In 1835 the church established in Due West, South Carolina, an academy for men, which in 1839 became Erskine College, the first four-year church-related college in South Carolina. It is named for Ebenezer Erskine, one of the founders of The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church He was a pastor who led a group who separated from the Church of Scotland into a separate Associate Presbytery.

While the college had a Professor of Divinity from its inception, the theological portion became a distinct but affiliated school, the Erskine Theological Seminary in 1858.

At first only a men's school, Erskine began admitting women in 1894, and officially became coeducational in 1899.

In 1927, it merged with Due West Female College, founded in 1859.

Today, while it still has fewer than 700 students, it is among the highest academic ranking colleges in the USA, having a faculty/student ration of 1/13. It is a Christian liberal arts college.

External link

• Erskine College official web site