Welcome Home

Welcome to Monmouth College.
Where every day is a great day to be a Scot.

Our pipers are part of the Monmouth traditions. Trust us, you’ll come to love the sound of bagpipes wherever you go!
Welcome to Wells. Our theatre on campus is home to multiple productions throughout the year, including major musicals, and one kick-butt scene shop.
Your teammates are there for you from the field to the classroom. Our Fighting Scots stick together.
Find your lifelong friends here. Welcome home.
Winning is a tradition at Monmouth. In one single school year, we were home to reigning Midwest Conference champions in basketball, track and field, football, women’s soccer and baseball. #RollScots
Your introduction to the liberal arts begins with your classes, your professors and your new found friends. Welcome home.
Welcome to the birthplace of sororities. Where bid day is one the best days, and Greek life is a way of life.
First day of class feels just hit different in college, but we'll still get your picture!
Welcome to Fighting Scots country! We call our student-athletes scholar-athletes because that's exactly what they are with some of the top grades in their sport.
Scots smiles are what we aim for here at Monmouth! Our student life on campus is why some of our students don't leave until winter or summer breaks.
You are here. Welcome home. Welcome to Monmouth College!
Welcome to your new home away from home! Make it cozy, make it Monmouth, make it yours.
Every college campus thinks its fall is the best. But, seriously, ours is. Our town, Monmouth, Ill., is called the Maple City for a reason. All the maple trees with all the fall maple leaves.
No better way to get into the Scot sprit than some marching band music. We recommend "Hey, Baby" during the start of the fourth quarter. Dancing required.
A snow-covered campus turns our already beautiful campus it into a magical, cozy Monmouth.

Recipe for success

If you’ve been on our campus visit or met any of our alumni, you already know that Monmouth is a special place. We’re not totally sure what the perfect recipe for college life is, but we’re pretty sure it includes a heaping cup of feeling like home, an excellent liberal arts education, great relationships with faculty and a dash of bagpipes.

Welcome to our (virtual) home.

We are a private, residential, national liberal arts college, offering majors in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. We have small, seminar-style classes, awesome internship and study-abroad opportunities, and summer research experiences for thoughtful, intellectually engaged and ambitious students.

Whew, that is a lot!

It’s a lot because we give our students the very best college experience.

Cue the cupola

You may have seen our cupola floating around in your email, on an Instagram post or on a postcard that arrived in the mail. It’s kind of our thing.

We were established in 1853 by Scotch-Irish Presbyterian pioneers who wanted to give everyone an outstanding undergraduate education. The cupola is our symbol, designed from our favorite building on campus, Wallace Hall. We celebrate that symbol and history by creating a campus community that makes our students successful.

As a community of learners, Monmouth strives to sustain an environment that is value-centered, intellectually challenging, aesthetically inspiring (hello, beautiful campus) and culturally diverse. We start with a four-year program of general education, student and faculty research beginning as early as your first year and all the cocurricular activities you could want. Through these experiences, we prepare our students for rich personal and professional lives of leadership, citizenship and service in a global context.

Founding females

It wasn’t just our founders who took the lead. Sorority life as we know it was founded at Monmouth. Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Kappa Gamma, national women’s sororities – known as the Monmouth Duo – were founded right here. Greek life is one of our largest student communities on campus, but our students are also athletes. musicians, actors, writers and researchers. They truly are the liberal arts in action.

We honor the spirit of our founders through our bagpipe band, our Scottish tartan and our winning Fighting Scots.

Explore your new home.

“Transferring to Monmouth was the best decision I made for my future. This place is one big family, and I felt like I belonged the moment I stepped foot on campus. The faculty has gone above and beyond to ensure my success in the classroom and when I graduate.”
Brock Crippen ’21, transferred from Illinois Central College
“Monmouth is a family tradition where I could make a difference. The whole campus feels like a family.”
Troy Hippen ’22, Communications Studies
“Monmouth is my home and offers me countless opportunities to grow academically and individually. The professors ensure students know that their door is always open, whether it be related to class or just life in general. There is never a lack of activity or energy on campus – it’s always buzzing!”
Elizabeth Gustafson ’22, Business Administration and Communication Studies
“The students and professors all helped me transition from my old school to here and the family aspect really hit home immediately. It felt like I had been here forever. The professors and advisors really helped with the transition of credits which can be a challenge but here it was never an issue.”
Trevor Davis ’21, transferred from Southwestern Illinois College

“Monmouth offered me some world-class opportunities, along with the ability to conduct my own research and have great relationships with my professors.”
Maxwell Holle ’15
“My favorite memory of Monmouth was watching my older sister play on the basketball team. Watching her senior night was my favorite moment as a little brother and as a Fighting Scot.”
Hunter Todd ’20, Mathematics
“When I was looking at colleges to transfer to I was really overwhelmed by all the research opportunities at Monmouth. I was glad to get started right away.”
Emily Currens ’19, St. Louis University graduate school
“A liberal arts education has been enormous in my development as an engineer. Through the rigorous coursework and critical thinking assignments at Monmouth, I can clearly articulate technical concepts in writing that has advanced my career.”
Stefan Flynn ’14, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

“Monmouth students are eager, excited and willing to try new things about opportunities presented to them. They’re not as self-conscious as students at bigger schools sometimes are, and I’ve enjoyed tapping into that close-knit, community nature.”
Bob Simmons, Classics Department Chair
“Monmouth College offers a peaceful and stimulating environment for learning and teaching, and I enjoy these features very much.”
Annie Moore, French Lecturer
“I love working with our students because I see myself in them. They tend not to be entitled, and they typically don’t come from privileged backgrounds. I want their experience to be as impactful as my college was for me.”
Michelle Simmons, Educational Studies
“I enjoy teaching at Monmouth because the small class sizes and emphasis on quality teaching allow me to focus more on my students.”
Amy C. De Farias, History Department Chair

“The size of Monmouth is perfect for my daughter because she came from a smaller high school and she got several scholarships. She has fit in very well at Monmouth and she is very happy with her decision, as are her parents.”
Jennifer Brannon Suman
“My daughter decided to go to Monmouth because of the individual support, the beautiful campus and small class sizes. She has participated in activities that she wouldn’t have had a chance to at a larger college.”
Kent Barrington
“As the parent of a senior baseball player, I have been so pleased to see the friendships my son has made at Monmouth. His teammates are roommates and they’ll be lifelong friends.”
Jean Witty
“From day one, people on campus were a family – and he felt like he was a member of that family, not just a number. He’s a big-city-kind-of-kid, but he felt like he truly belonged on this small campus and in this community.”
Tammy Simmons

12%
Over 100 students enrolled at Monmouth are Hispanic/Latino
9%
Black or African American students make up 9% of Monmouth’s student body.
28%
Of current students enrolled, 28% represent one or more minority groups.

Summer Opportunities for Intellectual Activity (SOFIA)
SOFIAUNDERGRAD RESEARCH.
Summer Opportunities for Intellectual Activity (SOFIA)
Add valuable undergraduate research experience to your resume before starting your undergraduate degree.
A unique program for incoming freshmen held three weeks before the fall semester starts. Faculty-led small groups present their research on a topic to the Monmouth community. Research and creative projects span a variety of academic departments. Past projects: Chemistry of Baking (Chemistry), External Struggles & Internal Identities (Psychology) and Inside Ancient Greece Athletics (Classics).
SOFIA
By the numbers
Forget the should.Free the possible.
By the numbers
We’re an intimate, small-town campus within a diverse, connected community. Take a look around.
99% of students receive a scholarship or financial assistance
10:1 student-faculty ratio
92% of students live on campus
1853 = the year we were founded
98% employed or in graduate school
1 traditional Scottish Pipe Band
90% of our faculty hold the highest degrees in their field
6th oldest rivalry in college football
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Welcome Home

Recipe for success

Cue the cupola

Founding females

Explore your new home.

What Students Alumni Faculty Parents say about Monmouth

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9%

28%

Summer Opportunities for Intellectual Activity (SOFIA)

SOFIAUNDERGRAD RESEARCH.

By the numbers

Forget the should.Free the possible.