Located in Durango, Colorado, Fort Lewis College is a public four-year institution. Its campus is in a town setting. It enrolled 3,544 students in fall 2024, including 3,392 undergraduates and 152 graduate students.
Fort Lewis College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 67 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business/Commerce, Psychology, General, and Exercise Science and Kinesiology. It awarded 666 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.
66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.
Key figures
3,544
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
666
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
67
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMaster
Programs and majors offered 67
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
66%
First-year retention, part-time students
42%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
523
Master's degrees
32
Certificates under 1 year
88
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
16
Postbaccalaureate certificates
7
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
3,544
Undergraduates, fall 2024
3,392
Graduate students, fall 2024
152
Full-time, fall 2024
83%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
4,011
Undergraduates, 2024-25
3,842
Graduate students, 2024-25
169
Full-time, 2024-25
75%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
55%
Men
45%
White
45%
Hispanic or Latino
14%
Black or African American
1%
Two or more races
11%
American Indian or Alaska Native
25%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
2%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Programs with a fully online option
4
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
5%
Students taking some online courses
30%
Campus and services
Setting
Town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Research designation
Research Colleges and Universities
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
President
Steve Schwartz
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training