Jefferson College

Jefferson College is the name of the following institutions of higher learning:

  • Jefferson College (Missouri), a two-year community college in Hillsboro, Missouri
  • Jefferson College (Washington, Mississippi), a former college in Mississippi, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; now known as Thomas Jefferson University
  • Jefferson College (Pennsylvania), merged with Washington College (Pennsylvania) in 1865 to form Washington & Jefferson College
  • Jefferson College of Health Sciences, Roanoke, Virginia

Famous quotes containing the words jefferson and/or college:

    “[E]very thing is useful which contributes to fix us in the principles and practice of virtue.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

    “When first the college rolls receive his name,
    The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame;
    Through all his veins the fever of renown
    Burns from the strong contagion of the gown;”
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)