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Profile

  • Private women-centered university founded in 1842
  • Undergraduate options:
    • College for Women
    • Adult Degree Program (co-educational)
  • Graduate programs:
    • Graduate Teacher Education
    • Shakespeare and Performance
  • Locations
    • Historic main campus located in downtown Staunton, Virginia, in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley
    • Regional Centers in Charlottesville, Rappahannock, Richmond, Roanoke, South Boston, Staunton, Weyers Cave, and Williamsburg

Academics

  • Organized into four Schools of Excellence:
    • Arts, Humanities, and Renaissance Studies
    • Education, Health, and Social Work
    • Social Sciences, Business, and Global Studies
    • Science
  • Undergraduate degrees in more than 50 majors and minors: Bachelor of Arts (BA), Bachelor of Science (BS), Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
  • Two undergraduate pathways with same requirements for the bachelor’s degree:
    • College for Women
    • Adult Degree Program
  • Two graduate programs
    • Graduate Teacher Education, including Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education
    • Master of Letters (MLitt) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Shakespeare and Performance
  • Pre-professional programs in law, medicine, ministry, ROTC (Air Force, Navy, Army)
  • Undergraduate and post baccalaureate teacher licensure programs
  • Academic partnerships
    • American Shakespeare Center (MLitt/MFA program)
    • Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library (Public History program)
    • Virginia Program at Oxford

By the Numbers

Student Body and Enrollment (2011–2012)

  • 797 undergraduate women in the Residential College for Women
    • Student/Faculty Ratio 10.8:1
    • Average Class Size 16.8
  • 1271 adult degree women and men
  • 273 graduate women and men

Degrees Awarded (2010–2011)

  • Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science — 230
  • Bachelor of Social Work — 15
  • Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) — 52
  • Master of Education (MEd) — 14
  • Master of Letters (MLitt) — 17
  • Master of Fine Arts (MFA) — 14
  • Teacher Licensure — 145

Tuition and Fees (2012–2013)

  • Tuition and Fees (Residential College for Women) — $28,020
  • Room and Board (Residential College for Women) — $8,180
  • ADP per Credit Hour — $427
  • Graduate Teacher Education per Credit Hour — $455
  • MLitt/MFA per Credit Hour — $750
  • Percent undergraduates receiving financial aid: 100%
  • Average undergraduate annual aid package — $17,000

Alumnae/i Success

  • 95% of alumnae/i say they were prepared as well or better than other new employees or students in grad school
  • 30% earn advanced degrees.

Civic and Global Engagement Partnerships

Facilitated through the Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement

Accreditation and Major Rankings

  •  No. 8 among master's-level universities in the nation (Washington Monthly) 
  • Accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of  Colleges and Schools
  • Top tier master’s university in the South (U.S. News & World Report)
  • “Great School, Great Price” (U.S. News)
  • Barron’s Best Buy in College Education
  • President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
  • College of Distinction (Student Horizons)
  • Top college in the Southeast (Princeton Review)
  • Accredited by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC)