Maryville College is a private, four-year, co-educational, liberal arts college. Founded in 1819, Maryville is the 12th-oldest institution of higher education in the South and one of the 50 oldest colleges in the United States. With an enrollment of nearly 1200 students, Maryville College is located in the city of Maryville, just 15 minutes south of Knoxville, Tennessee's third-largest city. Personalized instruction and student-professor contact are the hallmarks of a Maryville College education. Maryville College offers fifty diverse fields of study, and pre-professional programs are offered in business administration, law, theology/ministry, medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, physical therapy and other health-related professions.