Randolph-Macon, a nationally ranked liberal arts college, has an outstanding reputation for its rigorous liberal arts education and exceptional faculty. With an overall enrollment of nearly 1,600 students, the college offers a wealth of academic, co-curricular and campus life programs with over 55 majors, minors and other areas of study.

Here are just a few of the many new and noteworthy opportunities available at RMC:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program: integrates the college’s rigorous liberal arts education with a comprehensive four-year nursing program that will prepare graduates for nursing careers.
• Black Studies major: the creation of this new major, inspired by the popular, long-standing Black Studies Minor, entails a series of structured elective and required classes in multiple departments and programs, and is designed to complement the college’s wide variety of majors and minors. RMC is the first Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges school to offer this major.
• Criminology major: focuses on understanding crime patterns and criminal behavior. Criminology students will study how societies try to prevent and control crime and how we decide to punish offenders.
• Cybersecurity major: a computing-based discipline that involves the creation, operation, analysis, and testing of secure systems, networks, and applications to protect against a variety of digital threats.
• Engineering major: this high-demand program focuses on engineering mechanics as well as courses incorporating project-based design and analysis that apply foundation principles to complex real-world problems.
• Equestrian Program at Coventry Farm: includes a club, an Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) team, and an Eventing team. Riders board their horses and train at RMC’s Coventry Farm.
• eSports program: competitions are facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games; the input of players and teams as well as the output of the eSports system are mediated by human-computer interfaces.
• Randolph Macon Ensemble: a musical organization dedicated to performing a broad spectrum of instrumental music, launched in spring 2019.
• Show Choir: this program uses vocals, choreography, staging, costuming and production to synthesize an artistic experience.
• Writing major: the central focus of this major is to heighten students’ power to use the written word effectively and with style.

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Program

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program prepares students to build extraordinary futures as nurses through a robust curriculum in the arts and sciences. Students will learn in a new, 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the art facility, Payne Hall and will experience realistic clinical learning with hi-fidelity simulation experiences in the Simulation Center. In addition to discipline-specific direct patient care opportunities, students will engage in enriching interdisciplinary learning. With robust health assessment and skills labs in addition to simulation learning laboratories, students will thrive in an optimal learning environment designed to improve technical nursing skills, clinical judgment, decision making, communication and teamwork. The BSN program at RMC also offers students the opportunity to engage in undergraduate research, study abroad, extracurricular programs and intercollegiate sports.

About Randolph-Macon

Founded in 1830, and ideally located in historic Ashland, Virginia, just minutes north of Richmond and 90 miles south of Washington. D.C., Randolph-Macon is a selective, co-educational, nationally-ranked liberal arts college with a mission of “developing the minds and character of its students.” Enrollment is nearly 1,600 with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1 and an average class size of 16 students. R-MC offers over 55 majors, minors and other areas of study, including new Nursing, Engineering and Black Studies majors, and has an outstanding reputation for its exceptional faculty and rigorous curriculum, an engaged, global alumni network, national and international internships, study abroad and undergraduate research opportunities, and unique January Term program.   The college pledges a Four-Year Degree Guarantee for eligible students as well as generous scholarships and financial aid packages. The EDGE integrates an outstanding liberal arts education with a dynamic four-year career preparation program aimed at providing graduates with a competitive advantage when applying for jobs or top graduate schools. The college also offers a wealth of leadership and service organizations. With 18 varsity sports, as well as eSports and an equestrian program, the Yellow Jackets play in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) and are members of NCAA’s Division III.  Randolph-Macon is the oldest United Methodist Church-affiliated college in the nation.