The American College of Greece

Founded in 1875 in Smyrna (Izmir), Asia Minor (Turkey) as a school for girls; relocated to Athens in 1923
Independent, non-profit, nonsectarian, co-educational
Three divisions: Pierce (secondary education: Gymnasium; Lyceum; International Baccalaureate Diploma Program); Deree (undergraduate and graduate) ; Alba Graduate Business School
64-acre main campus in Athens suburb of Aghia Paraskevi; Alba Graduate Business School downtown Athens campus
First American higher education institution abroad to achieve accreditation in the US (1981) – New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC)
Undergraduate programs validated by the Open University, UK
86 partner universities in the US, Europe and Asia offering study abroad and individually tailored programs
US Olympic Committee High Performance Training Center for the 2004 Olympics

3,114 Deree undergraduates
- 2,565 degree seeking in 27 programs
- 611 Parallel Studies in Greek public universities
- 414 international from 58 countries
882 incoming Deree undergraduates
- Middle 50% Greek High School Grade: 16 – 19.1 (3.2 – 3.82 US equivalent)
- 548 degree seeking
- 232 Parallel Studies in Greek public universities
- 122 semester study abroad
202 Deree graduate students
- 180 in four MA and two MSc programs
- 22 in one Graduate Certificate and two Graduate Diploma programs
466 Alba graduate students
- 321 in 11 MSc programs
- 145 in three MBA programs

254 Deree faculty
- 140 full-time, associate
- 114 adjunct, part-time
- 11/1 student/faculty ratio
55 Alba faculty
- 14 full-time
- 20 visiting
- 21 adjunct
- 10/1 student/faculty ratio
153 Pierce faculty
- 128 full-time
- 25 part-time
- 11/1 student/faculty ratio

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