The Tri-College Consortium (also known as the Tri-Co) is a collaboration among three private

liberal arts colleges A liberal arts college or liberal arts institution of higher education is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in liberal arts and sciences. Such colleges aim to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual ca ...

in the

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suburbs:

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh: ) is a women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Founded as a Quaker institution in 1885, Bryn Mawr is one of the Seven Sister colleges, a group of elite, historically women's colleges in the United ...

, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College. The consortium allows students to cross register for courses at the other colleges. Bryn Mawr and Haverford enjoy an especially close relationship (which students often refer to colloquially as "the Bi-Co"). The two schools share a student newspaper and radio station, and they have a fairly integrated student life. A bus transports students from campus to campus. The

Quaker Consortium The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement among three liberal arts colleges, Bryn Mawr College, Haverford College, and Swarthmore College, and one research university, the University of Pennsylvania, all located in the greater Philadelphia area. T ...

is another consortium which joins the Tri-College with the

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in Philadelphia. File:Rhoads Hall Bryn Mawr.JPG, Rhoads Hall,

File:Haverfordfounders.jpg, Founders Hall, Haverford College File:Parrish Hall.jpg, Parrish Hall, Swarthmore College

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