Lewis & ClarkCollege of Arts & Sciences

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Facts and Figures

Academics
Undergraduate degree Bachelor of Arts
Number of majors 28
Academic calendar Two 15-week semesters and summer session 
Faculty-student ratio 1 to 12
Average class size 19
(88% of classes have 29 or fewer students)
Faculty
Full-time faculty                         136
(96% of full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or highest degree in field)
Full-time female faculty 56
Graduate assistants  0
National Recognition
  • #15 best undergraduate teaching at liberal arts colleges—U.S. News & World Report 2012
  • #35 best undergraduate education at liberal arts colleges (per high school counselors)—U.S. News & World Report 2013
  • #17 producer of Fulbright award winners at liberal arts colleges—Fulbright U.S. Student Program 2012
  • #22 “Coolest School”—Sierra magazine 2012
  • #5 most beautiful campus—Princeton Review 2012
  • Top 33 overseas study programs (per presidents, chief academic officers, and deans)—U.S. News & World Report 2013
Location
  • Campus on 137 acres in a wooded, residential area six miles from downtown Portland, Oregon (metropolitan area population 2 million)
  • Pacific Ocean 80 miles to the west
  • Mount Hood and the Cascade Mountains 50 miles to the east
Enrollment: Fall 2011
  • College of Arts and Sciences: 2,031 (visiting/non-degree students: 110)
  • Graduate School of Education and Counseling: 814
  • School of Law: 758
Geographic Distribution: Fall 2011 (College of Arts and Sciences)

California: 29% Oregon: 21% International students (including dual citizens): 9% Mountain states: 9% Northeast: 8% Washington: 8% Midwest: 7% Southwest: 5% Alaska and Hawaii: 3% Southeast: 2% U.S. students abroad: 1%

Countries represented: 66

National Student Honors, 1997-2012

Fulbright Scholarships (47), Goldwater Scholarships (22), Hertz Foundation Fellowships (1), Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship (1), Madison Fellowships (2), Mellon Fellowship (1), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (13), NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship (1), Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow (1), Rhodes Scholarship (2), Truman Scholarships (9), Udall Scholarships (5), Wilson Fellowships (2)

First-Year Class Profile 2012-2013
  • 6,514 students applied; 64% admitted
  • 560 students enrolled*
  • 73% from public high schools, 27% private
  • 76% in top quarter of graduating class
  • 17% US students of color

Ranges for middle 50% of class:

  • GPA 3.5-4.17
  • SAT 1810-2040
  • SAT 1210-1360 (CR+M only)
  • ACT 27-31

* In addition, approximately 60 transfer students enroll each year.

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