Washington and Lee University
2007 Common Data Set Information

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Table of Contents

A.  General Information

B.  Enrollment and Persistence

C.  First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission

D.  Transfer Admission

E.  Academic Offerings and Policies

F.  Student Life

G.  Annual Expenses

H.  Financial Aid

I.  Instructional Faculty and Class Size

J.  Degrees Conferred

CDS Definitions

A. GENERAL INFORMATION
A1. Address Information
Washington and Lee University
204 West Washington Street
Lexington VA 24450-2116
Main phone:                                 540.458.8400
WWW Home Page Address       http://www.wlu.edu
Admissions Phone Number            540.458.8710
Admissions Toll-free Phone Number    (None)
Admissions Office Mailing Address, City/State/Zip    Letcher Avenue, Lexington VA 24450-0303
Admissions Fax number:                540.458.8062
Admissions E-mail Address:        admissions@wlu.edu
Is there a separate URL application site on the Internet? Yes  If so, please specify: http://admissions.wlu.edu/news/page/normal/1062.html
A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)
A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:
Coeducational college
Carnegie classifications:
Basic: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Size and Setting: Small four-year, highly residential
Enrollment Profile: High undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile: Full-time four-year, more selective, lower transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program: Arts & sciences plus professions, no graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program: Postbaccalaureate professional
AAUP classification: II-B, National Liberal Arts College
Southern Association of Colleges & Schools, Commission on Colleges: Level V
A4. Academic year calendar
Undergraduate - Other (4-4-2)
Law - Early semester

A5. Degrees offered by your institution

Baccalaureate (B.A., B.S.)
First professional (J.D.)
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
B. ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE
         
B1 Institutional Enrollment - Men and Women Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2007.
B1   FULL-TIME PART-TIME
B1   Men Women Men Women
B1 Undergraduates        
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time freshmen 231 232 0 0
B1 Other first-year, degree-seeking      0 0
B1 All other degree-seeking 662 649 0 0
B1 Total degree-seeking 893 881 0 0
B1 All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses 1 0 1 2
B1 Total undergraduates  894 881 1 2
B1 First-Professional        
B1 First-time, first-professional students 73 42 0 0
B1 All other first-professionals 172 111 0 0
B1 Total first-professional 245 153 0 0
B1 Graduate        
B1 Degree-seeking, first-time 2 3 0 0
B1 All other degree-seeking 0 0 0 0
B1 All other graduates enrolled in credit courses 0 0 0 0
B1 Total graduate 2 3 0 0
B1 Total all undergraduates 1,778
B1 Total all graduate and professional students 403
B1 GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS 2,181
         
B2 Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category. Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution's official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2007. Include international students only in the category "Nonresident aliens." Complete the "Total Undergraduates" column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.
B2   Degree-Seeking
First-Time
First Year		 Degree-Seeking
Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)		 Total
Undergraduates (both degree- and non-degree-seeking)
B2 Nonresident aliens 21 70 73
B2 Black, non-Hispanic 15 64 64
B2 American Indian or Alaska Native 1 6 6
B2 Asian or Pacific Islander 19 67 68
B2 Hispanic 11 31 31
B2 White, non-Hispanic 388 1,515 1,515
B2 Race/ethnicity unknown 8 21 21
B2 TOTAL 463 1,774 1,778
         
  Persistence        
B3 Number of degrees awarded from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007  
B3 Certificate/diploma 0      
B3 Associate degrees 0      
B3 Bachelor's degrees 425      
B3 Postbachelor's certificates 0      
B3 Master's degrees 4      
B3 Post-Master's certificates 0      
B3 Doctoral degrees 0      
B3 First professional degrees 74      
B3 First professional certificates 0      
         
  Graduation Rates        
  The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System's Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). For complete instructions and definitions of data elements, see the IPEDS GRS instructions and glossary on the 2007 Web-based survey.
         
For Bachelor's or Equivalent Programs      
         
  Please provide data for the fall 2001 cohort if available. If fall 2001 cohort data are
not available, provide data for the fall 2000 cohort.		  
         
Fall 2001 Cohort        
  Report for the cohort of full-time first-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in fall 2001. Include in the cohort those who entered your institution during the summer term preceding fall 2001.
B4 Initial 2001 cohort of first-time, full-time bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students; total all students: 487
B5 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: death, permanent disability, service in the armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; total allowable exclusions:  0
B6 Final 2001 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions: (subtract question B5 from question B4) 487
B7 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by August 31, 2005):  426
B8 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after August 31, 2005 and by August 31, 2006):  5
B9 Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after August 31, 2006 and by August 31, 2007):  0
B10 Total graduating within six years (sum of questions B7, B8, and B9):  431
B11 Six-year graduation rate for 2001 cohort (question B10 divided by question B6):  89%