Washington College: A Top-Tier Maryland Liberal Arts College

Welcome to WC

Congratulations on your acceptance to WC!

Here, you can find out more about financial aid, learn more about student life, check out details for campus housing, find out how to visit the campus, explore our Orientation Program, and more!

What do I do now that I've been accepted?

Admitted Student Checklist

• Fill out the FAFSA form
• Download and complete the WC Institutional Aid form
• Visit campus
• Complete the "Commit to Enroll" form, sent to you with your acceptance letter

Quick Facts

Founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, Washington College was the first college chartered in the new nation. Today it ranks among the nation's top 100 selective liberal arts colleges.

• Approximately 1,200 undergraduates from 35 states and 40 nations attend WC. Slightly more than half are from public schools, 7% are minority students; 3% are international.
• Our student-to-faculty ratio is 12-to-1. The average class size is 17 students; only 1 in 7 classes has more than 25 students.
• Of the most recent entering class, 60% took Advanced Placement coursework, 57% played a varsity sport, 43% were members of the National Honor Society, 33% had a music background, and 31% held a leadership position during their high school careers.
• The Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows provides nearly $100,000 annually in grants of $500 to $3,000 to support student-designed projects and research activities.
• The Sophie Kerr Prize is the largest literary undergraduate prize in America. The 2007 winner received a check for $60,000.
• The College's C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience sponsors the annual George Washington Book Prize, a nationally prominent award for the year's best work on early American History.
• We offer more than 40 study abroad programs.