Organization: WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
Mission: SINCE 1890, WHITWORTH HAS HELD FAST TO ITS FOUNDING MISSION OF PROVIDING "AN EDUCATION OF MIND AND HEART" THROUGH RIGOROUS INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY GUIDED BY DEDICATED CHRISTIAN SCHOLARS. RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE TOP REGIONAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE WEST, WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY HAS AN ENROLLMENT OF OVER 3,100 STUDENTS AS OF THE FALL OF 2020 AND OFFERS 76 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS. IN RECENT YEARS, WHITWORTH HAS ENJOYED RECORD LEVELS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION, A VERY STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION, AND INCREASED EXTERNAL VISIBILITY.
Activities: WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY'S ENROLLMENT (2019-20): UNDERGRADUATE: 2,676; GRADUATE: 424. UNDER-REPRESENTED ETHNIC ENROLLMENT UNDERGRADUATE: 30.3%. SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE (2019-20): 75.3% OF FIRST-TIME, FULL-TIME STUDENTS ENROLLED IN FALL 2013 GRADUATED WITHIN SIX YEARS. FRESHMAN-TO-SOPHOMORE RETENTION RATE (2019-20): 83.9%. THE UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT BODY HAS A COMPOSITION OF 64.7%/35.3% WHITE/NON-WHITE; 57.8%/42.2% FEMALE/MALE AND REPRESENTATION OF 42 COUNTRIES. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS 60 UNDERGRADUATE AND 16 GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS; THE MOST PROMINENT UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES ARE BUSINESS/ECONOMICS, HEALTH SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, EDUCATION, MATH AND COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND PSYCHOLOGY. FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 IS ALSO THE 19TH YEAR IN A ROW THAT WHITWORTH HAS BEEN IN THE TOP RANKINGS OF U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT.
STUDENT SERVICES: WHITWORTH'S RESIDENCE HALLS AND/OR ON-CAMPUS HOUSES/APARTMENTS ACCOMMODATE OVER 1,000 STUDENTS (FALL 2019). WHITWORTH HAS A TWO-YEAR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OFFERS 9 HALLS AND 27 THEME HOUSES. STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS: WHITWORTH HAS OVER 40 STUDENT CLUBS, RANGING FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO THE HAWAIIAN CLUB.
AUXILIARY SERVICES: HISTORICALLY WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY HAS PROVIDED DINING SERVICES TO OVER 1,000 RESIDENT STUDENTS AND TO THE MANY OTHER STUDENTS WHO LIVE OFF CAMPUS. IN FISCAL YEAR 2019-20, AUXILIARY SERVICES GENERATED GROSS REVENUES OF OVER $11 MILLION, WHICH HELPED SUPPORT THE ACADEMIC AND STUDENTS SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE MORE THAN 3,000 UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENTS REGISTERED AT THE UNIVERSITY. IN FY 2020, AUXILIARY REVENUES WERE ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE GLOBAL COVID PANDEMIC TO THE TONE OF OVER $2.6 MILLION, WHICH WERE REIMBURSED TO STUDENTS WHEN THE CAMPUS HAD TO CLOSE IN THE MIDDLE OF SPRING OF 2020.
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