WARREN WILSON COLLEGE J-15

PO Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000
Tel: (828)298-3325
Free: 800-934-3536
Admissions: (828)771-2073
Fax: (828)298-1440
E-mail: admit@warren-wilson.edu
Web Site: http://www.warren-wilson.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1894. Setting: 1,135-acre small town campus. Endowment: $30.4 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $8940 per student. Total enrollment: 865. Faculty: 75 (60 full-time, 15 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 737 applied, 80% were admitted. 11% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 78% from top half. 7 valedictorians. Full-time: 777 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 15 students, 93% women, 7% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 12 other countries, 78% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 4% 25 or older, 88% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; natural resources/environmental science; English. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Appalachian State University, Washington University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Mars Hill College. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 3/15, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: continuous, 12/1 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Comprehensive fee: $24,620 includes full-time tuition ($18,910), mandatory fees ($250), and college room and board ($5460). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: Collective Conscience/Social Justice/Student Caucus, Resistance and Peacemaking (RAP), yoga, Outing Club, African Dance Club. Major annual events: coffee houses, Work Day, Winter Dinner and Dance. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 715 college housing spaces available; 652 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Pew Learning Center and Ellison Library with 106,837 books, 33,194 microform titles, 2,588 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $54,034. 87 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Situated in the Swannanoa Valley among the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the campus is ten miles east of Asheville. Inhabitants enjoy all the conveniences of the smaller local community, and all the advantages of the nearby city.