Davidson is many things. First and foremost, it's an institution of higher learning. But it's also a home to approximately 1900 scholars, athletes, artists, musicians, scientists, writers, historians, and life-long learners. But more specifically, what is Davidson?
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- a college campus where century-old trees and brick buildings blend with state-of-the-art technology and top-notch facilities
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- an academic institution in the heart of a small college town with easy access to the city of Charlotte and beautiful Lake Norman
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- a trusting community where a celebrated Honor Code forms the core of your relationships with professors and peers; where exams are self-scheduled and unproctored; where your belongings will stay right where you left them
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- a college with ample resources for financial assistance, supporting a commitment to meeting 100 percent of demonstrated need with a combination of grants and student employment; there are no student loans in financial aid packages at Davidson
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- a place where talented and ambitious students collaborate with professors on research and publishing; where the student-faculty ratio is 10:1 and the average class size is 15; where the majority of seniors remember being frequent guests in professors’ homes
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- a global institution that enrolls students from 47 states and 39 countries; where over 80% of students travel, work, or study abroad
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- a place where athletes in 21 NCAA Division I varsity sports pack their books along with their cleats for away games
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- a community where almost everyone is involved in service, from igniting the spark of learning in a second-grader’s eyes at an afterschool tutoring program to assisting patients in a free medical clinic
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- a venue for the arts, where students share the stage, gallery, and performance hall with professional artists
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- alma mater to highly successful graduates, of whom 85% will attend graduate school and 23 have received Rhodes Scholarships
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Davidson is a place best experienced firsthand.
We encourage you to plan your campus visit soon!
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