MacMurray College

MacMurray College is a career-directed liberal arts college located in Jacksonville, Illinois. Its enrollment in fall 2011 was 548. It is 30 miles from Springfield and 235 miles from Chicago. In its annual rankings of the nation's colleges and universities, Washington Monthly magazine listed MacMurray No. 14 in the country among more than 300 baccalaureate colleges. The Washington Monthly looks at social mobility, research and service to gauge how much the nation's colleges and universities give back to the country. Although founded in 1846 by a group of Methodist clergymen as the Illinois... Conference Female Academy, the first class was not held until 1848. Since its beginnings, the college has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education originally for women in the United States. The school was renamed the Illinois Conference Female College in 1851, with the name changed again to Illinois Female College in 1863 and Illinois Woman's College in 1899. The name was changed to MacMurray College for Women in 1930 to honor James E.
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