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Washington & Jefferson College was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general psychology.
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College Factual ranked W&J as #603 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 109 colleges in Pennsylvania, W&J is ranked at #35.
The acceptance rate at Washington & Jefferson College is 84%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that W&J is a good fit for you.
About 38% of students accepted to W&J submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 660. Math scores were between 530 and 640.
The student to faculty ratio at W&J is an impressive 9 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Washington & Jefferson College is 75%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Washington & Jefferson College has a freshmen retention rate of 78%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at W&J for first-time, full-time students is 67%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,165 undergraduates at W&J with 1,158 being full-time and 7 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,962 | $21,570 | $24,161 | $26,975 | $35,134 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of W&J, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At W&J, approximately 96% of students took out student loans averaging $7,797 a year. That adds up to $31,188 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at W&J is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for W&J are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 60 S Lincoln St, Washington, PA 15301 |
| Phone: | 724-503-1001 |
| Website: | www.washjeff.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/washjeff/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wjcollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 39 | $41,446 |
| General Psychology | 26 | $33,333 |
| General English Literature | 19 | $26,605 |
| History | 18 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 17 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 15 | NA |
| Economics | 15 | $43,356 |
| Computer Information Systems | 14 | NA |
| Chemistry | 12 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 11 | NA |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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