University of Mary Washington - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 77%
• GPA, SAT and ACT graph for UMW
• What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
  • SAT Critical Reading: 520 / 630
  • SAT Math: 510 / 600
  • SAT Writing: 510 / 610
    • What these SAT numbers mean
    • Top Virginia colleges SAT comparison
    • SAT scores for public Virginia colleges
  • ACT Composite: 22 / 27
  • ACT English: 21 / 27
  • ACT Math: 21 / 26
    • What these ACT numbers mean
    • Top Virginia colleges ACT comparison
    • ACT scores for public Virginia colleges

• Total Enrollment: 5,170 (4,464 undergraduates)
• Gender Breakdown: 36% Male / 64% Female
• 86% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $9,306 (in-state); $21,620 (out-of-state)
• Books: $1,100 (why so much?)
• Room and Board: $9,094
• Other Expenses: $2,780
• Total Cost: $22,280 (in-state); $34,594 (out-of-state)

• Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 63%
• University of Mary Washington Scholarships (Cappex.com)
• Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Grants: 35%
  • Loans: 42%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Grants: $6,209
  • Loans: $6,428

• First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 85%
• Transfer-out Rate: 14%
• 4-Year Graduation Rate: 63%
• 6-Year Graduation Rate: 71%

"The University of Mary Washington is one of Virginia's outstanding public liberal arts universities, providing a superior education that inspires and enables our students to make positive changes in the world.

The University is a place where faculty, students, and staff share in the creation and exploration of knowledge through freedom of inquiry, personal responsibility, and service. UMW regards the provision of high-quality instruction as its most important function. The University offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs focusing on both disciplinary and interdisciplinary studies. These academic programs afford students opportunities to integrate and apply their knowledge within broad educational experiences, to develop their professional interests, and to practice the habits of mind necessary for life-long learning. Through a professionally engaged faculty, the University supports ongoing research appropriate to the development of student abilities and faculty interests. It especially encourages the participation of undergraduates in research.

UMW's size, dedicated faculty, and historical commitment to fine teaching create an institutional culture where both undergraduate and graduate students benefit from strong connections with their faculty and multiple opportunities for active learning.

Located in Fredericksburg, between our nation's capital and the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the University of Mary Washington is a nexus for engagement among diverse communities and is dedicated to supporting professional advancement and economic development and to improving the regional quality of life.

We fulfill our mission by fostering students' intellectual and creative independence, facilitating their immersion in local, regional,national, and international communities, and by inculcating the values of honor and integrity. UMW graduates are models of adaptive learning, personal achievement, responsible leadership, service to others, and engaged citizenship in a global and diverse society."