A ERO has compiled this list of low-residency, online, and campus-based alternative colleges, universities and higher education programs.
Low-Residency Colleges & Programs
- Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
- Bennington College, Bennington, VT
- Burlington College, Burlington, VT
- Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
- Goddard College’s Undergraduate Homeschooling Program, Plainfield, VT
- LEAPYear Program – LEAPNow & New College of California, Sebastopol, CA
- Naropa College, Boulder, CO
- Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
- Prescott College, Tuscon, AZ
- The College Network
- The School For International Training, Brattleboro, VT
- TIU Asia-Pacific, Kyoto, Japan & Honolulu, HI
- Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH
- Vermont College of the Union Institute and University, Montpelier, VT
Online Colleges & Programs
- California Institute of Integral Studies
- Athena University
- IOU Intercultural Open University
- Oberlin Online
- The Babbage Net School
- California College for Health Sciences
Other Resources for Alternative Higher Education
Campus-Based Colleges & Programs
Alaska
- Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK
Arizona
- Prescott College, Prescott, AZ
- Ancient Pathways, LLC, Flagstaff, AZ
California
- California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA
- California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
- Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
- Johnston Center for Integrative Studies – of the University of Redlands, Redlands, CA
- LEAPYear Program – The Most Unique Year of College on Earth, Sebastopol, CA
- New College of California, San Francisco, CA
- Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA
- University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
- Ananda Institute of Alternative Living, Nevada City, CA
Colorado
- Naropa College, Boulder, CO
Florida
- New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL
Illinois
- The School for Designing Society, Urbana, IL
- Shimer College, Waukegan, IL
Indiana
- Earlham College, Richmond, IN
Iowa
- Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, IA
Kentucky
- Berea College, Berea, KY
Maine
- Audubon Expedition Institute at Lesley University, Belfast, ME
- The College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
Maryland
- St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD
Massachusetts
- Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
- Living Routes – Ecovillage Education ,Shutesbury, MA
- Simon’s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA
Nevada
- Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, NV
New Hampshire
- Antioch New England Graduate School, Keene, NH
New Mexico
- St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
New York
- Bank Street College, New York, NY
- Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
- Eugene Lang New School for Social Research, New York, NY
- Friends World Program at Long Island University, Southampton, NY
- Gallatin School, New York, NY
- The New School, New York, NY
- Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
- Sunbridge College, Spring Valley, NY
North Carolina
- Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Ohio
- Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Oregon
- Aprovecho Research Center, Cottage Grove, OR
- Reed College, Portland, OR
Pennsylvania
- Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
- Pendle Hill, Wallingford, PA
Vermont
- Bennington College, Bennington, VT
- Burlington College, Burlington, VT
- Goddard College, Plainfield, VT
- Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT
- The School For International Training, Brattleboro, VT
- Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT
- University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
- Vermont College of the Union Institute and University, Montpelier, VT
Washington
- Alderleaf Wilderness College, Monroe, WA
- The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
- Fairhaven College at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Wisconsin
- Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
International
- Gaia University
- Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
- The New School at Dawson College, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Independent Studies Program at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Victoria, BC, Canada
- Schumacher College, Devon, United Kingdom
