Anna Maria College: Difference between revisions

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| academic_affiliation = [[Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts|HECCMA]]

| endowment = $7.2 million (2022)<ref>{{cite news |author=<!–not stated–> |date=March 21, 2022 |title=Worcester area college endowments. Holy Cross pushes past $1 billion. |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/2022/03/21/worcester-area-college-endowments-holy-cross-pushes-past-1-billion/9340818002/ |work=Worcester Telegram |access-date=April 11, 2022 |archive-date=February 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217164201/https://www.telegram.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegram.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2022%2F03%2F21%2Fworcester-area-college-endowments-holy-cross-pushes-past-1-billion%2F9340818002%2F |url-status=live }}</ref>

| president = Sean J. Ryan<ref>https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/03/new-president-named-at-central-mass-college-replacing-leader-of-10-years.html</ref>

| president = Mary Lou Retelle

| academic_staff = 42 full-time<br>145 part-time<ref>{{cite web |title=College Navigator – Anna Maria College |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=anna+maria&s=all&id=164492 |website=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=April 13, 2022}}</ref>

| undergrad = 1,104 (2019)

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Anna Maria College has an average annual enrollment of around 1,500 students, mostly undergraduate and graduate students, and some continuing education learners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://annamaria.edu/college-data/enrollment-dashboard/|title=Enrollment Dashboard|access-date=2022-04-11|archive-date=2022-09-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926193357/https://annamaria.edu/college-data/enrollment-dashboard/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rooted in the traditions of Catholic education, the college combines liberal arts and sciences education with career preparation.

The college is divided into ~~six~~ academic schools: the School of Business, ~~the~~ School of ~~Education,~~ ~~the School of Justice~~ and Social Sciences, ~~the~~ School of ~~Fire~~ and Health Sciences~~, the School of Visual and Performing Arts~~, and the School of ~~Humanities~~.<ref>~~{{cite web|url=http~~://~~www.~~annamaria.edu/~~|title=Home|work=Anna Maria College|access~~–~~date=2007~~–~~05-21|archive-date=2007-05-27|archive-url=https:~~/~~/web.archive.org/web/20070527175029/http://www.annamaria.edu/|url-status=live}}~~</ref>

The college is divided into academic schools: the School of Business, School of and Social Sciences, School of and Health Sciences, and the School of .<ref>://annamaria.edu/–/</ref>

==Athletics==

Anna Maria College has thirteen [[NCAA Division III|Division III]] athletic teams, known as the AMCATS (Anna Maria College Athletic Team Sports), in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA), including men’s baseball, basketball~~, cross country~~, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and soccer; and women’s basketball, ~~cross~~ ~~country~~, field hockey, soccer, softball~~, tennis~~, and volleyball. The school is a ~~[[Great~~ ~~Northeast~~ ~~Athletic~~ ~~Conference]]~~ ~~(GNAC)~~ ~~member.~~ ~~Football~~ is ~~played~~ in the ~~[[Eastern~~ Collegiate ~~Football~~ Conference]] (~~ECFC~~). ~~Anna Maria was also a charter member of the [[Commonwealth Coast Conference]] (CCC), which it competed in from 1984 to 2011 before joining the GNAC.~~

==Notable faculty==

Catholic college in Paxton, Massachusetts, US

Anna Maria College is a private Catholic college in Paxton, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a women’s college, but has been coeducational since 1973. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

View of Socquet Hall, the location of the Office of the President, in 2016

Anna Maria College was founded in 1946 as a women’s college by the Sisters of Saint Anne, after receiving formal approval from Richard Cushing, the Archbishop of Boston. The original campus was in Marlborough, Massachusetts. In 1951, the college moved to its present location in Paxton.^[4] Four years later, accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges was issued.

In 1973, Anna Maria College became coeducational and began graduate degree programs a year later.^[5] On April 3, 1980, the Sisters of Saint Anne ceased involvement in running the school, and a Board of Trustees was established.

In 2004, the college established the Molly Bish Center for the Protection of Children and the Elderly.^[6]

Anna Maria College has an average annual enrollment of around 1,500 students, mostly undergraduate and graduate students, and some continuing education learners.^[7] Rooted in the traditions of Catholic education, the college combines liberal arts and sciences education with career preparation.

The college is divided into four academic schools: the School of Business, School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, and the School of Professional Studies.^[8]

Anna Maria College has thirteen Division III athletic teams, known as the AMCATS (Anna Maria College Athletic Team Sports), in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), including men’s baseball, basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and soccer; and women’s basketball, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, and volleyball. The school is the first private college to be invited for core member status in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC).^[9]