Alderson Broaddus College

, Philippi, WV 26416-203 -  View Map

Tel: (304)457-1700

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• Alderson-Broaddus is a place to learn...a place to develop your potential. Our first purpose is to create settings, opportunities and an atmosphere where you can pursue your academic and professional interests. You will also spend time in activities and places outside the classroom where a different kind of learning occurs. Here you develop maturity through meaningful relationship with others.
• Alderson-Broaddus College offers programs in the health sciences, social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and education. All programs are based on a strong liberal arts foundation that prepares students for responsible citizenship and lifelong learning. The College maintains strong ties with the American Baptist Churches U.S.A., and encourages the academic goals of expanding knowledge, intellectual inquiry, and critical thinking. It also encourages Christian values, including reasoned religious belief, personal moral integrity, and service to others. The College is a caring community that strives to meet the intellectual, spiritual, social, psychological, and physical needs of students. Alderson-Broaddus College is committed to serving the region as an academic, cultural, and religious resource.
• Established in 1871, Alderson-Broaddus is a liberal arts institution that is well known for its outstanding health-related programs, which include the nation's first four-year physician assistant program, West Virginia's first college nursing program, and five other health-related majors.
• A-B is one of four West Virginia Colleges listed in the Top Tier of Southern Comprehensive College's - Bachelor's category. U.S.News & World Report ranks colleges and universities by mission and region, academic excellence, and against their peers, based on composite weighted scores.
• Alderson-Broaddus College is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.

In the News:

• Barbour Chamber holds banquet (The Inter-Mountain)
  posted on March 28, 2011 at 03:57:39 pm
  Business leaders in Barbour County celebrated with a Civil War style theme Friday at the Annual Chamber Banquet at Heiner Hall on the campus of Alderson Broaddus College in Philippi.
• Alderson Broaddus College Hosts Commencement (WBOY Clarksburg)
  posted on May 9, 2010 at 11:34:21 pm
  Rep. Shelley Moore Capito gave the commencement address.
• Alderson Broaddus College Holds Alumni Banquet (WBOY Clarksburg)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:40:49 am
  A 2005 graduate and Army soldier was recognized with an award.

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