Converse Up Close

See clearly. Decide wisely. Act justly. This is our summons for you. It’s how we began over 100 years ago and the mission still guides us today.

The advantages of a women’s college are compelling. At Converse, it’s the norm for women to run student government, publish student newspapers, serve on committees, and speak up in class. With so many opportunities to be in charge, you become more confident and more accomplished than your peers at coed institutions. You’re more likely to enter traditionally male-dominated fields like math and science, and you’re likely to be better paid in any field. You’re personally and professionally connected to a network of tightly knit alumnae. You join the ranks of Meryl Streep, Alice Walker, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Diane Sawyer, Sofia Coppola, and Barbara Walters—women who discovered that attending a women’s college didn’t shield them from the “real world.” It prepared them for it.

Outcomes at Converse reinforce this: 70% of the Class of 2010 had a job placement or graduate school acceptance in-hand on the day they graduated. More than half completed research or independent creative projects while at Converse. And nearly 75% would like to be mentors for current Converse students.

Among the wide variety of career paths our alumnae have followed, you’ll find a Pulitzer Prize winner, a state Supreme Court Justice, Broadway performers, one of the nation’s top heart researchers and even the deputy crew commander for Titan IV Rocket launches at Cape Canaveral. You’ll find a sisterhood of women who have succeeded professionally and personally.

Converse also offers distinct advantages as a liberal arts college, plus a close-knit community, individual attention from professors, and great opportunities for research. In the nation’s most comprehensive independent study of student engagement, Converse exceeded the national average in every category. Our students traveled more, interacted more, discussed more, excelled more.

In fact, asked about overall educational experience, Converse seniors, at a rate nearly twice the national average, said “excellent.”