Goucher College

Goucher College  is a private liberal arts college in Towson, Maryland. As of 2019, the school had approximately 1,450 undergraduates studying in 33 majors and six interdisciplinary fields and 700 students enrolled in graduate programs. In addition to bachelor’s and master’s degrees, Goucher offers professional certificates in several areas, as well as a post-baccalaureate pre-medical program.

The college was chartered in 1885 following a conference in Baltimore led by several local ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, including John F. Goucher, for whom the school is named. Goucher was formerly an all-women’s college until becoming coeducational in 1986. Originally situated in northern Baltimore, the school established its current campus in 1953, where it occupies a 287-acre parcel of land in downtown Towson.

As a member of the Landmark Conference, Goucher competes in the NCAA's Division III in sports including lacrosse, tennis, soccer, and horseback riding. Goucher is among the few colleges in the United States to require a study abroad of all undergraduates and was one of forty institutions profiled in Colleges That Change Lives by Loren Pope.