About Fort Lewis College

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Fort Lewis College is a selective public liberal arts college that launches careers and changes lives through top-quality academic programs tailored to each student’s strengths, passions, style, and goals. Transformative experiential learning opportunities utilize the Southwest’s landscapes and communities to expand perspectives and hone professional skills, supported by close connections between faculty and students on an inspiring mountain campus.

We Are Skyhawks!

About our location

Our 247-acre Fort Lewis College campus is in southwestern Colorado, situated at 6,872 feet atop a mesa overlooking the Animas River Valley and historic downtown Durango. The campus' distinctive architectural theme utilizes locally quarried sandstone to acknowledge the region's Native puebloan building style and evoke the Four Corners' landscape and colors.

Rankings & Recognitions

	Forbes America's Best Colleges
	Colleges of Distinction 2012-2013
	Diverse Issues in Higher Education Top 100
	Sierra Magazine Cool School
	Outside Magazine Top 40 College Towns
	Princeton Review Best Green Colleges
	Princeton Review Best in the West

Accreditations

Higher Learning Commission of North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
American Chemical Society
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International
Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
National Association of Schools of Music

Classroom Learning

Average class size: 21
Student-to-faculty ratio: 19:1
Classes with fewer than 50 students: 99%

Career Preparation

Career Services offices are located in each of the academic divisions. They coordinate internships, on-campus recruiting by employers and graduate programs, and offer skill-development workshops on resume writing and interviewing.

Athletics & Recreation

Our Mascot Skyler the Skyhawk

On the podium
- 2005, 2009 & 2011 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer National Champions
- 2009-10, 2010-11, & 2011-12 USA Cycling Division I National Champions
- 2010 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball National Runners Up

NCAA Division II sports
- Basketball, Cross-country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball

Intercollegiate club sports
- Baseball, Lacrosse, Cycling, Rugby, Skiing & Snowboarding, Soccer, Track & field, Tennis, Triathlon, Ultimate Frisbee
Intramural sports
- Badminton, Basketball, Dodgeball, Flag football, Kickball, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, and more

Students

Number of students: 3,856
Students from 47 states, 139 American Indian tribes and Native Alaskan villages and 19 countries
Male-to-female ratio: 53:47
Multicultural population: 37%
Campus residents: 1,307
Mid-range ACT scores: 20-25
Mid-range SAT scores
- Critical Reading: 460-570
- Math: 460-560
- Writing: 430-550
Average high school GPA of 2011 freshman class: 3.13
Percentage in top quarter of graduating class: 28%

Faculty Profile

Number 229
Tenured/tenure-track faculty with highest degree in discipline 98%
Colorado Professors of the Year Five – from English, Teacher Education, History, and two from Chemistry
Mentoring culture Our faculty pride themselves on personal attention to their students, taking an active interest in their students' progress, tailoring their assistance to each learner's needs, and assisting students with the graduate school application process and finding employment in the field.