The Trustees affirm the commitment of Davidson College to the goal of educating students for leadership in a world increasingly complex and interdependent.

- Trustee resolution creating the Dean Rusk Program, May 6, 1983

• Ranked among America's strongest and most selective liberal arts colleges
• Governed by a vital Honor Code
• Alma mater to 23 Rhodes Scholars
• Competing in 21 sports at NCAA Division I
• First liberal arts college to eliminate loans in financial aid packages

History: Founded in 1837 by Presbyterians

Location: Davidson, North Carolina, 19 miles north of Charlotte

Campus: 665-acre main campus; 110 acre lake campus

Number of students: 1,720 on campus, 51% male 49% female

Students of Color: 18.9%

International Students: 5.5%

Student Distribution: 46 states and Washington D.C.; 42 countries

Living on Campus: 90%

First-year students returning for sophomore year: 96.2%

Student to Faculty Ratio: 11:1

Average class size: 15 (over 70 percent of classes with fewer that 20 students)

Faculty: 162 full time; 96% with highest degree, 93% tenured or on tenure track

Majors Offered: 22 majors, plus 14 minors, plus Interdisciplinary Studies

Concentrations: 15

Students with abroad experience by graduation: 78%

Courses offered each year: more than 850

Pre-professional Programs: Pre-Education, Pre-Engineering (Dual-degree), Pre-Law, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Ministry, Pre-Military

Libraries: E.H. Little Library: 580,138 volumes,4,140 Serial Subscriptions, 79,583 E-journals, 967,464 E-books

Additional library branches: Martin Chemistry and Sloan Music

Endowment: $509.6 million as of June 30, 2011

Special Features: Honor Code tradition with self-scheduled and unproctored exams; campus-wide commitment to community service; self-designed interdisciplinary majors; pre-professional programs; self-instruction in 5 languages; Dean Rusk International Studies; grant-supported student-faculty collaboration; off-campus programs in 17 locations worldwide; domestic and international summer internship/study programs.

Motto: Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas. Translated "Let Learning Be Cherished Where Liberty Has Arisen," the motto reflects Davidson's roots in early American history. There is speculation that the phrase refers to the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence that was signed into effect on May 20, 1775.

Updated: 2/2012