Southeast

Bennett College for Women - A small, private, historically Black liberal arts college for women and a United Methodist Church-related institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina

Birmingham-Southern College - A four-year, private liberal arts institution founded in 1856 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church; located in Birmingham, Alabama

Brevard College - A four-year private, coeducational, comprehensive liberal arts college; affiliated with the Western North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church; located in Brevard, North Carolina

Centenary College of Louisiana - A private, four-year arts and sciences college founded in 1825 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church; the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River; located in Shreveport, Louisiana

Columbia College - Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a private, liberal arts, women’s college with a coeducational Evening College and Graduate School; located in Columbia, South Carolina

Emory & Henry College - The oldest college in Southwest Virginia and one of the few colleges in the South to have operated more than 160 years under the same name and with the same affiliation: the United Methodist Church; located in Emory, Virginia

Ferrum College - A liberal arts institution founded on Christian principles and related to the United Methodist Church; located in Ferrum, Virginia 

Florida Southern College - The oldest private college in the state and affliated with the United Methodist Church; located in Lakeland, Florida

Free Will Baptist Bible College - A four-year Bible college founded in 1942 by the National Association of Free Will Baptists; located in Nashville, TN

Greensboro College - A four year, independent, coeducational institution affiliated with the United Methodist Church and founded in 1838; located in Greensboro, North Carolina

Hendrix College - Four-year, private, residential, coeducational college of liberal arts affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Conway, Arkansas

Huntingdon College - Grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church and located in Montgomery, Alabama

John Wesley College - An independent Christian college, endeavors to develop the whole person through Bible-based education for worldwide service in the church and society; located in Greensboro, North Carolina

Kentucky Wesleyan College - In partnership with the United Methodist Church, fosters a liberal arts education that nourishes, stimulates and prepares future leaders intellectually, spiritually and physically to achieve success in life; located in Owensboro, Kentucky

LaGrange College - Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, LaGrange is ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the South’s top 10 comprehensive colleges and among that category’s “best values.”; located in LaGrange, Georgia

Lindsey Wilson College - A private four-year college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Columbia, Kentucky 

Martin Methodist College - Founded in 1870, Martin Methodist College is a four-year liberal arts college related to the Tennessee Conference of the United Methodist Church and located in Pulaski, Tennessee

Millsaps College - Associated with the United Methodist Church and located in Jackson, Mississippi

North Carolina Wesleyan College - A four-year coeducational, liberal arts college, with a number of preprofessional programs, founded in 1956 and related to the United Methodist Church; located in Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Paine College - A historically Black, private, four-year college associated with The Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and The United Methodist Church; located in Augusta, Georgia

Philander Smith College - A small, privately supported, historically black, four-year liberal arts, career-oriented college, related to the Board of Higher Education and Ministry of The United Methodist Church and The United Negro College Fund; located in Little Rock, Arkansas

Randolph College - Founded on Methodism in 1891 as Randolph-Macon Women’s College, and recently co-educational; located in Lynchburg, Virginia

Randolph-Macon College - Founded in 1830 by the Methodists, Randolph-Macon College is a selective, co-educational, national liberal arts and sciences college located in Ashland, Virginia

Reinhardt College - A four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church; located in Waleska, Georgia

Tennessee Wesleyan College - Founded in 1857 and affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church; located in Athens, TN

Union College - A small, spirited, independent liberal arts college founded in 1879 in the Appalachian Mountain range; affiliated with the United Methodist Church; located in Barbourville, Kentucky

Virginia Wesleyan College - A small, four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Norfolk, Virginia

Warner Southern College - Founded in 1968 by the Southeastern Association of the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana); a co-educational, four-year Christian college in the liberal arts tradition located in Lake Wales, Florida

Wesleyan College - In 1836, the first college in the world to offer degrees to women; established in the Methodist tradition; located in Macon, Georgia

Wofford College - Founded in 1850 under the auspices of the South Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church; located in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Bethune-Cookman University - An historically Black, United Methodist Church-related university offering baccalaureate and master’s degrees located in Daytona Beach, Florida

Claflin University - An independent, liberal arts, co-educational, historically black institution that is affiliated with the United Methodist Church; located in Orangeburg, South Carolina

Clark Atlanta University - A comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education with a predominantly African-American and Methodist Episcopal heritage; located in Atlanta, Georgia

Dillard University - A private, historically black liberal arts college founded in 1869 and affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church; located in New Orleans, Louisiana

Duke University - A private research university founded by Methodists and Quakers; located in Durham, North Carolina

Emory University - Founded at Oxford by the Methodist Church in 1836; located in Atlanta Georgia

High Point University - Founded in 1924 as a cooperative venture between the Methodist Protestant Church and the city of High Point; located in High Point, North Carolina

Lee University - A private, comprehensive university affiliated with the Church of God (Cleveland) in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains; located in Cleveland, Tennessee

Lambuth University - An independent undergraduate, church-related institution supported by the Memphis Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church; located in Jackson, Tennessee

Methodist University - Founded in 1956 as a senior, coeducational liberal arts college and established as a joint venture by the citizens of Fayetteville/Cumberland County and the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church; located in Fayetteville, North Carolina

Pfeiffer University - A comprehensive United Methodist-related university, with multiple campuses that are committed to educational excellence, service, and scholarship; located in Meisenheimer, North Carolina

Shenandoah University - A comprehensive Level VI private university affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Winchester, Virginia

Southeastern University - An Assemblies of God university that welcomes students from a variety of denominations and offers a vital, Christ-centered education; located in Lakeland, Florida

Southern Wesleyan University - A four-year, liberal arts institution sponsored by The Wesleyan Church and located in Central, South Carolina

Trevecca Nazarene University - Founded in 1901 and affiliated with the Church of the Nazarene; located in Nashville, Tennessee

Asbury Theological Seminary - A multi-denominational, graduate institution that offers a variety of master degree and postgraduate degree programs approved by The University Senate of The United Methodist Church; located in Wilmore, Kentucky

Candler School of Theology of Emory University (UMC) - An ecumenical school with a superb, internationally known faculty and represent the breadth of Christian traditions, drawing students nationally and internationally from a broad array of confessions and denominations; A seminary of the United Methodist Church; located in Atlanta, Georgia

Church of God Theological Seminary - From inception has followed a model of ministerial development drawn from the Scriptures and the heritage of Wesleyan-Pentecostalism; located in Cleveland, Tennessee

Hood Theological Seminary (AMEZ) - Founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and operates under the sponsorship of that communion; located in Salisbury, North Carolina

Duke University Divinity School (UMC) - Founded in 1926 as the first of the university’s graduate professional schools, the Divinity School attracts students from around the nation and several different countries; one of 13 seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church; located in Durham, North Carolina