Blackburn College ★
- Category
- Education
- Type
- Business
- Address 1
- 700 College Ave.
- City
- Carlinville
- Zip
- 62626
- Full Address
- 700 College Ave. Carlinville 62626
- Phone 1
- 217-854-3231
- Website
- Visit
- Source
Description
Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, Illinois. One of the seven work colleges in the U.S., Blackburn is the only one with a student-managed Work Program. Blackburn was also ranked by US News as one of the Top 50 Midwest Colleges and The Washington Monthly ranked the college as the best baccalaureate college in Illinois and among the top 50 in the U.S. The school remains the most affordable, residential liberal arts college in the state.