Whitman College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Bachelor's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Whitman College Academics

The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. An instance of this, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Urban Semester, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Whitman College is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Whitman College.

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, Political Science/Government, Sociology

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Physical Sciences:

Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

Classics, French, German, Spanish

Popular majors:

twenty-three percent social sciences, thirteen percent biology, thirteen percent visual and performing arts, ten percent psychology, eight percent english, eight percent physical sciences, seven percent history, five percent mathematics

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology, Chem/Phys/Molecular Biology

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Drama/Theater Arts, Film Studies, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General

History:

History – General

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $1,280 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of January. In addition, for international students, the application fee is 45.

Whitman College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of forty-five dollars regular application fee, forty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, forty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 49% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 95%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were ninety-nine total number of transfer students who applied and forty-nine total number of transfer students who were admitted.

the SAT subject section score is due the 15th of January. Likewise, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of November. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 15th of November, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of April. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of January. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 15th of January. Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of January and Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application is due the 15th of January.

Whitman College Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. Financial aid forms are CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE and FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at seventy-nine percent scholarships per grants and twenty-one percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Minority Status and Music/Drama.

Whitman College Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight degree-seeking undergrads and three hundred and sixty-one first-time degree-seeking freshmen. In addition, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Again, the student body consists of forty percent in-state students, sixty percent out-of-state students, fifty percent women, fifty percent men, two percent american indian per alaskan native, nine percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, six percent hispanic, sixty-four percent white per non-hispanic, three percent non-resident alien, thirteen percent race per ethnicity unreported, sixty percent in top 10th of graduating class, ninety-one percent in top quarter of graduating class, ninety-eight percent in top half of graduating class, sixty percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty-three percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, five percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24 and two percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Coed, where 49 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Whitman College offers Bachelor’s degrees.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. In other words, the school is located 150 miles from Spokane, 235 miles from Portland, Oregon.Further, the university has many unique facilites such as Asian art collection, natural history museum, planetarium, 2 electron microscopes, outdoor observatory, indoor and outdoor rock-climbing walls, outdoor sculpture walk, organic garden.. Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, one hundred percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-three percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Special Housing For International Students, one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, three hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Whitman College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s Club Softball
• Men’s Club and Women’s Club Track_and_field
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball