Founded: 1890
Religious affiliation: Presbyterian Church (USA)
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,394
Graduate enrollment: 280
Student-faculty ratio: 13-to-1
Classes with fewer than 30 students: 85 percent
Geographic representation: 30 states, 18 countries
Freshman-sophomore retention: 88 percent
Full-time faculty: 127
Total Whitworth alumni: 23,204

Class of 2013 profile

• Total freshman applications: 5,863
• Acceptance rate: 53 percent
• Enrollment: 570 students
• Average SAT: 1790 (national average: 1510)
  (SAT/ACT not required for admission)
• Average GPA: 3.69
• Gender ratio: 55 percent female, 45 percent male
• Non-Caucasian enrollment: 17.9 percent

Recent Whitworth Honors/Awards

• Whitworth is ranked 10th in U.S. News and World Report's 2010 rankings of 116 master's-level universities in the West and sixth in its ranking of best values in the same category. U.S. News also recognized Whitworth for extraordinary undergraduate teaching.
• Whitworth is designated "Best in the West" in Princeton Review's 2010 Best Colleges: Region by Region guide.
• Whitworth is among the 10 highest-ranked schools in the Pacific Northwest in Forbes' 2009 America’s Best Colleges rankings.
• Kiplinger's magazine ranks Whitworth No. 30 in its 2009 top 50 private university values in the West.
• In spring 2009, Whitworth won the McIlroy-Lewis All-Sports Trophy for the best overall athletics program in the Northwest Conference. Whitworth has won the trophy three times in the past five years.
• Whitworth was named to the 2009 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The honor roll, launched in 2006, is the highest federal recognition a school can achieve for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.
• The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities named Whitworth the winner of its 2008 Robert and Susan Andringa Award for Advancing Racial Harmony.
• In the 2007 National Survey of Student Engagement, both first-year students and seniors rated Whitworth significantly higher than peer and national averages for level of academic challenge, active and collaborative learning, faculty-student interaction, enriching educational experiences and supportive campus environment.
• Whitworth was recognized in 2007 as a top producer of Fulbright scholars, with nine students and four faculty members selected for Fulbright scholarships and fellowships since 2000.
  
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