Home to bold women with bright dreams since 1833. Loud and clear: This is where bold ideas and bright dreams thrive. Historically committed to meeting the changing needs of women, Stephens College engages students in an innovative educational experience focused on pre-professional fields and the performing arts and grounded in the liberal arts. Graduates of Stephens are career-ready women of distinction, connected through a supportive network of alumnae across the world, confident in themselves, and inspired by out tradition of the Ten Ideals as core values that enrich women's lives.