Men's college

In higher education, a men's college is an undergraduate, bachelor's degree-granting institution whose students are exclusively men. Many are liberal arts colleges.

Venable Hall at all-male Hampden–Sydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia, United States

Around the world

United States

In the United States, co-education did not become prevalent until 1900. Prior to that, the majority of private colleges and universities were sex-segregated. There are few remaining men's colleges in the U.S. today.[1] Many of these are religious, vocational institutions.

Notable cases

United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996)

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