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About Washington and Lee University

Founding Date:
1749
Affiliation:
Private, non-profit
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
Accreditations and approvals:
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission of Colleges (SACS)
Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)
Undergraduate
   Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC)
   American Chemical Society (ACS)
   The Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB International)
Law
   American Bar Association, Council on Legal Education (ABA)
   Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
Academic Calendar:
Undergraduate: 4-4-1 (two 12-week terms plus a four-week spring term)
Law: 4-4 (two 14-week semesters)
Degrees Offered:
Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Science
Juris Doctor
Master of Laws
Location:
332-acre campus in Lexington, Virginia
55 miles from Roanoke
70 from Charlottesville
Governance:
The President of Washington and Lee University
The Trustees of the University
Mission and Honor System:
"Washington and Lee University provides a liberal arts education that develops students' capacity to think freely, critically, and humanely and to conduct themselves with honor, integrity, and civility. Graduates will be prepared for life-long learning, personal achievement, responsible leadership, service to others, and engaged citizenship in a global and diverse society."

 

 
      

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Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450-2116
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