which featured UMW in its 2018 issue of "The Best 382 Colleges."
UMW was ranked 154th in National Liberal Arts by the U.S. News & World Report's 2024 college rankings
In 2017, the school's debate team was ranked 43rd by the Cross Examination Debate Association. In 2009, the team ranked third overall in the National Debate Tournament.
== Notable people ==
=== Alumni ===
Eric Axelson, musician
Karen Olsen Beck, former First Lady of Costa Rica
Marguerite Bennett, comic book writer
Jesse Benton, conservative political activist and consultant
Marion Blakey, CEO of Rolls-Royce and former Federal Aviation Administration Administrator
Matt Bradshaw, musician
Mark Cole, Virginia politician
Frances D. Cook, former U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, former U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, former U.S. Ambassador to Oman
Teresa A. H. Djuric, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General
Jean Donovan, relief worker martyred in El Salvador
Elizabeth Edwards, activist and wife of John Edwards
Janet Doub Erickson, artist and author, founder of the …
