Stevenson University | 23,273 followers on LinkedIn. Stevenson University is a private, independent, coeducational, liberal arts college located in Baltimore, Maryland. | Stevenson University, known for its distinctive career focus, is the third-largest independent undergraduate university in Maryland with more than 4,200 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, and adult bachelor’s programs at locations in Stevenson and Owings Mills. Stevenson was formerly known as Villa Julie College; the name was changed in 2008.