by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Washington University in St Louis was awarded 119 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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WUSTL is ranked #21 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation!
WUSTL also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Missouri ranking.
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With an acceptance rate of 12%, WUSTL is one of the most selective schools in the country. Good grades and high test scores alone may not be enough to get you into the school, so do your best to submit a stellar application.
About 27% of students accepted to WUSTL submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 730 and 770. Math scores were between 770 and 800.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at WUSTL it is much better at 7 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Washington University in St Louis is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Washington University in St Louis has a freshmen retention rate of 96%. 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 WUSTL for first-time, full-time students is 88%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Washington University in St Louis.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 7,653 undergraduates at WUSTL with 7,077 being full-time and 576 being part-time.
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 WUSTL, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WUSTL, approximately 12% of students took out student loans averaging $9,495 a year. That adds up to $37,980 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Washington University in St Louis make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Washington University in St Louis.
Contact details for WUSTL are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899 |
| Phone: | 314-935-5000 |
| Website: | https://wustl.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/wustl/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/wustl |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Research | 484 | NA |
| Applied Mathematics | 364 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 351 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 349 | $102,814 |
| Business Administration & Management | 324 | NA |
| Computer Science | 289 | $110,302 |
| Social Work | 245 | NA |
| Law | 226 | NA |
| Child Development & Psychology | 214 | $37,377 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 152 | $72,057 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,057 students took at least one online class at Washington University in St Louis. This is a decrease from the 3,319 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,057 | 780 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,319 | 775 |
| 2020-2021 | 13,103 | 2,401 |
| 2018-2019 | 638 | 434 |
Learn more about online learning at Washington University in St Louis.
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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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