Fort Lewis College Overview
Fort Lewis College is a public institution located in Durango, Colorado. The location of FLC is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.
What Is Fort Lewis College Known For?
- The master's degree is the highest award offered at FLC.
- In 2017-2018, 97% of the faculty were full-time.
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Fort Lewis College Rankings
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at FLC.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards FLC has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#58 | Best Value Colleges for Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies | College Factual |
Where Is Fort Lewis College?

Contact details for FLC are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 1000 Rim Drive, Durango, CO 81301-3999 |
Phone: | 970-247-7010 |
Website: | fortlewis.edu/ |
Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/FortLewis |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/FLCDurango |
How Do I Get Into FLC?
You can apply to FLC online at: https://www.fortlewis.edu/Home/Admission/AdmissiontoFortLewisCollege.aspx
Admission Requirements for FLC
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | required |
How Hard Is It To Get Into FLC?
Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.
Average Test Scores
About 22% of students accepted to FLC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 600. Math scores were between 500 and 610.
Can I Afford Fort Lewis College?
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At FLC, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $5,810 a year. That adds up to $23,240 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at FLC is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
Fort Lewis College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 80 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 2,862 full-time undergraduates at FLC, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Fort Lewis College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 17 |
Black or African American | 26 |
Hispanic or Latino | 351 |
White | 1,243 |
International Students | 32 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1,193 |
Geographic Diversity
Colorado students aren't the only ones who study at Fort Lewis College. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 16 countries are represented at FLC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, United Kingdom, and Germany.
Online Learning at Fort Lewis College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at FLC has changed over the last few years.

Fort Lewis College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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