Five colleges

  Now that  I have completed looking at the Claremont Colleges,  we have seen most of the liberal arts consortiums except the 5 College Consortium whivh is arguably the best known college consortium.
 Located in the   Pioneer valley of Western Massachusetts, The 5 colleges comprise of 4 liberal arts schools ( two ofthem being womens;colleges) and the University of Massachusetts.



 The 5  colleges are

• Amherst College 

 Amherst One of the   premier liberal arts schools schools and is one of the little 3 and considered a "little ivy"

• Hampshire college

 Another   well rounded liberal arts school  with a focus on inter disciplinary research

•  Smith College
•  One of the premier womens'  colleges.   Highly selective and often ranked in the top 10 of liberal arts schools.  It is known as one of the original" Seven Sistrs schools"
• Mount  Holyoke College  

 Another  Seven Sister Institution.  A small and very  avademic womens'college.

 The University of  Massachusetts - Amherst 
 the flagship State university. Has excellent research facilities an resources that  are available to the other 4 schools.