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Washington & Jefferson College offers Colleges services in Washington PA, PA area.
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- Mission
- Washington & Jefferson College offers an exceptional liberal arts education. W&J has been ranked first in the country per capita for producing attorneys and third in the country for producing physicians and medical researchers. Routinely, 90% of our applicants to medical and law schools are admitted. In 2007, 100% of W&J graduates passed the Pennsylvania bar exam. More than 85% of seniors seeking employment find work in their fields or admission to graduate school before graduation. W&J offers students a personalized learning experience, with more than 70% of classes having fewer than 20 students. With a 12:1 student-to-faculty ratio, professors hold classes in their homes, help students develop advanced research agendas, and attend athletic events to cheer them on. In addition, numerous alumni around the world offer students networking opportunities in nearly every discipline. The result is student achievement of the highest caliber. Our students land research internships at The Pasteur Institute, The Mayo Clinic, and Los Alamos Labs, to name a few. W&J challenges our students by sending them to national meetings where their research is presented alongside that of professional researchers, graduate students, and faculty from other institutions. More than half of our students take advantage of more than 40 study abroad programs in countries such as Australia, China, France, Germany, Spain, and South Africa. W&J students put their liberal arts educations to work, testing their professional aspirations in the real world while becoming global citizens. The Intersession term, a distinctive feature of our 4-1-4 academic calendar, allows students to take one course, intensively, during the month of January. They may travel to London to study theatre, camp out in Africa to watch animals migrate, or stay on campus to design robots or study with a prize-winning journalist. W&J students study hard, but they are also active outside of the classroom. Almost 30% of students belong to Greek organizations. With close proximity to Pittsburgh, W&J students can easily travel into the city on college-run vans to see professional sports events, shop, eat in fine restaurants, attend theatre or ballet performances, or listen to renowned speakers. W&J was honored with the President's Honor Roll for Community Service with Distinction; students volunteer more than 15,000 hours a year in service to our community. They raise money for cancer research, volunteer at the Humane Society, read to first graders and to the blind, and help staff the Washington Women's Shelter. W&J also has a strong tradition of producing student-athletes. The College fields 24 intercollegiate sports and is still the smallest college ever to compete in the Rose Bowl, battling California to a zero-zero tie in the 1922 game. Student athletes from W&J include Charlie West, the first African-American quarterback in the Rose Bowl game, and legendary coaches such as John Heisman. With about 12,000 living alumni, W&J has graduated leaders in almost every field, from architecture to zoology. The College boasts civic leaders like James G. Blaine (1847), who served as secretary of state and ran for president three times; as well as pioneers such as Joseph Walker, who made the first NASA x-15 flight and was the first to pilot the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle; and Jesse Lazear, who studied yellow fever in Cuba with Walter Reed. W&J also educated NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell '81 and Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl '03, the youngest mayor of a major US city in the United States. Students and graduates alike are experiencing incredible success in a variety of fields inside and outside the classroom, and the John A. Swanson Science Center, as expected, opened in early 2010. W&J is a college on the move, looking to the future with great optimism while building on its historical past.
- General Information
- Highly Selective, Small School, Private School - No Affiliation Listed, Metropolitan Areas, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Any Cost, Reader Service for the Blind, Handicapped Student Services, Study Abroad, Advanced Placement/CLEP, Reserve Officers - Training Corps (ROTC), Campus Publications, Dormitories, Honor Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Social Fraternities and Sororities, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required, Separate application form NOT required
- Campus Description
- 40-acre campus in Washington, 27 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Served by air; major airport, bus, and train serve Pittsburgh.
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $34,610
- Campus Setting
- Located in a regional city
- Email
- [email protected]
- Academic Calendar
- Four-one-four Plan
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Entrance Difficulty
- Very difficult
- Selectivity
- more selective
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- City Type
- Large Suburb
- Enrollment Concentration
- Traditional
- Highest Offering
- Bachelors
- Highest Degree Offered
- Bachelors
- Distance
- 4.0 miles
- Setting
- suburban
- Campus Size
- 40 acres
- Control
- Private
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $31096
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 27680
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 27680
- Application Deadline
- 1-Mar
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $8488
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 38.27
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $4994
- Year Founded
- 1781
- Accredited
- true
- Typical Board Cost
- 3160
- Typical Room And Board
- 7602
- Typical Room Cost
- 4442
- Founded In
- 1781
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $780
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 2611
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 6823
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $25
- Additional Fees
- 400
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 600
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 685
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 733
- International Application Fee
- $25
- Application Fee
- $25
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 24
- Graduate Application Fee
- $0
- International Enrollment
- 4
- Percent African American
- 2
- Percent Asian
- 1
- Percent Hispanic
- 1
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.washjeff.edu/
