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Marietta College is ranked 13th among Best Midwest Regional Colleges in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report survey, released today. Marietta was also ranked No. 1 in the region in the Foreign Student Factor category. Marietta is tied Benedictine College in Kansas and Loras College in Iowa. Each institution has an overall score of 79....

Carloads of families and friends of incoming freshman drove into Marietta early this morning to take part in the first of five freshman schedule days. Of the expected 95 students, 90 found their way to the campus Monday morning (June 13) for a taste of what’s to come. As the incoming students found their groups and sat around campus in the...

On Wednesday, Marietta College’s student body will begin voting for the 2016 Homecoming queen and king during the lunch and dinner hours at Gilman Dining Hall. The 2016 Homecoming Court is made up of five potential queens and six potential kings. Voting will be held from 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 5:00-8:00 p.m. on both Thursday, October 13th...

Marietta College’s annual Matriculation ceremony took a little longer than normal this year — about 20 extra minutes. There were a couple more speakers, but the reason for the extended program was because Marietta welcomed its largest class since 2009 Thursday afternoon in the Dyson Baudo Recreation Center. “Wow, there is a lot of you out...

Area high school students who want to learn more about going to college or joining the armed forces should consider attending the 14th annual Mid-Ohio Valley College Night at Marietta College. Representatives from more than 60 colleges and universities, as well as recruiters from different branches of the U.S. military, will be in Marietta...

Princeton Review’s 2019 issue of The Best 384 Colleges includes Marietta College among the best Midwestern colleges. The nationally known education services company recommends Marietta as one of 159 institutions in 12 states it named to its “Best in the Midwest” list for 2019. A total of 661 colleges and universities nationwide are ranked...

Marietta College has placed 45th in a national ranking of baccalaureate colleges and universities across the United States in regards to an institutions contribution to the public good.

The education opportunities in the Pioneer City have become more expansive thanks to a new partnership between Marietta College and Washington State Community College (WSCC).

Princeton Review’s 2016 issue of The Best 380 Colleges includes Marietta College among the best Midwestern colleges. The new listings were released earlier this week.

As campus settles into a new academic year, the leadership at Marietta College reflects on how well the 2016-17 year was for the Pioneer family. “When I came on board a little more than a year ago, I saw a lot of opportunities to do great things, and I also met a lot of talented people on campus who were willing to make these things happen...

Marietta College will be recognized as a Tree Campus USA today in the Southeast Ohio awards ceremony hosted by the City of Athens Tree Commission and the ODNR Division of Forestry.  This is the first time Marietta College has been honored with this nationally recognized award. The City of Marietta was also recognized as a Tree City USA for...

Marietta College has placed 13th in a national ranking of colleges and universities across the United States in regards to an institution’s contribution to the public good — up from 26th last year. The Washington Monthly 2017 College Guide and Rankings assesses institutions based on social mobility (graduation rate, first-generation...

Ever since Gabe Brunck ’23 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) visited Marietta College’s campus and met some players from the men’s lacrosse team, he was on a mission to attend one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges. “This is actually the only place I came to look, and when I saw the campus, I didn’t want to go anywhere else,” said Brunck,...

​Marietta College, which has been historically ranked among the nation’s best colleges and universities, was recently ranked one of the nation’s “Best Colleges for Your Money,” by College Factual.

It would be easy to assume that Hannah Garofalo ’21 and Theresa “Tree” LaGreca ’21 were lifelong best friends by the way they finished each other’s sentences and joked around during Wednesday’s PioConnect and when most of the Class of 2021 moved into their Marietta College residence halls.

Gone are the days when students with special needs are separated from the general education classroom on a full-time basis. Educators at Marietta College say that’s a good thing and they are training the next generation of teachers to educate children of all abilities in the same classroom.

Marietta College is one of the best college's in the Midwest according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company recommends Marietta as one of 158 institutions in 12 states it named to its “Best in the Midwest” list for 2015.

Marietta College is ranked 10th — up three spots from last year — among the Best Midwest Regional Colleges in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report survey, released today. Marietta was also ranked No. 8 in the region in the Best Value Schools category. Marietta is tied Benedictine College in Kansas and Milliken University in Illinois. Each...

Beginning in the fall of 2014, the Department of Business and Economics at Marietta College will be offering a Bachelor of Arts degree in Land & Energy Management.

Oftentimes, great opportunities are a result of both what you know as well as who you know. For Cameron Dowiak ’19 (Burgettstown, Pennsylvania), getting the opportunity to spend the summer working in a lab at Yale was the culminating result of her own impressive scientific background and a helpful alumni connection.

This summer marked the dawn of a new undertaking at Marietta College. The Women’s Inspirational Summer Experience (WISE) welcomed its first cohort of high school students to campus for four days starting on Tuesday, July 9th. This four-day residential experience provided young women in high school with a glimpse of college life and helped...

Marietta College is no newcomer to national rankings.

Every college student has been assigned a case study to research and write a report. It’s right up there with group projects and adding a works cited page. Mark Vizza ’98 remembers them all too well, and every case study seemed to come from another era. “It drove me crazy and I wondered to myself, ‘Did nothing of significance happen at any...

Marietta College President William N. Ruud announced today (January 25, 2019) the appointment of Scot Schaeffer as the College’s Vice President for Enrollment Management. Schaeffer will assume the role on March 5. 

There are as many reasons why students choose Marietta College as there are students themselves. From the 13:1 student-to-professor ratio; the beautiful 90-acre campus in a quaint river city; the talented faculty who devote their careers to educating the next generation of industry leaders; the specialty programs such as petroleum engineering...