Bryn Mawr College ( /ˌbrɪnˈmɑr/ BRIN-MAR; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, ten miles west of Philadelphia. The phrase bryn mawr means "big hill" in Welsh.
Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, and is part of the Tri-College Consortium along with two other colleges founded by Quakers—Swarthmore College and Haverford College. The school has an enrollment of about 1300 undergraduate students and 450 graduate students.
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