Admission to the College

The College requires that all candidates for admission are graduates of accredited four-year high schools or have satisfied high school requirements through the GED or other officially specified arrangements. Students applying for transfer to Stephens College must submit all College transcripts for evaluation. Admission to Stephens College is based on academic ability and potential seriousness of purpose, character and certain other qualifications. Offers of admission are extended to students most likely to benefit from the educational opportunities at Stephens. The Office of Admission staff will assist all applicants in applying for admission and in planning their future at Stephens College.

Stephens College does not discriminate on the basis of color, race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability or handicap in administration of its educational policies; admission policies; scholarship, and loan, athletic and or other College-administered programs; or in its employment practices. Stephens College is committed to meeting fully its obligations of nondiscrimination under Federal and State laws as they are currently written or as they may be amended from time to time, and is further committed to creating a community in which a diverse population can live and learn and work in an atmosphere of respect for the rights and sensibilities of each individual, without regard to economic status, ethnic background, political views, or other personal characteristics or beliefs.

Inquiries concerning compliance with applicable law may be directed to the Office of Vice President of Student Services, Campus Box 2033, Stephens College, Columbia, MO 65215.

Ten Ideals
Inherent in the culture at Stephens College is the tradition of the Ten Ideals, which originated in 1921. Each year, 10 students whose activities represent the overall ideals of Stephens College are selected as personifications of individual Ideals.

The Ten Ideals are as follows:

1. Respect for our own dignity and for the dignity of others, embodied in a sense of social justice

2. Courage and persistence

3. Independence, autonomy and self-sufficiency

4. Support for others through the willingness to take and give criticism, acceptance and love

5. Sensitivity to the uniqueness and fragility of the natural world of which we are part

6. Responsibility for the consequences of our choices

7. Belief in our changing selves and in our right to change

8. Creativity in the spiritual and aesthetic dimensions of life

9. Intelligence that is informed and cultivated, critical yet tolerant

10. Leadership which empowers others

Stephens College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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