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The University of Mary Washington

Breakdown of “Surrounding City” at UMW

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By Gender
MalesB-
FemalesC
By Major
AccountingF
AnthropologyC+
ArchaeologyC+
Art & Design DepartmentA-
BiologyD+
Business - Management and AdministrationC+
ChemistryC-
CommunicationsA-
Computer ScienceC
CriminalF
EconomicsB-
EducationC-
EnglishC
Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etcB+
Geography and GeosciencesC+
History/Histories (art history/etc.)C+
Language - French/Spanish/etc.D-
LinguisticsB-
MathB
Music - Composition/TheoryA-
Music - PerformanceA-
OtherC-
Perfomance ArtsF
PhilosophyB+
PhysicsB-
Political ScienceC
PsychologyC+
SociologyC
UndecidedC-

Against similar schools

Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class.

University of Mary Washington
 C
Average of All Schools
 B-
Average of schools in class
 B+

Harvard University
 B+
Stanford University
 B-
University of California - Berkeley
 B+
University of Southern California
 B+
Washington State University
 C-
New York University
 A
Cornell University
 B-
F
A+

Surrounding City

... Fredericksburg is a very boring city, but DC's accessibilty is nice ...Read full comment
... Surrounding city UNSAFE, people get mugged on campus, I've seen hobos multiple times on campus begging for money, a girl was raped in the parking...Read full comment
... Additionally, the city of Fredericksburg is incredibly boring so your best bet is to travel to DC which is around an hour away ...Read full comment
... so think more suburban middle class families rather than city fun ...Read full comment
... Fredericksburg is a lovely city, with many exciting cities nearby ...Read full comment
... This i know because (you`ll just have to take my word on this) an incident around 1:30 am occured in ball hall in which several townies (known as...Read full comment
... Don't even get me started about going out to the city by foot ...Read full comment
... I ended up really embracing the city and the benefits of the schools size and high level of academics ...Read full comment
... However, I have chosen to transfer to a larger city school, where I will fit in better and recieve an overall fantastic education ...Read full comment
... Who wants to grow up fast in a city (thats for after college) I'll take my 4 years in this UMW anyday ...Read full comment
... Look in even DC, our CAPITAL CITY ...Read full comment
... Fredericksburg is a lovely city, with many exciting cities nearby ...Read full comment
... Oh and Fredericksburg is a miserable little city whose residents really dont appreciate the fact that there are college students in their town...Read full comment
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