Mission Statement: Webster University's College of Arts & Sciences - the intellectual foundation of the University - fosters free and rigorous intellectual inquiry among students and faculty in an atmosphere that respects differences in background, belief, and aspiration. It promotes the values that ground and open, culturally diverse, and democratic society, and prepares students to be active contributors to such a society.

The college inspires students to seek the common ground upon which humans create sustainable relationships with each other and with their wider environment. The College includes professional programs that are guided by contemporary practices, appropriate accreditation standards, and the best recent scholarly activity.