Transylvania University ( Transylvania University is a historic college in the United States, founded in 1780, located in Lexington, Kentucky, 96% of the professors have received the highest degree in their field of study, using small class sizes, with emphasis on business/marketing, social sciences, psychology, biology, foreign languages and literature, parks and recreation, history, visual and performing arts The College is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The College is ranked 81st in the 2015 ranking of U.S. liberal arts colleges.