Judson College, founded in 1838, is Alabama’s only women’s college — one of 72 in America — and the only women’s college in America that is also a member of the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities.
According to research gathered by the Women’s College Coalition, students in a women’s college score higher on standardized achievement tests, participate more fully in and out of class, tend to choose from a broader array of disciplines such as the sciences as their major (women’s colleges graduate women in math and science at 1 1/2 times the rate of coed schools), have more opportunities to develop leadership skills, are more likely to graduate, tend to attain higher positions and are happier and earn more in their chosen fields.
Judson College possesses a remarkable level of placement for graduates.
Last year graduates achieved 100 percent acceptance to graduate schools and 95 percent placement in the work force.
While Judson has the advantage of being small in size, few institutions of higher education have had such a large impact upon the world around them.
Judson women were among the first to take Christianity to China in the 19th century, established the first shelter for battered women in Alabama, were among the first from Alabama to perform with the Metropolitan Opera, the first to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court, are listed among best-selling authors, are distinguished as educators in surrounding states, are among the first women to head major research laboratories and are celebrated MacArthur Fellows.
Missionary heritage
Judson College has an extraordinary missionary heritage, including 14 of the first 40 Protestant missionaries to China in the 19th century, the first appointment of the Domestic Board of Missions (now North American Mission Board) and the first and 100th missionaries to Japan.
Three of the previously serving executive directors of state WMU programs were Judson graduates.
Believing that God is the author of truth, Judson vigorously pursues knowledge in state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories. Believing that Christ calls us to be servants, we seek to meet the physical and spiritual needs of people in a lost and dying world.
Judson students study the Bible, attend weekly chapel worship led by the finest Christian speakers and have opportunity to participate in local church ministry and campus ministry projects throughout the area.
Students utilize spring break to take hope and healing to mission stations around the nation. Six recent graduates of Judson are Journeymen with the International Mission Board in Asia, South America and the Middle East.
We’re happy to join with our two sister Baptist colleges in the state in a new effort to partner with pastors and youth ministers who, we trust, will exhort young people to consider Christian higher education.
The moral climate of our nation is such that spiritual formation and character development as taught in Baptist colleges are both unique and essential.
As Judson College celebrates its 167th session, we remain committed to Alabama Baptists and pledge our faithfulness to a mission that calls the college to faith in God, academic quality and service.
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