 alice lloyd college is a four-year liberal arts work college in pippa passes, kentucky, united states. it was co-founded by the journalist alice spencer geddes lloyd, a native of cambridge, massachusetts, and june buchanan, a native of new york city, in 1923, at first under the name of caney junior college, as an institution to educate leaders for appalachia locally. it became a four-year, bachelor's degree-granting institution in the early 1980s. alice lloyd college is accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools (sacs). ==academics== as of 2014, alice lloyd college has implemented 18 major degree programs and eight pre-professional programs into its curricula. the student-to-faculty ratio of 20:1 is quite low. ninety-five percent of alice lloyd college graduates are accepted into graduate and professional schools. seventy-five percent of alice lloyd college graduates are the first in their families to obtain an undergraduate degree. ==student finances and work-study== while alice lloyd college does not rely on any direct financial support from the
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