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Office of Admission
P.O. Box 9000
Warren Wilson College
Asheville, NC 28815-9000

Toll-Free: 1-800-934-3536
Local: 1-828-771-2073
Fax: 1-828-298-1440

Email: admit@warren-wilson.edu

Warren Wilson College is a private, liberal arts college located in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. The College offers strong academics with work for the school (15 hours per week) and service to the community (100 hours over four years) for a more involving, more meaningful education. Accredited by: The Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science,and Master of Fine Arts Degrees.

Viewbook:

Student Body:

938 (FTE Undergraduates)
90% live on campus
Number of States: 47
Number of Countries: 26
Percent of students from North Carolina: 19%
Type of Student: The Best
Top Feeder States:
Virginia
Pennsylvania
California
Florida
Georgia
New York

Academics:

Average Class Size: 14
Average SAT VCR: 600
Average SAT M: 560
Average ACT: 25
Average H.S. GPA: 3.48
Percent Faculty with PhD: 93%
Student/Teacher Ratio:12:1
48 Majors and Special Advising Areas and 28 minors
Most degrees Awarded in:
Environmental Science
English
Outdoor Leadership

Studying

Graduates:

65% of Warren Wilson students go on to grad school (at some point following graduation)
75% of Warren Wilson students report being full-time employed within 6 months of graduation
13.5% of Warren Wilson students report attending graduate school within 6 months of graduation

The Campus:

45 Buildings
300 acre farm and an organic garden
600 acres of forest
25 miles of hiking trails, numerous cows, pigs, and a few bears.

Rankings:

The Fiske Guide to Colleges chose Warren Wilson College as one of its 26 "Best Buys of 2010" among private colleges and universities nationwide, the fourth time since 2005 the guide has selected Warren Wilson for the distinction. According to the guide, the schools "qualify as Best Buys based on the quality of the academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance." Warren Wilson is rated as "inexpensive" compared with other private schools in the selective guide.

Warren Wilson College is No. 4 among Sierra Magazine's "10 Coolest Schools" nationwide in the fight against global warming.

Warren Wilson College has been recognized in the 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges," published by U.S. News & World Report, as having one of the nation's leading service-learning programs. The recognition marks the sixth time in seven years that Warren Wilson has received the distinction. Warren Wilson is one of only 25 schools across the country listed in the "Service Learning" category of "Programs to Look For" in choosing a college - programs the guide calls. "outstanding examples of academic programs that are commonly linked to student success." The guide says: "In service-learning programs, required (or for-credit) volunteer work in the community is an instructional strategy. What's learned in the field bolsters what happens in class and vice versa."

Miriam Weinstein continues to list WWC in her acclaimed guide, "Making A Difference."

WWC is included in "Barron's Best Buys in College Education."

Warren Wilson is mentioned in "Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different" by Donald Asher, a guidebook for those students seeking unique college experiences.

The Parent Soup Financial Aid and College Guide selected Warren Wilson for inclusion in "Discounts and Deals at the Nation's 360 Best Colleges."

More name dropping, rankings, and news:

Costs for 2010-2011

Tuition and Fees:	$25,626
Room and Board:	$8,028
Total Cost:	$33,654
Minus Work Compensation:	$3,480 credit
Tuition, Room, and Board Cost after work compensation:	$30,174
Fall Orientation Fee:	$250
Security Deposit:	$200
Lab fees, field trips, private lessons	Varies
(Off-Campus Day Student Fee per semester)	$500

Alma Mater

Where the stalwart pioneers built their highland homes,
Still our college presses near frontiers yet unknown.
Gold of sun across a sky cast of mountain blue,
Glorious banner, heaven high, calls us to be true.
Take your place and do with us what tomorrow needs of you.

When the shadows sweep the light from the face of day,
Songs of freedom break the night. This is what they say:
God who raised our hills of home guard our fortress still,
Walk with us along the way, teach us wisdom �til
Like a thousand stars by night we shall faithfully lead the way.