Company description
Whitman College offers Colleges services in Walla Walla WA, WA area.
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- Mission
- Whitman College is a vibrant, residential learning community widely known for offering a rigorous yet supported liberal arts educational experience. Whitman???s 1,450 undergraduate students, from 45 states and 30 countries, gain broad experience in a variety of disciplines while acquiring depth of knowledge in any of more than 40 major fields. Whitman challenges students to write, debate, participate actively in classes and seminars, conduct independent research, think critically, and question established ideas. The academic curriculum begins with Encounters, a first-year seminar course required of all students that is organized around a variable theme and provides an introduction to the liberal arts and the academic construction of knowledge. In the senior year, all Whitman students must pass comprehensive exams in their major. Whitman faculty are committed to excellence in teaching. The professors are as highly impassioned about teaching as they are engaged in scholarly activity. They are experts in their disciplines, mentors, collaborators, and supportive critics. Whitman professors inspire in their students a serious devotion to learning. Students find balance at Whitman. Outside of class, they find an atmosphere of opportunity ??? for leadership, sports and fitness activities, service to community and development of lasting friendships ??? with peers, faculty and staff. They also take advantage of the region's rivers, mountains, and wilderness areas for vigorous outdoor adventures, and in the small city of Walla Walla, they play important roles as volunteers and mentors. Students thrive at Whitman; the graduation rate is 88 percent, a much higher rate than at most colleges. Whitman fosters self-confidence, intellectual vitality, open-mindedness and sense of social responsibility, all of which prepare students well for a complex, rapidly changing, diverse world. Annually, Whitman students are recipients of such scholarships and fellowships as the Rhodes, Truman, Fulbright, Watson, Udall, and Goldwater.
- General Information
- Most Selective, Small School, Private School - No Affiliation Listed, Small City, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Out of State - High, Any Cost, Diagnostic Testing Service, Reader Service for the Blind, Handicapped Student Services, Note taking Services, Study Abroad, Cooperative Work Experience, Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Honor Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Social Fraternities and Sororities, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Campus Description
- 55-acre campus in Walla Walla, 170 miles from Spokane. Served by air and bus; larger airport serves Spokane; train serves Pendleton, Oreg. (45 miles). Public transportation serves campus.
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, Financial statement NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required, Separate application form NOT required
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $38,770
- Campus Setting
- Located in a regional city
- Email
- [email protected]
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Entrance Difficulty
- Very difficult
- Selectivity
- most selective
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- Amenities
- Wifi Hotspot
- City Type
- Remote Town
- Highest Degree Offered
- Bachelors
- Highest Offering
- Bachelors
- Campus Size
- 55 acres
- Academic Calendar
- Semester
- Control
- Private
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $34880
- Setting
- urban
- Application Deadline
- 1-Feb
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $1462
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $8820
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 44.79
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $4060
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 30806
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 30806
- Year Founded
- 1883
- Founded In
- 1859
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 1417
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 3164
- Accredited
- true
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 1400
- Typical Room And Board
- 7840
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $50
- International Application Fee
- $45
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 883
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 712
- Application Fee
- $50
- Graduate Application Fee
- $0
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 55
- Percent African American
- 1
- Percent Asian
- 6
- Percent Hispanic
- 3
- Percent Native American
- 1
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.whitman.edu/
