University of Mary Washington
Fredericksburg, VA
University of Mary Washington is a public liberal arts college in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a suburb of a midsize city, with 3,566 undergraduates. Liberal arts is its signature field: 9% of its bachelor's degrees, about six times its share across the colleges we cover. 66% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $60,613 ten years after starting.
University of Mary Washington admitted 3,973 of 4,606 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (86.3%).
- Acceptance rate
- 86.3%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $14,640
- $27,560 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $20,667
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 23–31
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Mary Washington is known for
Measured by the 900 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Liberal arts
8.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about six times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations13314.8% of degrees$72,382+6% vs $68,257 nationally
- Psychology859.4% of degrees$53,388+5% vs $50,706 nationally
- Biology849.3% of degrees$61,864+8% vs $57,214 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities808.9% of degrees$54,336About the $53,072 national median
- Computer and Information Sciences556.1% of degrees$95,461About the $92,374 national median
- English Language and Literature505.6% of degrees$45,824−6% vs $48,590 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a midsize city
Fredericksburg, VA
Undergraduates
3,566
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Baccalaureate college, arts and sciences focus
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
13 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Mary Washington
Three things University of Mary Washington published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
The admit rate rose from 72% to 86% between fall 2018 and fall 2023.
Both ends are measured rates for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast. The fall 2023 figure is the one at the top of this page.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2018 to fall 2023
31% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 5% sent an ACT. University of Mary Washington files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $20,667 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
86.3%
3,973 admitted of 4,606 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 600–690Math 540–640
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
23–31
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
31%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
5%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at University of Mary Washington?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Mary Washington costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $14,640 ($27,560 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $31,137. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $20,667 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$14,640
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$27,560
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$31,137
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$20,667
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $31,137 full cost.
- Under $30k$10,304Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$11,061Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$15,477Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$26,212Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$30,986Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
66%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$60,613
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Between fall 2018 and fall 2023 the admit rate rose from 72% to 86%.
What University of Mary Washington says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Essays on this application
2 essay prompts on the application: 2 are not yet confirmed.
A prompt we have not yet confirmed is counted on its own rather than called optional, treating an unconfirmed prompt as optional is how a student skips an essay their college expects.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Virginia
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- George Mason University86.5%
- Mary Baldwin University87.1%
- Norfolk State University87.5%
- Longwood University84.8%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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