University of Mary Washington Top Questions

Describe your favorite campus traditions.

Karen

The University of Mary Washington is probably best known for being a good value school. It offers strong academics and (for those willing to explore) many options for participating in campus life. The professors are excellent and helpful, and there are also many amenities close to campus. Though the school is not very famous, it offers a great education and experience at a fairly low cost.

Charnele

My school is best known for its educational opportunities.

Clare

The University of Mary Washington is very well known for their historic preservation courses and majors. It is also strong in Psychology and Business. The University of Mary Washington is also known for having many more female students than male students attending.

Christian

The Professionalism and Compassion the Staff have for their students and their educational experiece, as well as the students themselves promoting and mantaining a friendly, competitive, close academic and social atmosphere.

Jeffrey

Probably previously being an all girls school and being a small solid school.

Justin

The University of Mary Washington is best known for its excellent focus on undergraduate students with a combination of small class sizes and professors who know every student's name.

Jennifer

Producing excellent teachers and being liberal.

Leila

It's beautiful campus and giving a quality, private school style education for a reasonable price.

Timothy

Little social and ethnic diverity. Cold interaction with professors. Crappy library hours. Useless Career Services.

Elaine

Mary Washington is known for its outstanding Historic Preservation department as well as a sound Business department. It is also known for the beauty of its campus, filled with trees, flowers, and open grassy areas. The Jeffersonian architecture is also a picturesque sister-school to the University of Virginia.

T

UMW is best known for being a smallish, high-quality liberal arts undergraduate school.

Alexandra

Strong academic programs

Mary

HAVING A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS.

meredith

beautiful campus, engaging professors

Christine

Relatively small classes, even in introductory classes where there only about 70 students in the lecture hall. The labs are all small and the professors always seem to be available if any student needs help.

Lyssa

Our school is known for it's beautiful campus, fairly rigorous course schedule, small classes, engaging professors, socially dead weekends, crazy freshmen, virtually drug-free environment, plenty of volunteer organizations, and an incredibly non-diverse campus.

Nikolay

Good price and acadmeics.

Matthew

The school is probably best known for the beautiful campus, which is true, especially in the fall when the leaves are changing colors and the spring when the trees are blooming.

David

Psychology and Business programs. We also have a very good biology and chemistry dept.