Founded in 1887, Clark is a small, private, liberal arts-based research university committed to scholarship and inquiry that addresses social and human imperatives on a global basis. Located in the heart of New England—Worcester, Massachusetts—Clark enrolls approximately 2,200 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students.Clark's focused areas of research excellence are backed by strong Ph.D. and master's degree programs that engage graduate students from around the world in such areas as biology, chemistry, economics, geography, psychology, urban education, management, environmental science and policy, Holocaust and genocide studies, and international development and social change—generating findings and insights that directly benefit the communities it serves.