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University of Mary Washington

Fredericksburg, Virginia·Public, 4-year or above·Southeast·umw.edu
6-yr Graduation
66%
-0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
3,826
peer median 2,612
Avg net price
$21,108
+$8.2k vs Baccalaureate
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
5,124
5,124 candidates competed
Admitted
4,088
79.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
725
17.7% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
66%-0.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
57%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
66%
Full-time retention
84%

Pell equity

8.0pp gap
Pell recipients
60%
Non-Pell
68%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 40 Title IV programs, 22 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 18 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
40
Passing
22
55.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

40programs
  • Passing22 · 55.0%
  • No Data18 · 45.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
4
Safe
18
No data
18

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

22
Visual and Performing Arts General
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+15.4%
$41,509 vs $35,969
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+23.3%
$44,357 vs $35,969
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+23.9%
$57,480 vs $46,391
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
+24.6%
$44,823 vs $35,969
Education General
Master's Degree · Education
+25.3%
$58,149 vs $46,391
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+27.4%
$45,824 vs $35,969
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+42.3%
$51,166 vs $35,969
Geography and Cartography
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
+47.6%
$53,081 vs $35,969

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

19
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
49%
$22,250 debt · $45,824 earn
International Relations and National Security Studies
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
48%
$24,668 debt · $51,166 earn
Historic Preservation and Conservation
Bachelor Degree · Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
45%
$20,345 debt · $44,823 earn
Fine and Studio Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
44%
$19,500 debt · $44,357 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
43%
$23,035 debt · $53,388 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
41%
$22,500 debt · $54,625 earn
Linguistic Comparative and Related Language Studies and Services
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
39%
$20,500 debt · $53,282 earn
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
37%
$22,674 debt · $60,881 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1930Next review Jun 2029

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 6

  1. Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  2. Nov 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Feb 2021Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  5. Dec 2014Renewal of Accreditation
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$11,137
$30–48k$12,388
$48–75k$19,886
$75–110k$26,300
$110k+$29,234

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$21,108
+$8,243vs Baccalaureate median $12,865
Federal loans
30.8%
In-state tuition
$14,559
Out-of-state
$31,479

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 933 students received $5.3M in Pell grants, alongside $11.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
933
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.3M
$5,298,732 total
Direct Loans
$11.5M
1,954 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.0M
729 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$4.3M
972 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$605K
40 loan awards
Parent PLUS$3.5M
211 loan awards
Grad PLUS$31K
2 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 872 borrowers who entered repayment, 13 (1.4%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.4%
-0.9pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
872
Defaulted
13
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.7%
2017
3.0%
2018
2.7%
2019
1.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at University of Mary Washington

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs34
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

805 total completions
01Business
18623.1%
02Social Sciences
10613.2%
03Biological Sciences
8610.7%
04Education
8310.3%
05Psychology
739.1%
06Computer Sciences
698.6%
07Visual/Performing Arts
577.1%
08Communication
567.0%
09Liberal Arts
475.8%
10English Language
425.2%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
3,826
12-mo unduplicated
4,307
Undergraduate
4,063
Graduate
244

Gender split

Men
36%1,558
Women
64%2,749

Race / ethnicity composition

White
59.8%
Hispanic
13.3%
Black
8.0%
Unknown
6.6%
Two or more
5.2%
Asian
4.8%
Non-resident
2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
439
216 M · 223 W
Women athletes
50.8%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$5.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$16K
$20K
Head-coach salaries
$67K
$48K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
70 M · 60 W
$239K
Lacrosse
49 M · 29 W
$478K
Soccer
36 M · 33 W
$482K
Swimming
29 M · 29 W
$239K
Baseball
45 M ·
$238K
Field Hockey
· 31 W
$179K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.06
4 offenses · 3,757 students

3-year trend

2.802 yrs ago2.281 yr ago1.06Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
25
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
2
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
3
Fondling
1

By location

4total
  • On campus4

Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs016
Liquor027

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
13.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
223

University of Mary Washington vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions University of Mary Washington selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectUniversity of Mary Washington
66%3,826$21,108Baccalaureate
University of Virginia's College at Wise
47%28.5%2,167$11,180Baccalaureate
Virginia Military Institute
76%71.2%1,527$18,849Baccalaureate
University of North Carolina Asheville
54%91.9%3,056$12,865Baccalaureate
New College of Florida
67%73.2%881$4,536Baccalaureate
United States Military Academy
87%12.5%4,473Baccalaureate
Peer group median67%71.2%2,612$12,865

Frequently asked questions about University of Mary Washington

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about University of Mary Washington.

What is the graduation rate at University of Mary Washington?

University of Mary Washington reports a 6-year graduation rate of 66% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend University of Mary Washington?

University of Mary Washington reports a total enrollment of 3,826 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at University of Mary Washington?

The average net price at University of Mary Washington is $21,108 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at University of Mary Washington?

University of Mary Washington's yield rate is 17.7%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is University of Mary Washington located?

University of Mary Washington is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia 22401-5300.

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