Marymount College, Palos Verdes

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Marymount College

Motto	Tua Luce Dirige (Direct Us by Thy Light)
Established	2010
Type	Public
President	Dr. Michael S. Brophy
Faculty	45
Undergraduates	725
Postgraduates	0
Location	Rancho Palos Verdes, California, USA
Campus	Suburban, 26 acres
Colors	Purple and Yellow
Website	www.marymountpv.edu

Marymount College is a private, coeducational, Catholic, two-year liberal arts college in California. Located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, it is the only such liberal arts college in California. Marymount is accredited by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The school offers degrees in both Associate in Arts and Associate in Science. It boasts a 16:1 student/teacher ratio and a total enrollment of less than 800. Despite its Catholic tradition, the majority of students at Marymount are not Catholic.

[edit] History

In 1932, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary established Marymount Junior College on Sunset Boulevard in Westwood, California. Marymount was the first Catholic junior college in California and began as a liberal arts college for women. Later on in 1947, the College received accreditation as a four-year college. In 1960, the College moved to a site on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The new campus included dormitories for on-campus residential living, an auditorium, dining facility, a library and a chapel.

The year 1967 found the College preparing for a merger with Loyola University of Los Angeles in Westchester. Marymount separated its two-year program, which remained on the Palos Verdes campus, from the four-year and in 1968 the four-year college moved to the Loyola campus. The Marymount two-year program remained incorporated as a separate institution and received accreditation as such in 1971. In 1973, the merger was finalized and became a new entity: Loyola Marymount University.

Marymount moved to its present site in 1975 and added the Weekend College component to the College in 1983.