Mary Baldwin College (abridged as MBC) is a private aesthetic sciences, master's-level college in Staunton, Virginia, USA. It was established in 1842 by Rufus William Bailey as the Augusta Female Seminary. Mary Baldwin College is one of three ladies' schools in Virginia. The four-year foundation offers private undergrad programs for ladies and also co-instructive grown-up degree projects and graduate degree programs.
The school is the most seasoned establishment of advanced education for ladies in the country subsidiary with the Presbyterian Church,and it is home to the main every female corp of cadets on the planet. U.S. News and World Report recorded MBC as the Top 50 Regional Universities in the South for the 2015 version of "Best Colleges."
Situated in Staunton, Virginia inside of Augusta County, the school was initially established as the Augusta Female Seminary in 1842 by Rufus William Bailey. Among the school's first understudies was Mary Julia Baldwin. In 1863, Baldwin was named vital and headed the school through the Civil War, however most schools in the zone had shut because of the war and financial hardship. The school was renamed Mary Baldwin Seminary in 1895 out of appreciation for Baldwin. In 1923, the name changed to Mary Baldwin College when the school turned into a four-year establishment. In 1963, MBC formally finished its strategy of conceding just white ladies.
At the point when Staunton Military Academy (SMA) shut in 1976, its grounds and structures were bought by Mary Baldwin College, growing the MBC grounds from 19 sections of land to 54. In 1977, MBC turned into the first school in Virginia to dispatch a grown-up degree program. Cynthia Haldenby Tyson was designated as the school's eighth president in 1985. That same year, the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted (PEG) was set up to permit scholastically talented young ladies to win four year certifications.