Cottey College is a two-year liberal arts institution of higher learning. Cottey designs its programs for young women who desire to pursue their first two years of undergraduate studies in a focused environment where they have the full support of a close-knit community of educational vision and practice. 

At Cottey, we seek to enable each student to realize excellence in the foundational stages of her higher education experience. Cottey professors make teaching their primary professional concern, and freshman and sophomore women are the sole direct recipients of all Cottey’s educational efforts. Ultimately, we aim to facilitate each student’s educational progress in a manner that enables her to graduate from Cottey and transfer to a baccalaureate institution as a more mature student who is better equipped with the knowledge, skills, and justified confidence necessary to the successful achievement of her academic goals. 

A highlight of the Cottey experience for each second-year student is the annual “International Experience” in which the College takes the entire graduating class to a major cultural center of Europe, such as London, Paris, or Madrid. In tandem with this international emphasis, as well as with the College’s core academic purposes and commitments, Cottey students live and study with other young women from across the nation and around the world. In this context of both diversity and community, Cottey women find significant leadership opportunities. 



Finally, thanks to the commitments and generosity of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Cottey alumnae, and other generous supporters, Cottey’s high quality private educational program is available and accessible at a most reasonable cost. Numerous forms of financial aid exist for students with particular needs and recognizable talent and merit.