Prescott College Inc.

It is the mission of Prescott College to educate students of diverse ages and backgrounds to understand, thrive in, and enhance our world community and environment. Our philosophy stresses experiential learning and self-direction within an interdisciplinary curriculum.

Prescott College is Arizona's only private nonprofit liberal arts college. Many of the College's core philosophical and educational principles emerged in Phoenix in 1963 at a symposium of state and nationally known leaders in higher education, sponsored by the Ford Foundation's Fund for Post-Secondary Education, Business and Industry. These leading minds were asked to create a cutting-edge vision of a college that would train a new generation of leaders with the skills, moral foundation, and vision to promote peace and well being among the world's peoples, and with the foresight to attack such looming problems as environmental degradation, poverty, and overpopulation.

The core principals developed in 1963 persist today, and the school's 50-year history has been an ongoing tale of innovation though transformative education to meet the demands of an ever-changing world and population. Prescott College was, in fact, recently named in the top ten most innovative small schools in the country, and ranked higher than the likes of Colgate, Amherst, Haverford, Scripps and others. We set the standard for academic excellence through experiential, collaborative education.

Testimonials

"My experience changed my life. I feel it is paramount that self directed learners have an institution that helps them structure their pursuit of knowledge." - Jason Tipton

"My daughter thrived there. It launched her into graduate studies and changed her life perspective." - Richard Kipling

"My education at Prescott College was transformative. And the more I advance in my career and live in different places, the more I realize how important my experience at Prescott was. My job would be a whole lot easier if I got to work with more PC grads--lots less time convincing people the value of social and environmental justice and more time creating solutions!" - Elizabeth Cornish

"A rare, elegant and excellent education can be had at Prescott College." - Lisa Garrison

"Both of my children went to Prescott College and it made them better people and able to contribute productively to our world!" - Marcia Baker