College of the Atlantic

College of the Atlantic (COA) is a private, liberal-arts college in Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island, Maine, United States. Founded in 1969, it awards bachelors and masters (M.Phil.) degrees solely in the field of human ecology, an interdisciplinary approach to learning. Focus areas include arts and design, environmental sciences, humanities, international studies, sustainable food systems, and socially responsible business.

The college is small, with approximately 364 students and a full-time faculty of 35, and 15 part-time faculty. Tenets of the pedagogy include field-based or applied to learn; small, seminar-style classes; student-directed projects; community involvement; and interdisciplinary learning. It was the first college to be carbon neutral and one of the first to divest fossil fuel holdings from its endowment. The college appears on most of the top "green school" lists.

Students have come from all 50 states and 34 foreign countries. With international students comprising an average of 17 per cent of the student body, the College of the Atlantic is among the five liberal arts colleges with the highest proportion of international students.

 These students primarily graduate from United World Colleges and are awarded significant scholarships through the Davis United World College Scholars Program.