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{{Short description|Private work college in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, US}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2025}}
{{Infobox university
| name         = Alice Lloyd College
| image        = Alice lloyd seal.png
| image_size   = 150
| established  = {{start date and age|1923}}
| type         = [[Private college]]
| endowment    = $43.0 million (2018)<ref name="USNews2014">{{cite web|title=Alice Lloyd College|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/alice-lloyd-college-1951|publisher=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=9 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409214728/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/alice-lloyd-college-1951|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| president    = Jim Stepp
| students     = 570<ref name=usnewsrank/>
| city         = [[Pippa Passes, Kentucky|Pippa Passes]]
| state        = [[Kentucky]]
| country      = United States
| campus       = [[Rural area|Rural]], 175 acres (0.71&nbsp;km²)<ref name="ALCloc">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/about/about_location.php|title=Location of Alice Lloyd College|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=24 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421011624/http://www.alc.edu/about/about_location.php|archive-date=21 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| former_names = Caney Junior College (1923–1962)
| colors       = Blue & White<br>{{color box|#003ea5}}&nbsp;{{color box|white}}
| sports_nickname     = Eagles
| mascot       = Talon
| athletics_affiliations = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] – [[River States Conference|River States]]
| website      = {{URL|https://alc.edu/| alc.edu}}
| logo         = Alice Lloyd College logo.png
| logo_size = 150
}}

'''Alice Lloyd College''' is a [[Private college|private]] [[work college]] in [[Pippa Passes, Kentucky]], US. It was co-founded by the journalist [[Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd]] (a native of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]) and [[June Buchanan]] (a native of [[New York (state)|New York]]) in 1923, at first under the name of '''Caney Junior College'''. Founded as an institution to educate leaders in [[Appalachia]] locally, it became a  [[bachelor's degree]]-granting institution in the early 1980s. Alice Lloyd College is [[educational accreditation|accredited]] by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] (SACS).

==Academics==
{{as of|2024}}, Alice Lloyd College has implemented 18 major degree programs and eight pre-professional programs into its curricula.<ref name="ALC degrees">{{cite news|title=Degrees & Majors|url=http://www.alc.edu/academics/degrees-majors/|newspaper=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=23 July 2014|date=2012-05-22}}</ref> The student-to-faculty ratio is 14.5:1 with an average class size of 18.<ref name="ALC degrees" />

Ninety-five percent of Alice Lloyd College graduates are accepted into graduate and professional schools.<ref name="WYMT0817">{{cite news|title=Kentucky college receives big recognition|url=http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/100918749.html|access-date=17 August 2010|newspaper=[[WYMT-TV]]|date=17 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819153154/http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/100918749.html|archive-date=19 August 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Seventy-five percent of Alice Lloyd College graduates are the first in their families to obtain an undergraduate degree.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Miracle on Caney Creek|url=http://www.alc.edu/donate/donate_about.php|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=11 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910173605/http://www.alc.edu/donate/donate_about.php|archive-date=10 September 2011}}</ref>

==Rankings and reputation==
{{Update section|date=February 2023}}
Alice Lloyd College was ranked number 7 in Regional Colleges South and number 2 in Best Value Schools, as of the 2018 edition of ''U.S. News & World Report's'' rankings.<ref name=usnewsrank>{{Cite web |title=Alice Lloyd College - Profile, Rankings and Data |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/alice-lloyd-college-1951 |access-date=February 11, 2023 |website=US News}}</ref>

In the 2022 edition of U.S. News rankings, Alice Lloyd College was ranked number 21 in Regional Colleges South and number 5 in Best Value Schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. News Education |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/alice-lloyd-college-1951#:~:text=Alice%20Lloyd%20College's%20ranking%20in,Regional%20Colleges%20South%2C%20%2321. |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=U.S. News}}</ref>

==Student finances and required work==
Although Alice Lloyd College does not rely on any direct financial support from the state or federal governments, it does accept students using federal and state student financial aid such as federal [[Pell Grants]].<ref name="FAFAQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_faq.php|title=Financial Aid – Frequently Asked Questions|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-11-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090820051749/http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_faq.php|archive-date=2009-08-20}}</ref> 16 percent of students receive education loans, for an average of approximately $800. According to the Project on Student Debt, each of Alice Lloyd's 2009 graduates carried an average debt of $6,500, which is well below the statewide average of $19,112 and the national average of $24,000.<ref name="PSD">{{cite web|url=http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-view2010.php?area=KY|title=Project on Student Debt: Kentucky|publisher=Project on Student Debt|access-date=11 November 2010|archive-date=27 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727185925/http://projectonstudentdebt.org/state_by_state-view2010.php?area=KY|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PSD09">{{cite web|title=Student Debt and the Class of 2009|url=http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/classof2009.pdf|publisher=Project on Student Debt|access-date=11 November 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101128082054/http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/classof2009.pdf| archive-date= 28 November 2010| url-status= live}}</ref> The college, which accepted 262 of 6,337 applicants for the class of 2017, guarantees tuition to full-time students from an area consisting of 108 counties in [[Appalachia|Central Appalachia]].<ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/2017-10-31/10-colleges-with-the-lowest-acceptance-rates?int=highereducation-rec 10 Colleges With the Lowest Acceptance Rates] US News. Retrieved November 8, 2017.</ref>

Students are required to work part-time regardless of financial situation.<ref name="ALCWS">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_workstudy.php|title=Student Work Program|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-11-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090812060615/http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_workstudy.php|archive-date=2009-08-12}}</ref> They are given jobs such as janitorial staff, office assistant, tutor, craft maker, resident advisor, maintenance, grounds or working in the cafeteria (Hunger Din). In addition to on-campus jobs, students can work at off-campus outreach projects.<ref name="ALCWS" /><ref name="ALCpurpose">{{cite web|title=The Purpose Road Philosophy|url=http://www.alc.edu/about/purpose.php|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=28 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917060245/http://alc.edu/about/purpose.php|archive-date=17 September 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Andriotis">{{cite news|last=Andriotis|first=AnnaMaria|title=The Most Affordable Colleges in America|url=http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/college-planning/the-most-affordable-colleges-in-america-1294330570608/?page=2|access-date=7 January 2011|newspaper=SmartMoney|date=7 January 2011}}</ref> Students are required to work at least 160 hours per semester.<ref name="ALCwork">{{cite book|title=Alice Lloyd College Student Work Handbook|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|pages=6|url=http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/Student-Work-Program-Handbook.pdf|access-date=2010-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706035138/http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/Student-Work-Program-Handbook.pdf|archive-date=2010-07-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The college is one of nine [[work colleges]] in the [[United States]] and one of two in Kentucky ([[Berea College]] being the other) that have mandatory work-study programs.

Students from 108 counties in the [[Appalachian Mountains]] region of Kentucky, [[Ohio]], [[Tennessee]], [[Virginia]] and [[West Virginia]] pay no tuition through the Appalachian Leaders College Scholarship.<ref name="service area">{{cite web|title=Central Appalachian 108-County Service Area|url=http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/Service-Area.pdf|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=24 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706065808/http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/Service-Area.pdf|archive-date=6 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="ALCmap">{{cite web|title=Alice Lloyd College Service Area Map|url=http://www.alc.edu/files/images/alc-servicemap-lg.gif|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=1 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706034145/http://www.alc.edu/files/images/alc-servicemap-lg.gif|archive-date=6 July 2010}}</ref>

==Student life==
The dormitories house about 600 students, with rental prices averaging $1,900 annually. Alice Lloyd College requires students to live in gender-separated [[dormitories]] and only allows the opposite sex into a gender-specific dorm during "open houses," after room checks have been made. Room checks consist of two [[resident assistant|resident advisors]] going into each room and making sure that it is clean and it does not contain any illegal substances. The college is located in [[Knott County, Kentucky]], a [[dry county]],<ref name="Dept of ABC">{{cite web|url=http://abc.ky.gov/Licensing/Wet%20Dry%20List%202015%2010.28.15.pdf|title=Wet Dry List 2015 10.28.15.pdf|date=28 October 2015|publisher=Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control|access-date=29 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123003045/http://abc.ky.gov/Licensing/Wet%20Dry%20List%202015%2010.28.15.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2016}}</ref> thus alcoholic beverages are prohibited.

Professional dress is required of all students on central campus until 2:00&nbsp;p.m. every Tuesday and for all convocation programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student Life|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|location=Pippa Passes, Kentucky|url=http://www.alc.edu/student-life|access-date=29 December 2015|date=2012-05-23}}</ref>

While this college is not affiliated with any [[religious denomination]], the college's mission statement emphasizes the role of [[Christianity|Christian]] values.<ref name="ALCmission">{{cite web|url=https://www.alc.edu/about-us/our-mission/|title=ALC Mission|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=19 August 2025|date=2012-07-09}}</ref> In addition, the college offers coursework in [[religion]]<ref name="ALCHumanities">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/academics/humanities/|title=Humanities|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=29 December 2015|date=2012-05-23}}</ref> and has a chapter of [[Baptist Student Union|Baptist Collegiate Ministries]].<ref name="ALCCM">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/student-life/campus-ministries/|title=Campus Ministries|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=29 December 2015|date=2012-05-24}}</ref>

The college [[choir]] is called the "Voices of Appalachia." The choir, formed in 1962, holds a tour annually in the spring, performing hymns and ballads. The choir has made several media appearances, including [[NBC]]'s ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today]]'' and ''[[CBS News Sunday Morning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/alumni/the-voices-of-appalachia/|title=The Voices of Appalachia|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=29 December 2015|date=2012-05-31}}</ref>

The college offers a series of speakers and events called convocations. Students are required to attend six convocations per semester.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/academics/convocations/|title=Convocations|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=29 December 2015|date=2013-08-28}}</ref>

==Campus==
[[file:Alice Lloyd buildings.jpg|thumb|Alice Lloyd buildings]]
The Commodore Slone Building, at one time housing the science program and most recently the [[June Buchanan School]], the college's K-12 [[University-preparatory school|prep school]], was renovated to house the business program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/30587354.html|title=Business Programs To Expand At Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2008-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523084256/http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/30587354.html|archive-date=2011-05-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Business & Technology Center was completed in the fall of 2009 and was dedicated on October 10, 2009.<ref name="ALC2">{{cite web|url=http://www.alcleadershipu.net/s/1021/index.aspx?sid=1021&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=942&ecid=942&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=798|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723010046/http://www.alcleadershipu.net/s/1021/index.aspx?sid=1021&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=942&ecid=942&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=798|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-23|title=Commodore Slone Building and Alice Lloyd Statue Celebration|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-09-21}}</ref><ref name="ALC3">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/news/newspage.php?subaction=showfull&id=1256680405&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1,3&|title=Appalachia Day Homecoming Recap|date=2009-10-27|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-10-28}} {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Caney Cottage Scholarship==
The college owns the [[H.N. and Frances C. Berger Foundation|H.N. and Frances C. Berger]] Residence Hall, also known as Caney Cottage, an apartment complex near the campus of the [[University of Kentucky]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].<ref name="ALCacademic">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/academics/academic_scholarships.php|title=Scholarships|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=13 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619065906/http://www.alc.edu/academics/academic_scholarships.php|archive-date=19 June 2009}}</ref> Students who graduate from Alice Lloyd and are accepted into the University of Kentucky's [[graduate school]] can apply to live in the Caney Cottage rent, utility and parking free. Those who attend other graduate schools can apply for cash scholarships that go toward tuition costs.<ref name="ALC finaid">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_scholarships.php|title=Financial Aid and Scholarships|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620053748/http://www.alc.edu/financial_aid/fa_scholarships.php|archive-date=20 June 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Insko>{{cite news|last=Insko|first=Maisie|title=AEP donates $250,000 to ALC|url=http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/AEP_donates_250000_to_ALC_129840333.html|access-date=14 September 2011|newspaper=[[WYMT-TV]]|date=14 September 2011}} {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=Willking1979 |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After graduate school, scholarship recipients must commit to service in the Appalachian region.<ref name="ALCcat">{{cite book|title=Alice Lloyd College Catalog 2006-2008|pages=7, 24–25|url=http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/APrg-CATALOG_06.pdf|access-date=2009-06-18|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716111846/http://www.alc.edu/files/docs/APrg-CATALOG_06.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref>

==Presidents==
Since the death of Alice Lloyd in 1962, six men have taken the position of president of the Alice Lloyd College:<ref name="ALCcat" /><ref name="ALCweb1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/about/about_history.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619065826/http://www.alc.edu/about/about_history.php|url-status=dead|title=History of Alice Lloyd College|archive-date=June 19, 2009|access-date=Apr 20, 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Name
! Notes
|-
| 1963–77
| William S. Hayes
|
|-
| 1977–88
| Jerry C. Davis
| president of the [[College of the Ozarks]]
|-
| 1988–95
| M. Fred Mullinax
| executive vice-president of the College of the Ozarks <ref>''Springfield (MO) Business Journal'', September 23, 2008</ref>
|-
| 1995–99
| Timothy T. Siebert
|
|-
| 1999–2022
| Joe Alan Stepp
| first native of [[Appalachia]] to become ALC's president<ref name="ALCcat" /><ref name="ALCweb1" />
|-
|2022-Present 
| James (Jim) O. Stepp
| Previous executive Vice President for ALC.
|}

==Athletics==
The Alice Lloyd athletic teams are called the Eagles. The college is a member of the [[National Christian College Athletic Association]] (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the Mid-East Region of the Division I level. The Eagles also compete as a member of the [[River States Conference]] (RSC) of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) since the 2005–06 academic year; with a previous tenure from 1983–84 to 1991–92.

Alice Lloyd competes in 15 intercollegiate athletic sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and track & field (indoor and outdoor). Women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, soccer, softball, track & field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball. Club sports include bass fishing, eSports, and men's & women's tennis.

===Accomplishments===
In 2021, the Alice Lloyd College women's basketball team won the first national championship of any sport in school history, winning the 2021 NCCAA National Tournament.<ref name="ALC athletics">{{cite web|url=http://www.alc.edu/athletics/index.php|title=Intercollegiate Athletics|publisher=Alice Lloyd College|access-date=2009-06-18| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090606155511/http://www.alc.edu/athletics/index.php| archive-date= 6 June 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="ALCathl2">{{cite web|title=Athletic News & Events: ALC Announces New Sports|url=http://www.alc.edu/news/athletics.php|access-date=7 June 2010|date=1 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628205950/http://www.alc.edu/news/athletics.php|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable alumni==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}
* [[Carl D. Perkins]], member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], 1949–1984
* [[Preston Spradlin]], basketball head coach at [[James Madison Dukes men's basketball|James Madison]], former graduate assistant at [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|Kentucky]]

==See also==
* [[June Buchanan School]], a [[K-12]] [[University-preparatory school|prep school]] on the campus
* [[WWJD]]-FM, owned and operated by the college

==References==
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