About Fort Lewis College

Fort Lewis College Facts BrochureFort 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!

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 Top Colleges - 2012 Forbes America's Best Colleges
Colleges of Distinction 2012-2013 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 
Mark of Affiliation 

  • 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.

Skyler the SkyhawkAthletics & 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

student at Fort Lewis College in Colorado

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%

Most Popular Majors

  • Art
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Engineering
  • English
  • Environmental Studies
  • Exercise Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Teacher Education

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.