Deep Springs College

Deep Springs College is a highly distinctive institution located in the remote Deep Springs Valley near Big Pine, California. It is a small, two-year liberal arts college that combines rigorous academics with labor and self-governance as core components of student life. Students live and work on a functioning cattle ranch and farm as part of the educational program. Institutional type and level details are not fully reported in available IPEDS records for this location.

No specific program offerings are listed in current data. Deep Springs College historically offered a two-year associate-level liberal arts curriculum, after which students typically transferred to four-year universities. The college admits a very small cohort each year and charges no tuition, providing full scholarships to all enrolled students.

Deep Springs Valley lies in a high desert basin on the California-Nevada border, approximately 30 miles east of Bishop. The college's remote setting is integral to its educational philosophy, emphasizing self-reliance, community responsibility, and intellectual rigor in an isolated environment.