Marymount College touts quiet successes
Over the past three years, Marymount College President Michael Brophy, PhD, has led the school on a dramatic turnaround. Photo by David Rosenfeld On a peaceful hillside in Rancho Palos Verdes overlooking San Pedro and the Pacific Ocean, Marymount College is quietly enjoying some tremendous success lately. Within the past three years this small liberal arts college now with enrollment topping 1,000 students opened a satellite campus in San Pedro for four-year degree programs, joined a collegiate sports conference, doubled enrollment, opened two residence halls and last month broke ground on a new athletic field and parking lot. College president Michael Brophy, PhD, credits the school’s recent success to creating the four-year degree programs mainly in business and liberal arts. Brophy, who has led the college going on seven years, said the school previously had not been thriving. “We grew quickly because the kids who were here for two-year degrees wanted to stay,” Brophy said. “Because of our growth we’ve been able to make significant investments. We have a winning story now.” Over the past three years the college has invested roughly $7 million on two residence halls and the new…
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