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Washington University in St Louis

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $1,716 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $88,488.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $86,182 ten years after entering, the 94th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years.

  3. 94% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1853
Enrollment, 2023
18,292
Website
washu.edu
Motto
“Per veritatem vis”
Campus of Washington University in St Louis

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AboutPrivate research university in Missouri, US. Wikipedia ↗

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Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) is a private research university in the St. Louis metropolitan area, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853 by a group of civic leaders and named for the first U.S. president George Washington, the university spans 355 acres across its Danforth and Medical campuses. It comprises 10 schools and offers more than 150 undergraduate, 80 master's and professional, and 50 doctoral degree programs. As of 2024, Washington University enrolled 16,399 students representing all 50 U.S. states and more than 110 countries.

From the Wikipedia article “Washington University in St. Louis”, revision 1364459965, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $88,488 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $1,716 and $42,170 a year depending on income at Washington University in St Louis.

Statement of cost · Washington University in St Louis

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$88,488
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$1,716
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$21,786
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$65,790

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $1,716; $30–48k: $1,928; $48–75k: $5,578; $75–110k: $12,603; over $110k: $42,170. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, from $17,360 to $28,210; dotted line at the median, $22,313.
  • Shaded: the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes), $17,360 to $28,210. Dotted line: the median, $22,313.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$1,716
$30k–$48k$1,928
$48k–$75k$5,578
$75k–$110k$12,603
Over $110k$42,170

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $86,182; the median graduate who borrowed owes $17,500.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$78,073
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$81,347
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
94th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$86,182
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
13th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years
$17,500
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$15,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years: $43,845 to $62,830.

6 yrs after entry: $78,073; 8 yrs after entry: $81,347; 10 yrs after entry: $86,182. Median graduate debt: $17,500. Shaded band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years at 10 years, from $43,845 to $62,830; dotted line at the median, $52,889.
  • Shaded: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years, 10 years out ($43,845 to $62,830); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $17,500.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$78,073
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$81,347
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$86,182
Median graduate debt$17,500

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Washington University in St Louis
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree440not reportednot reported
Applied MathematicsMaster's Degree346not reportednot reported
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesMaster's Degree319$61,499not reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree291$159,514not reported
Legal Research and Advanced Professional StudiesGraduate/Professional Certificate236not reportednot reported
LawFirst Professional Degree230$153,068not reported
Social WorkMaster's Degree204$67,062not reported
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree181not reported$15,500
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree169not reported$15,450
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree150$190,811$19,250
Computer ScienceMaster's Degree142not reportednot reported
EconomicsBachelor's Degree118$79,278$14,110
Show all 23 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
MedicineFirst Professional Degree110$152,246not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesMaster's Degree108not reportednot reported
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringMaster's Degree105not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree103$101,263$19,000
Public HealthMaster's Degree100$85,850not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree96not reportednot reported
AnthropologyBachelor's Degree92not reported$15,000
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsFirst Professional Degree90$78,280not reported
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical StudiesMaster's Degree18not reportednot reported
Business/Managerial EconomicsBachelor's Degree47not reportednot reported
Systems EngineeringBachelor's Degree21not reported$20,500

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Washington University in St Louis: 7,857 undergraduates; 18% of students receive Pell grants; 12% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

12%

4th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Undergraduates

7,857

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Pell share

18%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

16th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Completion

94%

finish within 150% of normal time

97th percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

First-generation

11%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$88,696

93rd percentile among private nonprofit 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k16%
  • $30k–$48knot reported
  • $48k–$75knot reported
  • $75k–$110knot reported
  • Over $110knot reported
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k16%
$30k–$48knot reported
$48k–$75knot reported
$75k–$110knot reported
Over $110knot reported

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,370 people who studied at Washington University in St Louis, most often in science & academia (67%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 67% (2,060 people); medicine 3.2% (99 people); law 2.5% (77 people); politics & gov 3.7% (113 people); business 2.6% (79 people); engineering & tech 2.9% (90 people); writing & journalism 6.2% (188 people); film & stage 2.2% (66 people); music 1.1% (33 people); visual arts 4.4% (135 people); sports 2.9% (88 people); religion 0.3% (9 people); military 0.7% (20 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia2,06067.4%
medicine993.2%
law772.5%
politics & gov1133.7%
business792.6%
engineering & tech902.9%
writing & journalism1886.2%
film & stage662.2%
music331.1%
visual arts1354.4%
sports882.9%
religion90.3%
military200.7%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,454) · university teacher (302) · writer (101) · politician (98) · lawyer (71) · botanist (61) · physician (61) · mathematician (60)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 25% for the 1840s to 27% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 4 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1800snot reported1not reported
1830snot reported1not reported
1840s41225%
1850snot reported16not reported
1860snot reported18not reported
1870s82128%
1880s121643%
1890s113027%
1900s165423%
1910s117313%
1920s168915%
1930s159314%
1940s2710720%
1950s4410829%
1960s298625%
1970s215030%
1980s192642%
1990s4450%
2000s82227%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 44,247 in 2016-10.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0613,917
2026-0517,614
2026-0416,796
2026-0317,544
2026-0215,951
2026-0115,484
2025-1217,555
2025-1119,974
2025-1020,185
2025-0916,952
2025-0817,723
2025-0715,857
2025-0617,978
2025-0520,891
2025-0419,928
2025-0324,563
2025-0218,957
2025-0120,524
2024-1221,820
2024-1120,205
2024-1021,557
2024-0922,296
2024-0823,556
2024-0718,542
2024-0617,663
2024-0521,301
2024-0423,683
2024-0326,641
2024-0222,246
2024-0124,700
2023-1223,345
2023-1120,866
2023-1022,954
2023-0921,956
2023-0822,709
2023-0720,317
2023-0619,783
2023-0522,807
2023-0422,697
2023-0325,106
2023-0221,508
2023-0124,467
2022-1223,680
2022-1121,799
2022-1024,304
2022-0921,348
2022-0823,697
2022-0720,536
2022-0619,675
2022-0521,685
2022-0424,233
2022-0324,461
2022-0222,313
2022-0124,293
2021-1223,022
2021-1124,305
2021-1023,292
2021-0922,871
2021-0823,451
2021-0724,169
2021-0617,957
2021-0521,500
2021-0423,295
2021-0325,124
2021-0220,306
2021-0120,816
2020-1223,764
2020-1119,672
2020-1020,500
2020-0920,137
2020-0818,878
2020-0719,217
2020-0619,048
2020-0529,045
2020-0434,715
2020-0330,040
2020-0226,006
2020-0127,655
2019-1233,053
2019-1127,232
2019-1030,926
2019-0925,934
2019-0825,575
2019-0721,322
2019-0620,059
2019-0524,406
2019-0424,853
2019-0328,306
2019-0223,283
2019-0124,353
2018-1225,390
2018-1123,083
2018-1025,548
2018-0921,664
2018-0820,433
2018-0718,383
2018-0617,084
2018-0520,101
2018-0422,188
2018-0325,472
2018-0218,159
2018-0119,258
2017-1219,813
2017-1119,121
2017-1020,696
2017-0921,284
2017-0822,022
2017-0719,515
2017-0619,051
2017-0524,323
2017-0424,763
2017-0326,598
2017-0220,000
2017-0122,522
2016-1222,701
2016-1121,081
2016-1044,247
2016-0927,136
2016-0821,087
2016-0718,544
2016-0618,000
2016-0520,462
2016-0422,798
2016-0323,562
2016-0218,352
2016-0120,735
2015-1218,873
2015-1119,589
2015-1020,692
2015-0922,799
2015-0820,979
2015-0719,154

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr. Medicine 1971
  • Daniel Nathans Medicine 1978
  • Edwin G. Krebs Medicine 1992
  • William E. Moerner Chemistry 2014

The portrait wall

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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