University of Mary Washington - Where Great Minds Get To Work

It All Starts

We encourage and support the passionate, curious minds at work here.

  • Tough but rewarding academics
  • Faculty who know you and have your back
  • Experiences that lead to something bigger

Make Moves

We‘ve got the perfect blend of “tucked away” and “close to everything.”

  • Beautiful college campus in a thriving city
  • Gateway to DC, Richmond and beyond

Own It

Here, you can create exactly the college experience you want.

  • Family vibe that feels like home
  • Lots of entertainment and opportunity
  • Traditions and Eagle pride that’s all ours

Get More

Cost and value are not the same – but UMW delivers on both.

  • Generous financial aid, scholarships and grants
  • Alumni are prepared for student loan repayment
  • Support for any and every next step

Join Us

UMW has a lot to offer. But don’t rely on one website to show you that.

  • Visit and get a feel for the place!
  • Do an interview for scholarship consideration
  • Check out our special programs
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It's Your Time

Here, you can create exactly the college experience you want.

Academics are important, but there’s a lot of life to live beyond the classroom. Our UMW community is just the right size to enjoy it all. Large enough to keep you entertained and give you opportunities to enrich your life. Small enough to feel at home and carve out a space for yourself.

We are a vibrant, public university in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

You'll find:

  • A beautiful, green “campus in the woods”
  • A thriving city that blends historic and modern
  • A short trip to Washington, D.C., or Richmond
  • A chance to explore Virginia from mountains to beaches
  • 4,300+ undergraduate students
  • 26% self-identified minority students
  • 350+ graduate students
  • 56% on-campus dwellers
  • 34 states and many countries represented
  • Visit an Open House
  • $57 million in financial aid in 2016
    • 100 Best Values in Public Colleges Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine
    • America’s Best Colleges U.S. News & World Report
    • America’s Top Colleges and Universities The Princeton Review
    • 3 colleges Arts & Sciences, Business, Education
    • 120+ student clubs and organizations
  • UMW is #1 in Virginia and #44 in the nation on the 2017 Student Debt Repayment Success Indicator (SDRSI) study.
    • 14 to 1 student/faculty ratio
    • 0 teaching assistants replacing faculty in the classroom

  • Eagle Athletics

    • 21 teams have competed in national championship tournaments
    • 5 conference titles in 2015-16 alone
    • 286 student-athletes named All-Americans

Take Their Word For It

“I fell in love with UMW when I realized that I could easily have meaningful relationships with professors, other students and staff members. Everywhere I go, I see someone I care about, and that’s what makes Mary Washington feel like home.”
Libby Simmons ’17, English
“I participated in a faculty member’s research team for two years at UMW and discovered that I loved it, which changed the trajectory of my entire life. I love being back as a professor now so that I can try to provide those same types of transformational learning opportunities to our current students.”
Dr. Holly Hollomon Schiffrin ’94,
Associate Professor of Psychology
“I learned how to be a scholar and think critically across disciplines, which has been the foundation for my success.”
Mike Cirami ’98, Portfolio Manager for $200 billion/year investment corporation Eaton Vance
“UMW created the foundation for us in entrepreneurship – it definitely put us in the right direction. I really enjoyed all the professors taking so much interest in our products. It just shows that they truly cared about our success and that they were proud of us.”
Abbas Haider ’12 and Robert Davis ’12,
CEO/President and COO, Aspetto

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