College of Notre Dame	San Jose	California	0	20	20	22	28	32	16	2		100	5	4	4	3		84	58	9
Santa Rosa Ladies College	Santa Rosa	California	0	6	6	10	10	20	4			44						14	20	1
Congregation de Notre Dame	Waterbury	Connecticut				60	48	38	14			160						60		4
Lucy Cobb Institute	Athens	Georgia	1	10	11	2		12	111			125								22
Andrew Female College	Cuthbert	Georgia	2	10	12		54		124			178	92			32		99	31	12
Dalton Female College	Dalton	Georgia	2	8	10		50		70			120	60			10		40	8	2
Monroe Female College	Forsyth	Georgia	2	8	10		50		45			95	40	5				20	15	8
La Grange Female College	La Grange	Georgia	5	11	16		52	47	103	8	3	213						162	43	22
Southern Female College	La Grange	Georgia	5	20	25							230						228	71	16
Wesleyan Female College	Macon	Georgia	7	10	17				306			306	200				12	175	80	58
Harwood Seminary	Marietta	Georgia	3	5	8	31	20	42	48	48		141	48					30		5
Shorter College	Rome	Georgia	4	13	17		51		169	1		221						110	30	8
Young Female College	Thomasville	Georgia	1	3	4	36			77	5		118	50					22		8
Seminary of the Sacred Heart	Chicago	Illinois	2	16	18							140	0	0	0	0	6	80	24	6
Illinois Female College	Jacksonville	Illinois	6	8	14		26		46		78	150						65	17	14
Jacksonville Female Academy	Jacksonville	Illinois	3	16	19		10		80		17	107
St. Mary's School	Knoxville	Illinois	2	6	8	6	40	70	7			123	7	0	0	0	0	81	21	7
Rockford Seminary	Rockford	Illinois	0	20	20		70	50	30	1	34	185	15					113	13	7	Name changed to Rockford College
College for Young Ladies	Oswego	Illinois	0	9	9	6	5		20		26	57						31	21	2
College of the Sisters of Bethany	Topeka	Kansas	0	14	14	20	21		97		37	175	30					105	27	4
Potter College	Bowling Green	Kentucky	3	14	17			10	205			215	156					126	46	3
Clinton College	Clinton	Kentucky	0	8	8		200		25			225								5
Caldwell College	Danville	Kentucky	0	8	8		45		101			146		80	0	0	0	49	5	4
Georgetown Female Seminary	Georgetown	Kentucky	4	8	12		40		87			127	4	10				40	27	7
Liberty Female College	Glasgow	Kentucky	2	6	8							116								7
Lynnland Female College	Glendale	Kentucky	2	5	7		10	20	30			60		4				45	48	4
Daughters College	Harrodsburg	Kentucky	3	8	11		30		100			130								6
Hamilton Female College	Lexington	Kentucky	5	11	16	20	20		145		5	190						105	29	13
Sayre Female Institute	Lexington	Kentucky	2	13	15	114		34	143		14	305	143					49	23	18
Millersburg Female College	Millersburg	Kentucky	3	12	15	61	46		95	1		203	19			76		117	26	9
Jessamine Female Institute	Nicholasville	Kentucky	0	10	10	20	35	46	18	2	44	165						63	24	16
Owensboro Female College	Owensboro	Kentucky	3	5	8							58						40	18
Kentucky College for Young Ladies	Pewee Valley	Kentucky	1	8	9	27	18		36		6	87						31	15
Logan Female College	Russellville	Kentucky	1	8	9	42	38		73		23	176	18	24		31		67	22	5
Stuart Female College	Shelbyville	Kentucky	0	6	6							72						20	4	3
Stanford Female College	Stanford	Kentucky	1	5	6		20	40	22			82	10			12		20	4	6
Winchester Female College	Winchester	Kentucky	1	6	7	30	40	20	29			119	1			15		40	10	4
Cedar Bluff Female College	Woodburn	Kentucky	0	12	12							51								7
Silliman Female Collegiate Institute	Clinton	Louisiana	2	6	8	20	23		83			126	6	20		10		48	6	5
Mansfield Female College	Mansfield	Louisiana	2	7	9		20	25	55			100								12
Westbrook Seminary and Female College	Deering	Maine	4	5	9			70	80			150					25			22
Maine Wesleyan Seminary and Female College	Kents Hill	Maine	9	4	13		72	248	15			335	15					110	39	45
Frederick Female Seminary	Frederick	Maryland	1	8	9		22		82			104				9		42	24	9
Lutherville Female Seminary	Lutherville	Maryland	5	6	11				87	5	13	105						93	35	19
Lasell Seminary for Young Ladies	Auburndale	Massachusetts	9	22	31	0	16		53	1	92	162						110	14	14
Albert Lea College	Albert Lea	Maine	1	8	9		24		21			45	3	18				24		4
Blue Mount Female College	Blue Mountain	Mississippi	6	12	18	25	20		150		8	203	40			100		116	17	5
Whitworth Female College	Brookhaven	Mississippi	3	5	8	4	16		121			141	0		0	20		93	13	20
Central Female Institute	Clinton	Mississippi	2	7	8	4	15	25	56		6	123						38	26	11
Industrial Institute and College	Columbus	Mississippi	1	16	17			248	108			356	64	44				137	151	10
Corinth Female Collee	Corinth	Mississippi	0	7	7	35	30	35	8			108						30	28	3
East Mississippi Female College	Meridian	Mississippi	1	8	9	27	16		82			125	7			68		44	16	7
Union Female College	Oxford	Mississippi	1	5	6							75			0	0		30	32	4
Chickasaw Female College	Pontotoc	Mississippi	2	4	6		30		24			51									Statistics from 1889-90
Port Gibson Female College	Port Gibson	Mississippi	1	5	6	20	25		55			100	20			35		40	16	5
Shuqualak Female College	Shuqualak	Mississippi	1	6	7	16	20		64			100			64			39	17	8
Starkville Female Institute	Starkville	Mississippi	1	7	8	30	30	50	80			190						20	21	9
Lea Female College	Summit	Mississippi	1	4	5			10	47			57	0	0	0	30	0	2	0	3
Christian Female College	Columbia	Missouri	4	6	10	33	21		92			146						86	20	9
Stephens College	Columbia	Missouri	5	8	13		28		100			128	25	15		40		75	23	12
Howard Female College	Fayette	Missouri	3	9	12	24	26	45	70	2	20	187	8			3		74	26	8
Synodical Female College	Fulton	Missouri	2	8	10	24	20		96			140	60					82	33	11
Kansas City Ladies' College	Independence	Missouri	0	9	9	44	15		21			80						32	6	1
St. Louis Seminary	Jennings	Missouri	1	6	7							30								5
Baptist Female College	Lexington	Missouri	3	6	9	20		40	45	2		107						45	34	6
Central Female College	Lexington	Missouri	4	12	16	10	12	30	108	3		163		2			90	87	20	8
Elizabeth Aull Female Seminary	Lexington	Missouri	4	8	12							91								2
Hardin College	Mexico	Missouri	8	6	14		53		110			163	110	0	0	0	0	110	23	1
Lindenwood College for Young Ladies	St. Charles	Missouri	0	11	11			11	59		16	86								9
New Hampshire Conference Seminary and Female College	Tilton	New Hampshire	4	5	9							130				3	3	28	13	30
Bordentown Female College	Bordentown	New Hampshire	5	6	11			29				29	0	0	0	0	0	26	5
Packer Collegiate Institute	Brooklyn	New York	5	45	50	51	307	293	133	12		796	0	0	0	0	0	796	60	30
Asheville Female College	Asheville	North Carolina	3	7	10		24		122			146	56	50				118	15	3
Gaston College	Dallas	North Carolina	3	4	7	13	7	14	28			62	28	0	0	0	0	40	18	4
Greensboro Female College	Greensboro	North Carolina	3	15	18							210						120	60	31
Claremont College	Hickory	North Carolina	2	9	11		28	46	1		9	84	1				7	42	21	3
Davenport Female College	Lenoir	North Carolina	1	5	6	32	28		18			78	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	0
Louisburg Female College	Louisburg	North Carolina	2	6	8	19	30		47			96	43				4	43	7	10
Chowan Baptist Female Institute	Murfreesboro	North Carolina	2	6	8							82								8
Wesleyan Female College	Murfreesboro	North Carolina	2	2	4							55					8			8
Oxford Female Seminary	Oxford	North Carolina	2	8	10		30	40	50			120						70	18	10
Salem Female Academy	Salem	North Carolina	4	29	33		40		282	1		323	1					285	89	37
Thomasville Female College	Thomasville	North Carolina	2	3	5	25	21	21	6			73						13
Wilson Collegiate Institute	Wilson	North Carolina	2	4	6							93								3	Statistics from 1889-90
Bartholomew English and Classical School	Cincinnati	Ohio	2	13	15	15	25		93		18	151								4
Cincinnati Wesleyan College	Cincinnati	Ohio				11		19	33	3		66	14	19			33	25	15	4
Glendale Female College	Glendale	Ohio	1	12	13	5	24		48		27	104	40	0	0	0	0	47	25	9
Granville Female College	Granville	Ohio	2	8	10							90						30	15	1
Shepardson College	Granville	Ohio	2	10	12	8	44		26		50	128	5	8	5	0	3			6
Oxford College	Oxford	Ohio	2	20	22			21	74	2	81	178	20	17			37	92	25	27
Lake Erie Female Seminary	Painesville	Ohio	2	20	22							147						50	80	5
Allentown Female College	Allentown	Pennsylvania	1	7	8	13	39	16	32	1		101								5
Monrovian Seminary for Young Ladies	Bethlehem	Pennsylvania	3	12	15		16		101	0		117	84					70	18	7
Wilson College	Chambersburg	Pennsylvania	4	16	20		39		78		82	199	78					154	38	12
Linden Hall Seminary	Lititz	Pennsylvania	3	10	13		12	52				64	2					52	9	9
Irving Female College	Mechanicsburg	Pennsylvania	1	8	9	4	6	20	0	0		30				10		16	6	4
Ogontz School for Young Ladies	Ogontz School	Pennsylvania	8	20	28							126
Pittsburg Female College	Pittsburg	Pennsylvania	1	7	8		41		70			111								7
Columbia Female College	Columbia	South Carolina	4	7	11		10		140			150	5	0	0	14	0	50	20	19
South Carolina College for Women	Columbia	South Carolina	8	10	18		47		53		20	120	20
Due West Female College	Due West	South Carolina	1	10	11	44			110			151	13					60	27	13
Cooper-Limestone Institute	Gaffney City	South Carolina	2	5	7	25			105	3		133						81	35	16
Greenville Female College	Greenville	South Carolina	2	10	12	24	32		162		27	245	14				1	95	20	15
Walhalla Female College	Walhalla	South Carolina	1	2	3	15	30	40	40			125	40					20		0
Williamston Female College	Williamston	South Carolina	3	9	12	15	48		60			123	60	0	0	0	0	49	22	7
Sullins College	Bristol	Tennessee	3	10	13	71	65		116			252	88	28				112	21	6
Brownsville Female College	Brownsville	Tennessee	2	9	11	34	70	29	44		10	187	3	6	0	4	11	53	9	20
Union Female Seminary	Brownsville	Tennessee	0	4	4	12	30		32			74						21	1	2
Columbia Athenaeum	Columbia	Tennessee	4	16	20							159
Tennessee Female College	Franklin	Tennessee	2	6	8	22	9	31	54			116	32			15	7	29	9
Howard Female College	Gallatin	Tennessee	0	12	13	20	22		88			130				24		78	34	28
Memphis Conference Female Institute	Jackson	Tennessee	2	12	14		33		124			157						114	26	32
Cumberland Female College	McMinnville	Tennessee	2	3	5		43		75			118								15
Soule College	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	3	7	10		30		180			210	50	20						8
Nashville College for Young Ladies	Nashville	Tennessee	9	18	27							413						195	53	11
Ward's Seminary for Young Ladies	Nashville	Tennessee	0	18	18	40	60	72	143	10		325						182	60	25
Martin Female College	Pulaski	Tennessee	1	8	9	13	19	20	44	5		101						82	16	11
Synodical Female College	Rogersville	Tennessee	2	11	13	40	24		121			185						60	34	3
Shelbyville Female College	Shelbyville	Tennessee				30	55		40			125	4			6		37	20	6
Somerville Female Institute	Somerville	Tennessee	2	2	4	50			57			107						30	14	10
Mary Sharp College	Winchester	Tennessee	2	8	10		19		43		19	81	43					23	18	3
Baylor Female College	Belton	Tennessee	4	16	20	10	40	117	130	3		300	30	100				258	57	11
Chappell Hill Female College	Chappell Hill	Texas	3	6	9	28		21	59			108	34			25		52	16	9
Waco Female College	Waco	Texas	2	12	14		43	51	92			186								22	Statistics from 1889-90
Martha Washington College	Abingdon	Virginia	3	14	17	19	15	52	75			161	40	25		10		132	18	8
Stonewall Jackson Institute	Abingdon	Virginia	1	8	9	20		9	50			79	1	1				35	9	0
Albemarle Female Institute	Charlottesville	Virginia	2	4	6				55			55					5	38	10	3
Montgomery Female College	Christiansburg	Virginia	2	5	7		25		54			79								6
Danville College for Young Ladies	Danville	Virginia	3	7	10	42			86		22	150	0	0	0	0	86	96	37	11
Roanoke Female College	Danville	Virginia	3	5	8		18		57	2	8	85	0	0	0	0		66	20	8
Southwest Virginia Institute	Glade Spring	Virginia	2	17	19							172						180	22	0
Hollins Institute	Hollins	Virginia	8	13	21		17		200			217						198	55	17
Marion Female College	Marion	Virginia	0	10	10		30	30	43	4		107						29	13	5
Norfolk College for Young Ladies	Norfolk	Virginia	3	20	23	35	85		230			350						100	18	18
Southern Female College	Petersburg	Virginia	3	9	12	12			75			87				75		20	3	1
Richmond Female Seminary	Richmond	Virginia	8	14	22							173
Staunton Female Seminary	Staunton	Virginia	4	7	11				70			70						35	22	5
Virginia Female Institute	Staunton	Virginia	2	11	13	5		25	93			123						62	45	4
Wesleyan Female Institute	Staunton	Virginia	6	12	18	30	40	40	20	4	36	170						130	40	12
Episcopal Female Institute	Winchester	Virginia	5	4	9		13	14	42	5		74								11
Valley Female College	Winchester	Virginia	1	6	7							60	4					40	18	4
Parkersburg Seminary	Parkersburg	West Virginia	1	2	3							35
Downer College	Fox Lake	Wisconsin	0	5	5				35			35	3	3				11	11
Milwaukee College	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	4	7	11		110		10			120	10					15	3	0	0
College	City	State	Male faculty	Female faculty	Total faculty	Primary department students	Preparatory department students	Academic department students	Collegiate department students	Graduate department students	Other departments students	Total students	Number pursuing courses leading to AB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to BS degree	Number pursuing courses leading to PhB degree	Number pursuing courses leading to MEL degree	Number pursing courses leading to other first degrees	Music students	Art students	Number of graduates in 1890-91	Notes

Source: "Division B, statistics of colleges for women for 1890-91," United States Department of the Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education, vol. 2 (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1894), 1415 – 1421.

1890 Women's Colleges Division A and B Dataset

Division A

1890 Women's Colleges Division A

Division B

1890 Women's Colleges Division B

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