Why is R-MWC going coed?
Not enough young women value the advantages of attending a woman’s college over the advantages of attending a coeducational institution. In fact, many alumnae have found that their own daughters and granddaughters are unwilling to consider a women’s college. As a result, while we continue to enroll good students, we must commit more and more of the institution’s resources in order to make R-MWC the most appealing option. Consequently, over 90 percent of our students receive institutional scholarships and financial aid. Our discount rate, the percentage of our tuition that is offset by institutional grants, is among the highest in the nation. Spending from our endowment, which has averaged more than 7 percent in recent years, is well beyond the 4 to 5 percent considered prudent. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College was founded to educate women with the same intellectual rigor that men were receiving at the finest colleges in the country. As a coed college, we will continue to fulfill that mis
