Mount Ida College

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**Mount Ida College**

Established	1899
Type	Private
President	Carol J. Matteson
Students	1,300
Location	Newton, MA, USA
Address	777 Dedham St. Newton, MA 02459
Telephone	617.928.4500
Campus	suburban (72-acres)
Nickname	Mustangs
Affiliations	NCAA DIII
Website	www.mountida.edu

Mount Ida College is a four-year liberal arts college in Newton, Massachusetts. It is located eight miles (13km) from downtown Boston, and the campus is readily accessible the Boston area via campus shuttle to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the "T").

Mount Ida's athletes compete as the Mustangs in the North Atlantic Conference of NCAA Division III.

1 History
2 Campus
3 Academic programs
4 External links

[edit] History

Mount Ida College was founded in 1899 as a private women's high school on Mount Ida Hill in Newton Corner, Massachusetts. In 1939, it moved to its present campus in Newton on the site of the former Robert Gould Shaw II Estate.

To meet demand for advanced studies for women, Mount Ida evolved into one of the first junior colleges in New England. Over the next forty years, programs were added to meet the increasing demand for career and professional education. The first associate degrees were awarded in 1967.

In the 1980s, Mount Ida became a co-educational institution, with both a junior college division and a senior college division where bachelor degrees were awarded in addition to associate degrees, again with an emphasis on career and professional education. In the late 1980s, three small Boston-based institutions — Chamberlayne Junior College, the New England Institute of Funeral Service Education, and the Coyne School of Technical Electricity — merged with Mount Ida on the Newton campus.

[edit] Campus

Eighty percent of the buildings on campus have been constructed within the past 15 years, including a new Academic Technology Center and a new Athletic Center. The college competes in 10 NCAA Division III varsity sports, as well as IHSA equestrian competition and club baseball. Approximately 60% of students live in campus housing.

[edit] Academic programs

Mount Ida consists of five schools:

The School of Arts & Sciences
The Chamberlayne School of Design
The School of Business
The School of Animal Science
The New England Institute

Within these five schools, students can obtain Bachelor's degrees in the following majors: American Studies, Bereavement Studies, Business Administration, Business Management, Child Development, Criminal Justice, Equine Management, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Funeral Home Management, Funeral Home Service, Graphic Design, Hotel and Tourism Management, Human Services, Interior Design, Liberal Studies, Psychology, Sports Management, and Veterinary Technology.