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Sewanee: The University of the South
Sewanee: The University of the South, founded in 1857 by Episcopal dioceses across the American South, sits on a 13,000-acre campus known as "the Domain" atop the Cumberland Plateau, giving it one of the largest and most physically dramatic campus footprints of any small liberal arts college in the country. The university's continued Episcopal Church affiliation and governance structure, in which a group of Southern Episcopal dioceses collectively hold ownership, is unique among American colleges, and Sewanee's School of Theology trains clergy for the Episcopal Church alongside the undergraduate liberal arts college. Sewanee's English department and its literary magazine, The Sewanee Review, one of the oldest continuously published literary quarterlies in the country, have built a strong reputation within American literary circles disproportionate to the college's small size. The university's honor code, extensive wilderness domain available for outdoor recreation and environmental study, and its distinctive Episcopal governance structure have made Sewanee one of the most physically and institutionally distinctive small liberal arts colleges in the South.
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University, founded in 1873 with an initial $1 million gift from shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, has grown into the top-ranked research university in the American South, with a Nashville campus that's officially designated as a national arboretum for its extensive tree collection. The university's Peabody College of Education and its medical center have each built strong national reputations, and Vanderbilt's undergraduate financial aid program, which eliminated need-based loans entirely in favor of grants, has made it one of the more accessible elite private research universities for lower-income admitted students. Vanderbilt's location in Nashville, alongside the city's status as a major hub for country music and, increasingly, healthcare and technology industries, gives students access to a broad range of internship and career opportunities beyond the university's own considerable research infrastructure. The university's rise in national rankings over the past two decades, moving from a strong regional Southern university into a consistent top-15 national research university, reflects sustained investment in faculty recruiting, research funding, and campus development that's made Vanderbilt one of the most academically ambitious universities in the South.
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