Judson College was founded in the year 1838 and is located in Marion, Alabama. The College offers a liberal arts curriculum that leads to a bachelors degree through several majors, minors and pre-professional programs. It consists of 5 broad academic departments, viz. fine arts, education, humanities, sciences and social sciences. In addition to liberal arts majors, other programs offered include pre-professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physical therapy, law and engineering, to name a few. Distance education programs are also offered in a number of streams.