Marietta is a private, contemporary liberal arts college, with roots that date back to 1797 and the Muskingum Academy. Chartered in 1835, it is one of America's 37 Revolutionary Colleges and has the 16th oldest chapter of the academic honorary, Phi Beta Kappa. With more than 40 undergraduate majors and two graduate programs, Marietta College offers its nearly 1,300 full-time students the opportunity to build the breadth and depth of their knowledge from talented faculty who are authorities in their fields and dedicated to teaching.