School Description
Provided by Warren Wilson CollegeThe Mission of Warren Wilson College is to provide an education combining liberal arts study, work, and service with a strong commitment to environmental responsibility and experiential opportunities for international and cross-cultural understanding in a setting that promotes wisdom, spiritual growth, and contribution to the common good.
Warren Wilson College is a private, liberal arts college located in the beautiful Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina. The College offers strong academics with work for the school (15 hours per week) and service to the community (100 hours over four years) for a more involving, more meaningful education.
With 800 students and an average class size of 17, professors know students by name and can give each student individual attention. Our curriculum provides the foundation for bringing the Warren Wilson Triad Education Program to life. Your course of study, in conjunction with your work crew and service hours, takes you from the classroom to the field to the wider community. This means you might find yourself in a chemistry lab, analyzing Swannanoa River water quality for a local non-profit's watershed management plan, starting a nationally recognized literary magazine with one of your professors, or teaching science enrichment to over 1,000 third-graders in the Asheville area and providing a national model for the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots Program.
At Warren Wilson College, you'll learn by doing, through caring and while following a personal passion. This is learning that lasts.
Warren Wilson College is located in the Swannanoa Valley, ten miles east of downtown Asheville, and ten miles west of Black Mountain. The 1,100 acre campus is in a rural valley, surrounded by the Blue Ridge mountains. The Swannanoa River passes through the middle of campus. Campus land includes the forty acre main campus, a working farm, and hundreds of acres of forested land. Hiking trails criss-cross the campus. In spite of the seeming isolation of the campus, its close proximity to Asheville and Black Mountain provides for a variety of off campus activities and cultural experiences.
Warren Wilson College
From Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWarren Wilson College is a small liberal arts college in the Swannanoa Valley, North Carolina just on the edge of Asheville, near U.S. Highway 70. It is known for its curriculum of work, academics, and service, called "the Triad." The Triad requires every student to work an on-campus job, perform at least one hundred hours of community service over four years and complete a requisite course of academic work in order to graduate.
Warren Wilson is one of the few colleges in the United States that require students to work for the institution in order to graduate. It is part of the Work Colleges Consortium, which also includes Alice Lloyd College, Berea College, Blackburn College, College of the Ozarks, Ecclesia College and Sterling College. The college still operates a working farm.
History
The property was purchased in 1893 by the Women's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church. The women of the church were concerned that many Americans in isolated areas were not receiving a proper education. The women decided to establish church supported schools in areas where there were few public services. There was a need for a nonconventional grading system as the young people who came to these mission schools usually had no prior formal education.
In 1894 the Asheville Farm School officially opened with 25 boys attending and a professional staff of three. It was not until 1923 that the school graduated its first class. The first post-high school programs offering vocational training began in 1936. School leaders hoped that this type of training would give the students more prospects in the job market.
In 1942 the junior college division was established. That same year the Asheville Farm School merged with the Dorland-Bell School of Hot Springs, which brought high school age girls to campus. The Farm School and junior college operated under a common administration.
Quick Facts
- Location:
- Southeast
- Setting:
- Small Town Setting
- Type:
- Private
- Affiliation:
- Presbyterian Church (USA)
- Size:
- Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Students & Campus Life
- Undergraduate Enrollment:
- 780
- On Campus Housing:
- Available
- Full Time Students:
- 100%
- Athletic Programs:
- Unavailable
Degree Programs at Warren Wilson College
Bachelor's Level Programs
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Natural Resources and Conservation
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Natural Resources and Conservation
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Environmental Studies.
A program that focuses on environment-related issues using scientific, social scientific, or humanistic approaches or a combination. Includes instruction in the basic principles of ecology and environmental science and related subjects such as policy, politics, law, economics, social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.See more schools with programs in Environmental Studies.
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Environmental Studies.
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Natural Resources and Conservation
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Arts & Humanities
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English Language and Literature
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English Language and Literature
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Creative Writing
A program that focuses on the process and techniques of original composition in various literary forms such as the short story, poetry, the novel, and others. Includes instruction in technical and editorial skills, criticism, and the marketing of finished manuscripts.See more schools with programs in Creative Writing
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English Language and Literature
A general program that focuses on the English language, including its history, structure and related communications skills; and the literature and culture of English-speaking peoples.See more schools with programs in English Language and Literature
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Creative Writing
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Foreign Languages
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Foreign Languages
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Spanish Language and Literature
A program that focuses on the Spanish language and related dialects. Includes instruction in Spanish philology, Modern Castillan, various Latin American dialects, regional Spanish dialects, and applications in business, science/technology, and other settings.See more schools with programs in Spanish Language and Literature
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Spanish Language and Literature
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General Studies
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General Studies
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Humanities/Humanistic Studies
A program that focuses on combined studies and research in the humanities subjects as distinguished from the social and physical sciences, emphasizing languages, literatures, art, music, philosophy and religion.See more schools with programs in Humanities/Humanistic Studies
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Humanities/Humanistic Studies
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History
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History
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History
A program that focuses on the general study and interpretation of the past, including the gathering, recording, synthesizing and criticizing of evidence and theories about past events. Includes instruction in historiography; historical research methods; studies of specific periods, issues and cultures; and applications to areas such as historic preservation, public policy, and records administration.See more schools with programs in History
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History
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Philosophy
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Philosophy
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General Philosophy
A program that focuses on ideas and their logical structure, including arguments and investigations about abstract and real phenomena. Includes instruction in logic, ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, symbolism, and history of philosophy, and applications to the theoretical foundations and methods of other disciplines.See more schools with programs in General Philosophy
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General Philosophy
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Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual and Performing Arts
A general, undifferentiated program that focuses on the visual and performing arts and that may prepare individuals in any of the visual artistic media or performing disciplines.See more schools with programs in Visual and Performing Arts
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Visual and Performing Arts
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English Language and Literature
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English Language and Literature
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Education
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Teacher Training
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Teacher Training
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Elementary Education and Teaching
A program that prepares individuals to teach students in the elementary grades, which may include kindergarten through grade eight, depending on the school system or state regulations. Includes preparation to teach all elementary education subject matter.See more schools with programs in Elementary Education and Teaching
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Elementary Education and Teaching
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Teacher Training
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Interdisciplinary Studies
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International/Global Studies
A program that focuses on global and international issues from the perspective of the social sciences, social services, and related fields.See more schools with programs in International/Global Studies
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Mathematics and Computer Science
A program with a general synthesis of mathematics and computer science or a specialization which draws from mathematics and computer science.See more schools with programs in Mathematics and Computer Science
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Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Any instructional program that is derived from two or more distinct programs to provide a cross-cutting focus on a subject concentration that is not subsumed under a single discipline or occupational field.See more schools with programs in Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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International/Global Studies
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Life Science
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Biology
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Biology
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Biology/Biological Sciences
Students in this program study general biology at an introductory level. This major provides students with a broad overview of biology and includes instruction in general biology and programs covering a variety of biological specializations.See more schools with programs in Biology/Biological Sciences
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Biology/Biological Sciences
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Biology
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Biology
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Natural Sciences
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Chemistry
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Chemistry
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General Chemistry
A general program that focuses on the scientific study of the composition and behavior of matter, including its micro- and macro-structure, the processes of chemical change, and the theoretical description and laboratory simulation of these phenomena.See more schools with programs in General Chemistry
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General Chemistry
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Chemistry
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Chemistry
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Social Sciences
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General Social Sciences
A program that focuses on the general study of human social behavior and social institutions using any of the methodologies common to the social sciences and/or history, or an undifferentiated program of study in the social sciences.See more schools with programs in General Social Sciences
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Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
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Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
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Women’s Studies
A program that focuses on the history, sociology, politics, culture, and economics of women, and the development of modern feminism in relation to the roles played by women in different periods and locations in North America and the world. Programs may focus on literature, philosophy, and the arts as much as on social studies and policy.See more schools with programs in Women’s Studies
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Women’s Studies
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Economics
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Economics
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General Economics
A general program that focuses on the systematic study of the production, conservation and allocation of resources in conditions of scarcity, together with the organizational frameworks related to these processes. Includes instruction in economic theory, micro- and macroeconomics, comparative economic systems, money and banking systems, international economics, quantitative analytical methods, and applications to specific industries and public policy issues.See more schools with programs in General Economics
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General Economics
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Psychology
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Psychology
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General Psychology
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General Psychology
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Sociology
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Sociology
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Sociology
A program that focuses on the systematic study of human social institutions and social relationships. Includes instruction in social theory, sociological research methods, social organization and structure, social stratification and hierarchies, dynamics of social change, family structures, social deviance and control, and applications to the study of specific social groups, social institutions, and social problems.See more schools with programs in Sociology
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Sociology
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General Social Sciences
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Social Work
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General Social Work
A program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counseling, and that focus on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. Includes instruction in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counseling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counseling.See more schools with programs in General Social Work
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General Social Work
Master's Level Programs
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Arts & Humanities
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English Language and Literature
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English Language and Literature
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Creative Writing
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Creative Writing
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English Language and Literature
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English Language and Literature
Students
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| Percent of Students International: | 4% |
Housing
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 81% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 18,916 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 18,616 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 300 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,023 | 20% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 2,730 | 17% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 5,328 | 63% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,872 | 44% | |
Any Aid: |
79% |
Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)
| Acceptance Rate: | 78% (Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 87% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 550, Math: 510 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 670, Math: 620 |
Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
College Advice
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Question: Warren Wilson College?I will be a Senior this fall and I've been looking into different schools. I want to major in political science or something similar, and eventually go into writing or journalism, and hopefully write for a living ultimately. I was wondering what your general opinion is of Warren Wilson College in North Carolina? Thanks so much.8 months ago
Best AnswerIt's only 800 people, which is a little too small for me (though I also go to a pretty small college myself), but if that's what you want, great! Go for it! |
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Question: Advice on Warren-Wilson College. I'd love to hear about it form someone who is attending or has attended.?I'm very interested in this unique college, it is a bit far away from home, and so I'd like to be sure about it before I pursue my interest. I am very interested in pursuing a career in medicine, and am also worried that for that field this school may not be the most beneficial for my future. Advice please? Also, I've already visited the website and so far it looks very promising. I was also concerned about the 15 hour work week requirement, I think it's a great idea, but is it hard to maintain?9 months ago
Best AnswerI haven't attended the school, but I went and visited just a couple weeks ago, and it is BEAUTIFUL. As far as being far away from home.. I think you would find that you are far from alone (only 18 percent are from north carolina) so its not like you would be left all alone on campus during small breaks or anything. About the work program.. I also had concerns with the hours and whether or not it would interfere with academics, but I talked to my guidance counselor at the school and it seems that most students don't have much trouble with it, but the work crews are fairly lenient if you have a lot to do.. (you can trade hours with other workers or double up so you can have more time off later). Warren Wilson's strength is mainly in English, Environmental Studies, and Outdoor Leadership, but I think all of their science departments are very nice. But you should probably look further into their grading (they rely mostly on written evaluations) and make sure that the graduate schools of your choice would accept that. I'm pretty sure that they will put a letter grade on your transcript, but I'm not 100% sure. Other bits of information about the school... -- It kind of has a druggy reputation, if you weren't aware of that. There are people who don't of course participate, but the stereotypical student there smokes pot. -- Its really open-minded and welcoming of different kinds of people. I would really recommend that you take a visit there if you are a junior.. It gave me a MUCH better feel for the school and when I was there, it felt very warm and welcoming.. the people are super friendly. Good luck!! -- I'm trying to decide whether to attend myself. |
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Question: Warren Wilson College?I love the campus, the courses, the food and housing, the focus on environmentalism and service, etc. But I am concerned about the widespread use of marijuana at the school. So, to anyone to goes to went to school at WWC: is it really that bad? Anything else you want to say about the school is welcome as well! one student said you can't carry on a conversation with any of the guys and a lot of the girls because they're always high - don't know if that's true, but if it is that would be very irritating and gross15 months ago
Best AnswerIt's an awesome school, turning out some great graduates, especially in the environmental fields. To base not going there on something as minor as marijuana use would be pretty ridiculous. Be yourself, maintain your core values, and you'll be respected no matter where you go to school. |
