Plan Your Visit
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Explore life as an MCLA student through a variety of visit options. Join a daily campus tour with our student ambassadors, schedule a group visit, or attend an Accepted Student Day and meet our community of faculty, staff and students. Whether you’re drawn to the natural beauty of our region, our distinctive liberal arts approach, or our inspiring student community, a campus visit will show you all that MCLA has to offer.
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Plan Your Visit
Tour MCLA’s campus with our student ambassadors and learn about admission, financial aid, academics, and student life.
Information session and campus tour: Monday–Friday, 10:30 a.m.–noon
Campus tour only: Monday–Friday, 2 p.m.
These events offer an excellent opportunity to dive deeper into what makes MCLA unique,
connect with faculty, explore campus resources, and meet fellow future Trailblazers.
Saturday Preview Days offer an excellent opportunity to explore what makes MCLA unique —in a more personalized and intimate setting. Each event features an information session and a campus tour, with additional opportunities to engage with admission staff, student financial services, and current MCLA students.
Saturday, April 18 is our dedicated Nursing & Radiologic Technology Preview Day. This event offers an inside look at our hands-on, career-focused programs and the strong clinical partnerships that set our students up for success.
Group tours are offered most weeks on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to noon.
24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year!
Tucked in the heart of the Berkshire Mountains, North Adams is a small city with big personality—where creative energy meets small-town charm. Just a few hours from Boston and New York, it’s home to MASS MoCA, local cafés, mountain trails, and a walkable downtown full of art, food, and community. The Berkshires (“the Birks”) are your year-round playground, offering hiking, biking, and paddleboarding in summer, skiing and snowboarding in winter, and over 100 world-class cultural attractions all around. At MCLA, it’s all right in your backyard!
Our Community
A few of the benefits you'll enjoy
Student Voices
Student Voices
“North Adams is slowly becoming this kind of musical cultural hub. And it’s because of things like the Fresh Grass Institute. It’s because things like Wilco and people’s eyes are being turned to North Adams.”
“If I was to describe MCLA to someone in one sentence, I would say small but mighty community, for sure. Even if you are a commuter, you can still get very involved on campus, so you don’t have to live here to enjoy the experience. And that was something I was really nervous about before coming here was, if I wasn’t gonna live on campus how was I going to get involved? And now into senior year, I’m the Student Government Association President. I’m an ambassador for the sociology department. I’m the secretary for the honors program council. I’m a peer mentor. I work in our essential needs center. I work as an assistant in the president’s office and you can find me basically anywhere else on campus.”
“If I were to have to sum up MCLA in one word, it would be family. So, even if you’re not quite sure if this would be the place for you. I can almost guarantee that you will find a home here at MCLA.”
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