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Pine Manor College

400 Heath St, Chestnut hill, MA 02467 -

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Pine Manor College is a four-year liberal arts college dedicated to preparing women for roles of inclusive leadership and social responsibility in their workplaces, families and communities. We pursue this goal through: integration of an outcomes-based curriculum and co-curriculum demonstrated by portfolio presentations; active, collaborative, applied liberal arts learning; and college-wide mentoring teams and community partnerships--in an environment that celebrates diversity and respects the common good.

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School Overview:

	Pine Manor College
County	Middlesex County, MA
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	447 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	8 students

Total Enrollment	455 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	481 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	84%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	45%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$3,147
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	37%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$1,573
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	77%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$5,826
% Students Receiving Loans	64%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$2,302

School Notes:

Pine Manor College was originally established as a post-secondary division of Dana Hall School in Wellesley in 1911 by the late Helen Temple Cooke, a pioneer dedicated to preparing women for successful lives. Today the College offers Bachelors and Associate's degrees. Its evolution has been one of planned growth linked to the evolution of expanding opportunities for women.It was chartered in 1930 as an independent junior college and authorized in 1959 to confer Associate's degrees. The College moved to its present campus in 1965 and was authorized to confer Bachelor's degrees in 1977.
PMC's picturesque campus is situated on 60 wooded acres in the Chestnut Hill section of Brookline, Massachusetts, five miles from downtown Boston.
Pine Manor College has been ranked Number One for campus diversity among BA liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report America's Best Colleges 2006 for the third year in a row. The ranking is based on the statistical likelihood of any student interacting with other students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
Pine Manor College is dedicated to helping students with financial need. Over 80 percent of our full-time students receive financial assistance in the form of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study jobs. After financial aid is calculated, many of our students find that our bottom-line costs are competitive with state-related schools.Scholarships are available to students for academic achievement in high school or college, and the Margaret Elkins Leadership Scholarship program provides awards to students who have demonstrated leadership ability.
PMC is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).
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In the News:

Pinsonault reaches 1,000-point mark (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
posted on January 7, 2011 at 12:06:48 pm
Anna Maria 81, Wheelock 72: Senior guard Chris Pinsonault of Marlboro became the 17th AmCat to reach 1,000 career points while helping visiting Anna Maria (6-6) post its third straight victory in a game played at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill.
How a college president toppled the ivory tower (The Christian Science Monitor)
posted on December 13, 2010 at 07:15:38 pm
Pine Manor College was once a haven for privileged white women. Now its seeing a surge in low-income and minority students.
DWC athletic director resigns (The Nashua Telegraph)
posted on October 16, 2010 at 05:41:55 am
NASHUA – An end of an era arrived at Daniel Webster College on Friday as longtime athletic director John Griffith resigned to take a similar position at Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Griffith has been the athletic director since 2001 and has been associated with the school in a variety of coaching capacities since 1995, including a six year stint as head men’s basketball coach. He ...
Brookline Chamber hosting an evening with Barney Frank (The Brookline Tab)
posted on October 7, 2010 at 10:11:07 pm
U.S. Rep. Barney Frank will be the honored guest and speaker at a dinner event Thursday, Oct. 14, 6 to 8 p.m., at Pine Manor College, 400 Heath St. This event is part of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce Dinner Speaker Series, which features notable speakers and topics to benefit the Brookline community.
Women's Colleges See Shift in Racial Makeup (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
posted on May 30, 2010 at 01:42:52 pm
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- Tucked among mansions in this affluent Boston suburb, Pine Manor College was long a finishing school, a place for well-heeled women to receive an education and for Ivy League men to find wives -- earning it the pejorative nickname "Pine Mattress." Photographs around campus show alumnae clad in white gloves, pearls and shirtwaist dresses.