Deep Springs College
- Deep Springs is an all-male liberal arts college located on a self-sustaining cattle-ranch and alfalfa farm in California's High Desert. The 27 members of the student body form a close community engaged in an intense educational project delineated by what Deep Springs' founder, L. L. Nunn, termed the "three pillars": academics, labor and self-governance. The principle underlying the three pillars is that manual labor and political deliberation are necessary supplements to the liberal arts in the training of future servants to humanity. Students attend for two years (after which most transfer to a four-year institution) and receive a full scholarship valued at over $50,000 per year.
School Highlights
- Deep Springs College serves 27 students
- Minority enrollment is 100% of the student body (majority Black and Hispanic), which is less than the state average of 53%.
- Deep Springs College is the only community colleges within Esmeralda County, NV.
- The nearest community college to Deep Springs College is Reedley College (106.2 miles away).
Top Placements
Deep Springs College places among the top 20% of community colleges in Nevada for:
- Category Attribute
- Diversity Average community college minority breakdown
School Overview
| Deep Springs College | (NV) Community College Avg. | |
| Carnegie Classification | Associate of Arts Colleges | Baccalaureate / Associates Colleges |
| Institution Level | At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs | At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs |
| Institution Control | Private, non-profit | Private, for profit |
| Total Enrollment | 27 students | 3,024 students |
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| % Unknown races | 100% | 7% |
| Diversity Score | 0.00 | 0.70 |
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| Median Debt for Graduates | - | - |
| Median Debt for Dropouts | - | - |
Source: 2016 (or latest year available) IPEDS
School Notes
- Deep Springs offers only an Associate's Degree in the liberal arts. Deep Springers usually transfer after two years at the college to continue their education at a four-year institution. Over the long term, over two-thirds of our alumni have earned graduate degrees, with over half holding a doctorate (M.D., J.D., Ph.D., etc.) as their terminal degree. Courses at Deep Springs are intensive and interactive seminars. Classes range in size from four to ten, so every member must come prepared to contribute to the discussion. As a result, students devote a great deal of time and energy to their assignments, and discussions often achieve a depth uncommon at the undergraduate level. Deep Springs has a library of approximately 23,000 volumes, a modest periodicals subscription, and computer work stations with internet and e-mail access via satellite. Our facilities are ample for the needs of the academic program and include a music room, a piano room, a laboratory, a darkroom, a ceramics studio, a library, a smithy, an auto shop, a woodshop, a saddle and leatherworking shop, fifty square miles of desert ecology and geology, and three classrooms. Classes are sometimes also held in unconventional locations, like professors' homes or the irrigation ditch.
Nearby Schools
- The nearest community college to Deep Springs College is Reedley College (106.2 miles away).
- College Location Mi. Students
- Reedley CollegePublic14,633 students | 106.20 Mi995 N Reed Ave
Reedley, CA 93654
(559) 638-3641 106.2014,633 - Institute of Technology IncPrivate, for profit1,509 students | 107.70 Mi564 W Herndon
Clovis, CA 93612
(559) 297-4500 107.701,509 - San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno AviationPrivate, for profitn/a students | 110.20 Mi4985 East Andersen Ave
Fresno, CA 93727
(559) 453-0123 110.20n/a - San Joaquin Valley College-FresnoPrivate, for profitn/a students | 110.80 Mi295 East Sierra Avenue
Fresno, CA 93710
(559) 448-8282 110.80n/a - Fresno City CollegePublic22,307 students | 113.90 Mi1101 E. University Ave
Fresno, CA 93741
(559) 442-4600 113.9022,307
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