P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8795
Leonard Sledge
Director, Office of Economic Development
Phone: 757-221-1232
lsledge@wm.edu
www.wm.edu/economicdevelopment/

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ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY

The College of William & Mary (W&M), located in Williamsburg, is best known as a liberal-arts school, but also has high-performing, relevant research activities in disciplines ranging from wetlands geology to proteomics.

The College is home to an unusual research culture, with the emphasis on quality over quantity. Certainly, research at William & Mary is conducted on a much smaller scale than at the nation’s research “powerhouses”. By the same token, the intimate scale of William & Mary research has freed faculty from the impersonal institutional imperatives of the research giants. Scientific collaborators and corporate partners alike are pleased by the accessibility and responsiveness that comes with working with the College’s world-class faculty.

Another element of the William & Mary research culture is the extraordinarily high level of involvement of undergraduates in contributory research—which not only advances the state of knowledge of science and society but also fosters the students’ skills and capabilities. This undergraduate involvement is, of course, beneficial to the students involved, but it also creates a more cost-effective and efficient research environment and likely imbues each project with youthful enthusiasm and insight.

RANKING

• WM ranked 31^st overall among the nation's best universities and 6^th among all public universities (U.S. News & World Report 2011)
• 2^nd highest graduation rate in the nation among public institutions
• 2^nd best state-supported school, 5^th among public schools and 49^th overall. (Forbes 2011)
• The Marshall-Wythe School of Law ranked tied for 27^th in the nation (U.S. News & World Report 2011)
• The Mason School of Business MBA program ranked 41st in the nation (Forbes 2011)

• The School of Education's graduate program ranked 41^st in the nation (U.S. News & World Report 2011)

• Ranked sixth among all public universities (U.S. News & World Report 2011)
• Ranked fourth as a “Best Value” among Colleges and Universities in the Nation (Kiplinger 2011)
• Ranked seventh among top 50 public universities (Princeton Review 2011)

RESEARCH

In FY 2010, sponsored research expenditures at William & Mary totaled $50 million. One of the major research programs underway at William & Mary is the Chesapeake Algae Project (ChAP).  ChAP is an integrated research approach to algae-based energy production and environmental remediation.  For additional information on research statistics at William & Mary, please visit http://www.wm.edu/grants/AR/.

AFFILIATED SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, GRADUATE SCHOOLS

Mason School of Business
School of Arts and Sciences
School of Education
School of Marine Science (Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester, Virginia)
Marshall-Wythe School of Law
Richard Bland College (Petersburg, VA)

NUMBER OF DEGREES CONFERRED (2019-2011)

Bachelor's: 1,450
Master's: 506
Doctor's Research/Scholarship: 70
Doctor's Professional Practice: 211
Certificate: 9

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