Peace College Quick Facts

Peace is a liberal arts and sciences college offering four-year baccalaureate degrees in a variety of programs designed to give you the education and skills you need to build successful lives and careers.

Peace College is located in Raleigh, N.C., regularly ranked as a best place to live.
Peace was founded in 1857.
The college is independent, but has an historic affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Peace College enrolls approximately 700 women each year.
Our student-to-faculty ratio is 14-1.
100 percent of our classes are taught by faculty. No teaching assistants.
All of our graduates complete an internship in their area of study. More than 60% of our graduates report that they received job offers from their internship employers.
91 percent of our graduates completed their degree within four years.
We offer 16 majors, an innovative teacher education program and a wide variety of minor options.
Our academic program is regularly ranked by our students as among the very best in the nation, as measured by the National Survey of Student Engagement.
Our comprehensive "Peace Passport" educational program provides a framework in which academic learning is engaged with outside-the-classroom experiences to prepare you for a meaning-filled life and career.
Peace is a member of the USA South Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III, and competes in six sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball

Our campus

Peace offers a serene, traditional campus in the center of the busy capital city Raleigh, N.C. Our buildings are situated in grove of native oaks. The centerpiece building, Main Building, was constructed in the 1860s and is included on the National Register of Historic Places.

Our mission statement

"Peace is a baccalaureate college of the arts and sciences that challenges women to an adventure of intellectual and personal discovery, preparing women for graduate and lifelong learning, for meaningful careers, and for ethical lives of purpose, leadership and service."

College colors:
Green and White

Our alma mater

"In the heart of Carolina, 'Neath its skies of blue, Stands our Noble Alma Mater, Glorious to view. Classic in her broad proportions, Looks she proudly down - Reared against the arch of heaven, With the stars for crown.

(Chorus)
Lift the chorus, speed it onward; Let it never cease; Hail to thee, our Alma Mater; Hail, all hail, to Peace!"

Degrees granted

Four-year baccalaureate degrees in Anthropology, Biology, Business Administration, Child Development, Communication, Education, English, Graphic Design, History, Human Resources, Leadership Studies, Liberal Studies, Music Performance, Political Science, Psychology, and Spanish.

Other special academic programs

Peace also offers an innovative Teacher Education program in which students gain the education and skills necessary for licensure in both elementary education and special education. Our Adventures program is designed to help new students adjust to college life. We also offer strong Honors and International Studies programs. For adult learners who want to complete a degree they may have started years ago, we offer a Degree Completion program in which they attend class just one night a week.