Sweet Briar offers hands-on academics, a focus on women’s leadership, an innovative academic calendar designed for experiential learning, and a deep connection to our land. Together, we learn by doing.

Sweet Briar has one of the only two ABET-accredited engineering programs at a women’s college in the country Our chapter of Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society is notable because only 10% of U.S. colleges and universities have one Forbes’ Top Colleges and Kiplinger’s Best College Values for 2019

Sweet Briar women advocate and inspire. We shape our community. We change our world.

Sweet Briar’s academic programs emphasize intensive intellectual exploration and risk-taking — a great match for your persistence and energy.

Affording Sweet Briar. A Sweet Briar education is excellent, relevant and affordable. Our students graduate with less debt than most. Connect with the Office of Financial Aid

Sweet Briar College is situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia about 10 miles from the Appalachian Trail and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The campus is on U.S. 29, 12 miles north of Lynchburg and 54 miles south of Charlottesville.

Sweet Briar College embraces its mission to “challenge and inspire women, forging ethical leaders with the skill, compassion, and vision to create a more just and sustainable world.” So that it can carry out its mission, the College is committed to remaining a …

B.S. Engineering Science | Sweet Briar College, 2020 “Sweet Briar is a place that enables women to mature into intellectually fierce, well-spoken individuals who are able to shine outside of the College’s campus.”

The Sweet Briar Campus is often cited as one of the nation’s most beautiful, with its 2,847 acres, 18 miles of trails, two lakes, old hardwood forests, lush greens and dells, mountain vistas, and 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.

Whether you are transferring from a community college or another four-year school, we make the process simple! We guarantee automatic admission to students graduating from a Virginia community college with a transfer-oriented degree and who have a cumulative 2.5 GPA or higher.