Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $86,182 ten years after enrolling, more than at 94% of colleges; 93% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.6 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
What graduates owe
$17.5K
According to Washington University in St Louis's most recent Common Data Set, 22% of its Class of 2024 graduates (1,731 students) borrowed from any source: federal, institutional, state, or private, averaging $26,666 among those who did.
Counts students who started here as first-time students and earned a bachelor's; the federal median counts federal loans only, including students who left without a degree.
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
93 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 4 more are enrolled at another college. (1,913 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
87 of 100 finish within 4 years, 92 within 6, and 93 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 87% | 92% | 93% |
| Started in college here | 88% | 93% | 94% |
| Transferred in | 71% | 79% | 81% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Of 100 Pell Grant recipients who entered in fall 2018, 84 finished within 4 years and 92 within 6. First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients256 students
92% · 84% within 4 years · 3 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant217 students
94% · 82% within 4 years · the same as students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,304 students
95% · 86% within 4 years · comparison group
Within 4 years
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White893 students
95% · the same as all students
- Asian293 students
97% · 3 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino166 students
94% · the same as all students
- Black170 students
89% · 5 points below all students
- Two or more races88 students
93% · 1 point below all students
- International119 students
94% · the same as all students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Washington University in St Louis. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24;Washington University in St Louis Common Data Set 2024–25, Class of 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)