P.O. Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815

Warren Wilson College, founded in 1894, is located in scenic Swannanoa Valley, near Asheville, North Carolina. With more than 40 major concentrations, about 25+ minors and an average of 17 students per classroom, this North Carolina college offers a unique learning experience for students. Warren Wilson college has a triad education philosophy that includes academics, work, and service. Students will get the opportunity to "learn by doing" through this unique program and can potentially gain valuable work and life experience.

Among its many attributes, Warren Wilson College is situated on an 1100-acre campus comprised of a 300-acre working farm, a 700-acre managed forest, 25 miles of hiking trails, and much more. The college is recognized as "The Greenest College" in the southeast by Blue Ridge Outdoors as part of the magazine's Green Globe Awards. The college also appeared on Sierra magazine's list of 10 coolest schools in the fight against global warming and ranks #3 nationwide.

Not only does Warren Wilson boast an impressive undergraduate curriculum, but a world-renowned MFA Writing Program as well. This program remains one of the top low residency MFA programs in the country with a faculty that has won the Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award and many others.

Quick Facts:

Warren Wilson College has a total enrollment of 850 full-time undergraduates, 90% of whom live on campus and are a diverse group from about 42 different states and 10 different countries.

The college offers several varsity sports including men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, mountain biking, cross country, kayaking and canoeing and much more.

93% of Faculty hold a PhD and student teacher ratio is 12:1 which offers small class size and more individualized attention

Approximately 17% of graduates pursued Graduate School upon graduation

All resident students can earn upwards of $300 per year for the work they do through the college work program.

Warren Wilson College won Runner's Up National Award for National Wildlife Federation's Chill Out: Campus Solutions to Global Warming Nationwide Competition.

The Fiske Guide to Colleges has selected Warren Wilson as one of its "26 Best Buys" of 2008 among private colleges and universities.

Warren Wilson College was the first in the early 1960's to make service learning a graduation requirement.

Warren Wilson received the 2006 National Campus Sustainability Achievement Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, in the category of four year schools with fewer than 1,000 students.

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