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The town of Davidson is centered on the school, and both take their name from Brigadier General William Lee Davdison, a Revolutionary War figure. Davidson’s population is just over 7,100 and lies along the eastern shore of Lake Norman, the largest manmade body of fresh water in North Carolina. Famous residents of Davidson include several NASCAR drivers including Reed Sorenson, David Stremme, Todd Bodine, and Denny Hamlin. Although the town of Davidson is small, it is located between Huntersville and Mooresville. These slightly bigger cities have all kinds of stores, restaurants, and much more for students to visit. Davidson is also only about a twenty-minute drive to Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina, where there are also plenty of things for students to do.

Davidson’s main campus consists of about 450 acres in the college town of Davidson, NC. At the center of campus is Chambers Building, the primary classroom building and academic center of campus for most non-arts and non-science majors. Chambers includes several administrative offices as well. The western end of campus contains the majority of housing for Davidson students, which include both residence halls and Greek life housing. Directly north of campus is the newly renovated Richardson Stadium, which can seat up to 6,000 fans. The Doe Weight Room is also located here. Directly south of campus is the Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center, a 43,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility home to the Art History and Studio Arts programs. Heading east of campus, students will find the Davidson College Presbyterian Church Congregation House, which seats up to 1,200 people.

At Davidson, about 95 percent of students live on campus in the eleven traditional residence halls or six apartment-style buildings. The majority of students live on campus all four years at Davidson College. Although a lot of juniors go abroad for one semester, they then return to campus. The Myers-Briggs test that is given to rising freshmen in order to match them with a roommate works really well too. Most students room with their freshman roommate for at least one other year. Senior apartments are probably the most coveted housing arrangements for upperclassmen. As an alum explains: "We are a close-knit family here at Davidson. It never takes more than ten minutes to walk from one place on campus to another. Even most off-campus housing is just over ten minutes away from anything. I live in the sophomore ‘apartments’ this year. I put the word apartment in quotes because it is nothing like living in an apartment. Our one bedroom (for me and my roommate) is actually smaller than all of the freshman dorm rooms. Also unlike the freshman rooms, our room does not have a sink. The best part about living in the sophomore apartments is living across the street from Patterson court. The “court” is the horseshoe-shaped row of fraternity and eating houses. Instead of sorority houses, Davidson has eating houses for girls. Instead of rush, we use a lottery where “clusters” of four girls place their order of houses they prefer and usually end up in the first choice."

The Davidson Wildcats compete in Division I of the NCAA in 21 different sports and almost one in every four students at Davidson participates in a varsity sport. In 2008, the men’s basketball team had a considerable amount of success after reaching the Elite Eight in the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Of course, basketball is the “favorite” team, especially after this season. Varsity sports consist of baseball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, and tennis. Other popular non-varsity teams include DUFF (Davidson Ultimate Frisbee), dance team, cheerleading, and Shades of Brown (step team). There are also a variety of club and intramural sports such as softball, croquet, and fencing. Davidson is one of the smallest Division I schools for men’s basketball, and it is definitely the sport with the most spectators at school. The team is also a member of the Southern Conference. Traditionally, only the winner of the Southern Conference Tournament gets a bid into the NCAA Tournament. Davidson has won the tournament for the past three years. This past year, Davidson advanced to the Elite Eight. In the conference, competition includes UNC Greensboro, College of Charleston, and Appalachian State University. Davidson’s football team is in the Division I Championship Sub-Division (formerly known as Double A) Pioneer Football League. One of Davidson’s competitive conference rivals is San Diego. Davidson often plays Lenoir-Rhyne for a good game even though they are out-of-conference.