Washington & Lee University

Lexington, VA

Washington & Lee University says, 'The goals of a liberal arts education include both breadth of knowledge (foundation and distribution) and competency in a specialized discipline or field of knowledge (the major). The Foundation and Distribution Requirements seek to expose students to various modes of thought and to the variety of ideas and values in today's world.' [Source]

Website: http://www.wlu.edu/

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1,829
Undergraduate
Enrollment

92%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$52,455
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

YES

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

YES

Science

YES

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

Warning: FIRE believes that free speech is not only a moral imperative, but also an essential element of a college education. However, private universities, as private associations, possess their own right to free association, which allows them to prioritize other values above the right to free speech if they wish to do so. Therefore, when a private university clearly and consistently states that it holds a certain set of values above a commitment to freedom of speech, FIRE warns prospective students and faculty members of this fact. Six schools surveyed for this report meet these criteria.

Heterodox Academy Guide to Colleges Rating

Heterodox Academy publishes a “Guide to Colleges,” which rates America’s top 150 universities and top 50 liberal arts schools based on their viewpoint diversity. Scores range from 0 to 100.

Curriculum last evaluated: 4/1/2019

2018-19 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.