St. John's College

St. John’s College is a private liberal arts college founded in 1696 in Annapolis, Maryland — the third-oldest college in the United States. The most distinctive curriculum in American higher education: there are no majors, no textbooks, no lectures, and no electives. Every student spends 4 years reading the same 100 Great Books of Western Civilization in small 18-student seminars — from Homer, Plato, and Euclid to Shakespeare, Newton, Darwin, and Einstein. St. John’s has a second campus in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Great Books Curriculum

• No Majors, No Electives — Everyone reads the same Great Books; education is truly universal
• Seminar Method — All classes are 18-student Socratic seminars; no lectures ever
• The Great Books — 100 works spanning 3,000 years: Homer, Plato, Euclid, Aristotle, Aquinas, Newton, Kant, Darwin, Einstein, and more
• Two Campuses — Annapolis (founded 1696) and Santa Fe (founded 1964)

How to Apply

• Application: Own application (no standardized test scores required) | Acceptance Rate: ~72% | Tuition: ~$58,550