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Spelman College is a historically Black institution that offers a range of majors and minors, online certificates, and innovative programs. Learn about its academic excellence, sisterhood, and alumnae support.
- Admissions
Admission to Spelman College is highly competitive. In...
- Applying to Spelman
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- Academics
Spelman College offers a wide array of majors and many more...
- Student Life
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Harriet E. Giles and Sophia B. Packard founded Spelman College. The Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary was established on 11 April, 1881 in the basement of Friendship Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, by two teachers from the Oread Institute of Worcester, Massachusetts: Harriet E. Giles and Sophia B. Packard.
Admission to Spelman College is highly competitive. In addition to academic credentials, we consider leadership experiences, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, personal interests and abilities.
Spelman College offers a wide array of majors and many more avenues of study through our partner institutions in the Atlanta University Center, the 20 Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education, and national and international partnerships.
Founded in 1881 as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, Spelman College is the oldest historically Black college for women in America.
Spelman College is committed to ensuring students from rural and small-town America have the support they need to enroll and graduate from the college or university of their choice. Spelman College, located in Atlanta Georgia, has a close-knit community in a vibrant city steeped in history. Spelman’s pillars as a women’s college, liberal ...
May 17, 2019 · Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia is a four-year, private, independent, historically black female liberal arts institution founded in 1881 as Atlanta Baptist Female Academy by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles.
