Founded in 1842, Mary Baldwin University has a proud legacy of innovating to best serve our students as the world changes.
MBU is a small, coeducational university offering a range of degree programs from bachelor to doctoral. We serve a diverse student population on our main campus in historic Staunton, Virginia, Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences in nearby Fishersville, and MBU Online.
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MBU is an opportunity engine with one purpose: To help renegades, entrepreneurs, and dreamers mold their passion into meaningful, high-impact careers.
Here there’s a team of professors and mentors with a mission to help students find — and pursue — their calling. Students learn from real-world experts and coaches dedicated to equipping them with the skills, experience, confidence, and credentials they need to catalyze their dreams and smash glass ceilings. Professors and advisors know their name, stories, and goals — and will be there to fuel their quest for growth and help them tackle every challenge along the way.
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The MBU Story
Our Mission
Mary Baldwin University empowers inclusive leaders to create lives of purpose and professional success in our changing world.
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The Mary Baldwin Difference
Build relationships in a highly individualized and hands-on student-centered learning environment with ambitious peers and serious pros turned professors. Connect with a robust network of alumni, like-minded industry leaders, partnering businesses, institutions, and agencies. At MBU we guarantee students will have all the support they need and more to take their life and career to the next level.