Bryn Mawr College was founded in 1885 to give women access to educational opportunities that had long been denied them — including the first Ph.D. programs at a women's college. Bryn Mawr's undergraduate college has a student body of about 1,300 women who hail from 49 U.S. states and 40 foreign countries; almost a quarter of its students are women of color. Bryn Mawr seeks to develop in each of its students