Fast Facts

For more than three centuries, William & Mary has been gathering the nation’s brightest minds in a thriving intellectual community. People come here wanting to understand and change the world — and together we do just that. In the School of Education, that means working to advance opportunity and promote well-being in our schools, communities and beyond. Learn more about our school community.

Our students
  • Our community has 783 total students, including undergraduate, graduate and non-degree seeking students; on-campus and online students; and full-time and part-time students.
  • In 2021-2022, we awarded nearly $1.5 million in financial aid in the form of scholarships and graduate assistantships.
  • In 2020-2021, we conferred 201 degrees.
  • School of Education graduates account for nearly a third of the master’s degrees and over half of the research doctoral degrees awarded at William & Mary every year.
Our faculty  
  • We have 52 full-time faculty members. 100% hold doctorate degrees and four hold endowed professorships. 70% were engaged in externally-funded research in 2020.
  • In 2018, our 48 full-time faculty members produced 13 books, 163 articles/book chapters and 130 research presentations.
  • William & Mary’s sponsored expenditures over the past 10 years total more than $437 million, with the School of Education’s 10-year expenditures totaling more than $54 million.
Our facility

The School of Education building, completed in May 2010, is a 113,000 square foot facility located on a 22-acre lot adjacent to campus. The building brought all of the school's academic activities and engagement centers under the same roof. Highlights include:

  • 13 classrooms
  • 10,000 square foot Professional Development Center, accommodating more than 300 people for conferences, academies and institutes
  • Technology Integration Center, a space for students and faculty to discuss, learn and practice with instructional technologies
  • Learning Resource Center, offering a wide variety of materials, including K-12 textbooks and supplemental curriculum materials, psychoeducational test instruments, and audio-visual equipment
  • U.S. Green Building Council Award for LEED Gold certification
  • Linked to campus by pedestrian pathways and university bus system
  • Monticello Cafe, offering coffee, organic tea, soups, salads, sandwiches, and fresh-baked pastries.