University

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, Virginia, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Private, nonprofit
Campus setting: Small town
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $68,045
Out-of-state tuition: $68,045
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 1,881

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2024–2025 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

14.0%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution

Majors

Accounting and Related Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Area Studies
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biology, General
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Deadlines

Early decision · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Early decision II · 2026–2027
2027-01-05 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-05 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

How many responses?

General supplemental responses are optional; the Johnson Scholarship essay is separate.

2026–2027

Optional · First-year applicants; optional
There are over 8,200 accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. alone. You have chosen to apply to Washington and Lee University. Please describe how you have familiarized yourself with W&L and what aspects of its community are most exciting to you.
Limit: 250 words — Verbatim prompt recorded from the official first-party source; cycle wording should be rechecked when the institution updates its application.
https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/apply/supplemental-application-prompts
Optional · First-year applicants; one optional short-answer choice or video
Please describe an aspect of your life outside of school that is important to you, such as an extracurricular activity, a job, or a family responsibility. How has your involvement shaped your personal qualities and growth, and how has it impacted those around you?

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $60
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Optional

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, and personal-essay fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Official source · supports requirements:2026–2027:supplemental_essays
https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/apply
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — General supplemental responses are optional; the Johnson Scholarship essay is separate.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?234207

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11)

Not reported by institution

High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11)

Not reported by institution

Average high-school GPA (C12)

Not reported by institution

First-year applications (C1)

8,213 applicants

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students admitted (C1)

1,147 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

First-year students enrolled (C1)

472 students

IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,886 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,886 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 0 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 24%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 20%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 710 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 720 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 780 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 33 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: Washington and Lee University Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

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Document ID: url:https://www.wlu.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

14.0%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,886 students; Official CDS B1 total undergraduate students as of the institution’s Fall 2024 reporting date.
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 1,886 students; Official CDS B1 total undergraduate full-time students.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 0 students; Official CDS B1 total undergraduate part-time students.

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 8,213 applicants; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year applicants for Fall 2024.
First-year students admitted (C1): 1,147 students; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year admits for Fall 2024.
First-year students enrolled (C1): 472 students; Official CDS C1 total first-time, first-year enrollees for Fall 2024.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable high-school GPA distribution.
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution; The official 2024–2025 CDS does not provide a usable average high-school GPA.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 24%; Official CDS C9 reports 24 percent of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 20%; Official CDS C9 reports 20 percent of enrolled first-year students submitted ACT scores.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 710 score
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 760 score
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 720 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 780 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 33 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 34 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 7:1; Official CDS I2 reports a Fall 2024 ratio of 7 students to 1 faculty member, based on 1,886 students and 256.66 faculty.

Source: Washington and Lee University Common Data Set 2024-2025 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

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Document ID: url:https://my.wlu.edu/document/2024-common-data-set · Import: cds-2026-09-v121-washington-lee

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No length limit reported — Verbatim prompt recorded from the official first-party source; cycle wording should be rechecked when the institution updates its application.

General supplemental responses are optional; the Johnson Scholarship essay is separate.

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