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Snow College is a rural, two-year state college located in Ephraim, Utah, U.S. It offers certificates and associate degrees in a number of areas. Snow College is operated as part of the Utah System of Higher Education.
Founded in 1888 by local citizens as Sanpete Stake Academy, the school was later renamed Snow Academy to honor The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) leaders Lorenzo Snow and Erastus Snow. The name was changed to Snow College in 1923. The college was transferred from the LDS church to the State of Utah in 1932.[1]
Current enrollment is approximately 3,365 students. In addition to the main 70 acres (280,000 m2) Ephraim campus, Snow College maintains the Snow College Richfield Campus in Richfield, Utah. Snow College athletic teams, known as the Badgers, are consistently highly ranked; its football team won the National Junior College Championship in 1985, and finished #2 in 2006. Its football players often go on to play at Division I-A schools, including Brigham Young University, where many of the athletes transfer.
In addition to athletics, Snow College has a notable music program. Thanks to Scott Wilson, the Snow College Jazz Ensemble has been ranked number one junior college in the United States. Many Snow College music graduates go on to play in some of the finest groups and colleges in the world. Snow College is the only school affiliated with the Juilliard School of music in New York.[citation needed] In addition, Snow host some of the finest music camps in the nation, such as the Juilliard Jazz Rhythm Workshop and the Manhattan to the Mountains Chamber Workshop, held annually.[2]
Snow prides itself on having some of the lowest tuition rates of any accredited institution of higher education in Utah, at just $941 per semester (for year of 2007-2008).
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- ^ Saga of the Sanpitch, Vol 14, 1982, p. 32 [3]
- [4]Snow College Horne School of Music, [5]
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