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Whitman is an independent, co-educational, non-sectarian residential liberal arts and sciences undergraduate college, founded in 1882. In 1919 Whitman became the second college or university in Washington, after the University of Washington, to be selected for a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. 

Location: Historic Walla Walla in the scenic southeastern corner of Washington, two-and-a-half hours from Spokane, four hours from Portland, and 4.5 hours from Seattle. 

Enrollment: 1,450 students from 45 states and 30 nations. Approximately 70 percent of Whitman students live on campus. 

Faculty: 98 percent of tenure-track faculty hold the Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree in field. During recent years the faculty has garnered honors and fellowships from Battelle Research Institute, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Fulbright Fellowships, Hughes Medical Institute, PEW Foundation, and National Endowment for the Humanities and William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, among others. 

Student - Faculty Ratio: 9 to 1. 

Majors and Combined Plans: Forty-five departmental majors lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree. Whitman offers combined 3-2 engineering and computer science programs with Caltech, Columbia, University of Washington, Washington University in St. Louis, and Duke; 3-2 oceanography and biology or geology with the University of Washington; 3-2 forestry and environmental management programs with Duke; a 3-3 law program with Columbia Law School; and a 4-1 education program with the University of Puget Sound.  


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