Mission Statement
RUST COLLEGE EQUIPS AND INSPIRES STUDENTS FOR EXCELLENCE AND SERVICE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
We Are

- A HISTORICALLY BLACK, LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGE FOUNDED IN 1866 AT ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FREEDMEN’S AID SOCIETY AND AFFILIATED WITH THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

-A STUDENT-CENTERED COLLEGE WHERE EVERYONE IS COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS.

- A COLLEGE THAT RECOGNIZES THE THREEFOLD FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION AS TEACHING, AND LEARNING, RESEARCH, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, WITH ITS PRIMARY MISSION AS TEACHING.

- A COLLEGE WITH DYNAMIC AND EXCELLENT ASSOCIATE AND BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THE CULTURAL, MORAL, AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR STUDENTS.

- A COLLEGE GROUNDED IN ITS LEGACY AND COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL JUSTICE

Vision

- OUR VISION REFLECTS AN INSTITUTION OF LEARNING, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM. STUDENTS WILL PREPARE FOR CAREERS WHILE STUDYING IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Motto
“By Their Fruits, Ye Shall Know Them”