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Women's colleges in the United States

Women's colleges in the United States are private single-sex U.S. institutions of higher education that only admit female students. They are often liberal arts colleges. There are approximately 26 active women's colleges in the United States in 2024, down from a peak of 281 such colleges in the 1960s.[1][2]

List of coordinate colleges

List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States

Women Presidents or Chancellors of Co-ed Colleges and Universities

Timeline of women's colleges in the United States

Seven Sisters (colleges)

Women's colleges in the Southern United States

Women's College Coalition

List of girls' schools in the United States

Men's colleges in the United States

Mixed-sex education

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Women's College Coalition