Women’s colleges matter. They are sustainable and they are relevant.
According to the Women’s College Coalition, applications to women’s colleges increased 54% between 2004 and 2012. The application rate only was 5% below the national rate for women applying to co-ed schools.
Women’s colleges are relevant to all of us, because of the graduates they create:
- while women are grossly underrepresented in the hard science (STEM) fields, graduates of women’s colleges are more than twice as likely as graduates from coed schools to seek advanced degrees in the sciences;
- 30 percent of the 50 women named by Business Week as rising stars in corporate America graduated from women’s colleges;
- 20 percent of the women currently serving in the United States Congress graduated from women’s colleges; and
- half the graduates of women’s colleges work in male-dominated fields.
Since 1840, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods has educated women who are committed to serving their families and their communities, with strength and confidence. With changes to the College’s recruiting and fundraising strategies, SMWC can continue this legacy of powerful, courageous women.
SMWC Women 
Thank you so much for undertaking this response. I was so sad when i heard the plan for co-education. Is there anything alumni outside of the areas mentioned can do? Mary Kay O’Malley ’77;
Clinical Professor of Law, UMKC School of Law, Kansas City, MO
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You absolutely can help. We started with the cities where we knew we have supportive alumnae and a strong network of Catholic High Schools. The list, is by no means, exclusive. We’d love to have you join us.
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