Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden Sydney, VA)

Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden Sydney, VA)

Hampden-Sydney College is a private, human sciences school for men, situated in the residential community of Hampden-Sydney, about somewhere between Richmond and Lynchburg. Established in 1775, it was the last school set up before the American Revolution and is one of three staying all-men's aesthetic sciences universities in the U.S. 

Hampden-Sydney's 1,200-section of land provincial grounds is home to 1106 students. First year recruits are required to live on grounds, yet almost all understudies stay on grounds until the graduate. The present understudy to-workforce proportion is 10-to-one. There are more than 40 understudy run clubs on grounds, including political, games, and religious clubs, a radio station, a band, and a few brotherhoods. 

The school is represented by a strict honor code. Real offenses, for example, burglary, lying, and swindling, are reason for removal. In the event that an understudy is blamed for such an offense, he will stand trail and be judged by a gathering of his associates. Hampden-Sydney Students are relied upon to finish a thorough main subjects on top of their significant particular course work. Forbes positioned Hampden-Sydney College as the #4 Best College in the South. 

Hampden-Sydney College is authorize by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

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University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

The University of Virginia (UVA) is an open, research college whose lead grounds is situated in Charlottesville, a town northwest of Richmond not a long way from Shenandoah National Park in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Set up in 1819, the college was imagined and arranged by Thomas Jefferson. The third President likewise composed and managed development of a structures' few on grounds, prominently the notorious Rotunda, which he displayed after the Pantheon in Rome, and which was one of the biggest structures in North America at the time. Jefferson additionally demanded that UVA not be subsidiary with any specific religious gathering—something very strange for the times. The college is one of the eight unique "Open Ivies," and one of the not very many Southern colleges that stayed open all through the Civil War. 

UVA is partitioned into 14 individual Schools and offers 51 four year certifications in 47 fields, 81 graduate degrees in 65 fields, and 57 doctoral degrees in 55 fields. The school acknowledges less than 30 percent of candidates. In solidarity with Jefferson's standards, understudies at the University of Virginia don't" "graduate"; rather they "take their degree." This speaks to Jefferson's conviction that learning is a long lasting procedure with no end. 

U.S. News & World Report considers UVA to be the #23 Best National University in the nation. 

The University of Virginia is certify by the Southern Association of Colleges and School

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