What We’re Known For:
A top 10 public liberal arts college
– U.S. News and World Report
A “best bang for the buck” and in the top 100 national liberal arts colleges
– Washington Monthly
Among the 11 Virginia colleges named “best and most interesting”
– Fiske Guide to Colleges
Recognized for quality, affordability and future earning potential
– Money Magazine
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Our Voices
“It’s not one path; it’s multiple paths. I think that’s what a place like UMW has allowed me to realize. There are multiple paths to reach fulfillment.”
Jaylyn Long2024 SGA President, and a biomedical sciences major with an African American studies minor.
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“By the time I arrived on campus, I had already begun researching a variety of internship opportunities… I concluded the best place was the source of federal policy – Capitol Hill.”
Adam McAninley2025 Honor Council President, a Washington Scholar with an environmental science and political science double major, and a law and philosophy minor.
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“The thing that stands out the most is that research is a learning process. The answer to your questions is not always exact, and sometimes it comes with a lot of trial and error, but that is how you learn,”
Ally FletcherClass of 2025, majoring in biomedical sciences with a neuroscience minor.
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“I may be graduating and leaving campus, but I know that a part of me will always belong to UMW. I’ll always be welcomed back by this community.”
Sofia TaylorClass of 2024, bachelor’s degree in psychology, recipient of the Justin and Helen Piscopo Alvey Scholarship
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