We are an innovative and experimental college community dedicated to the study and practice of human ecology. We have some 349 students and 41 faculty members, and are located on the ocean near Acadia National Park on spectacular Mount Desert Island, Maine. College of the Atlantic is a small college deeply committed to interdisciplinary study and preparing students to make a difference in the world.
Our self designed curriculm is composed of one major, human ecology, and informal concentrations for students to explore learning based on their interests.
College of the Atlantic Beech Hill Farm is a working farm growing fresh vegetables and raising meat for COA and the wider community. Collaborative work and...
Robert Franek, Senior VP of The Princeton Review: “We strongly recommend College of the Atlantic and the other fine colleges in this guide to the many environmentally-minded students who seek to study and live at green colleges.”
From the top of the six-story lighthouse, water stretches beyond the horizon in every direction. A foghorn bleats twice at 22-second intervals, interrupting the endless chatter of herring gulls. At least twice a day, researchers with College of the Atlantic’s Allied Whale climb steps and ladders and crawl through a modest glass doorway to scan the surrounding sea, looking for the distinctive spout of a whale.
College of the Atlantic students have been coordinating a Farm to School program at Conners-Emerson School in Bar Harbor for the past two years to introduce elementary students to the importance of sustainable food systems through experiential learning.
