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Whitman College

345 Boyer Ave, Walla walla, WA 99362 -

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School Notes Overview:

Whitman College is committed to providing an excellent, well-rounded liberal arts and sciences undergraduate education. It is an independent, nonsectarian, and residential college. Whitman offers an ideal setting for rigorous learning and scholarship and encourages creativity, character, and responsibility.

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School Overview:

	Whitman College
County	Walla Walla County, WA
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	1,452 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	37 students

Total Enrollment	1,489 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	898 students
Tuition	36620
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	12%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$4,528
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	12%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$3,564
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	78%
% Students Receiving Loans	53%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$3,586

School Notes:

Whitman College is an independent, non-sectarian, residential liberal arts and sciences undergraduate college located in the Pacific Northwest. It is dedicated to excellence in teaching, personal growth, and the promotion of scholarship, character, courage, and leadership.
Forty-two departmental majors lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Whitman offers combined 3-2 engineering and computer science programs with Caltech, Columbia, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, and Duke; 3-2 oceanography and biology or geology with the University of Washington; 3-2 forestry and environmental management programs with Duke; a 3-3 law program with Columbia Law School; and a 4-1 education program with University of Puget Sound.
Through the study of humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences, Whitman’s students develop capacities to analyze, interpret, criticize, communicate, and engage. A concentration on basic disciplines, in combination with a supportive residential life program that encourages personal and social development, is intended to foster intellectual vitality, confidence, leadership, and the flexibility to succeed in a changing technological, multicultural world.
The college is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and the American Chemical Society.
Profile last updated: 01/04/2010.

In the News:

Grant allows college to make positions permanent (Tri-City Herald)
posted on June 10, 2011 at 03:39:12 pm
Whitman College in Walla Walla has received a $644,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Map of proposed William O. Douglas Trail (Yakima Herald-Republic)
posted on May 24, 2011 at 05:54:08 am
Davis High School: It was Yakima High when Douglas graduated first of his class in 1916, earning a full scholarship to attend Whitman College in Walla Walla. He returned to Yakima and taught English, Latin and public speaking from 1920 to 1922. Naches River Bridge: Douglas spent many hours visiting with hoboes near this bridge, [...]
Whitman College students compete on climbing wall (KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities)
posted on May 2, 2011 at 03:54:09 pm
Associated Press - May 2, 2011 11:45 AM ET WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) - Whitman College boasts 1 of the best climbing walls in the Northwest. It's about 100 feet long and 32 feet high with plenty...
Whitman College students compete on climbing wall (Seattle Times)
posted on May 2, 2011 at 03:52:09 pm
The roughly 100-foot-long by 32-foot-high indoor pseudo-cliff, which is considered by some to be the best facility of its type in the Pacific Northwest, was crawling with climbers from several regional universities for the first time on Saturday.
George Robert Adsitt (The Wenatchee World)
posted on April 17, 2011 at 06:13:52 pm
George Adsitt, 87, died Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Grays Harbor Health and Rehabilitation Center in Aberdeen, WA. He had suffered an acute bout of pneumonia and heroically dealt with Alzheimer's disease, but passed peacefully in his sleep. He was born in Spokane, WA and attended Wenatchee High School and later attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA.