Founded in 1830 by the Methodists, Randolph-Macon College is a selective, co-educational liberal arts college ideally located in Ashland, Virginia, just minutes north of Richmond and 90 miles south of Washington D.C. The college has an enrollment of approximately 1200 students and achieves its mission of developing the minds and character of its students by maintaining a student-faculty ration of 11:1 and an average class size of 15. Randolph-Macon participates in NCAA Division III and has an outstanding reputation for its exceptional faculty, national and international internships, study abroad, undergraduate research and its unique First-Year Experience programs.