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Willamette University Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
81% Acceptance Rate
If you want to know more about Willamette University, such as what majors does it offer, how diverse it is, how well it ranks, and more, this is your one-stop resource. Want to know more about a specific stat? Just click on its tile, and you’ll go to a page that goes more in-depth on that subject. You can also use the links below to go directly to any section on this page.

How Well Is Willamette University Ranked?

#1,350 Best Colleges in Nation
#18 Best Colleges in OR
General English Literature Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Willamette is ranked #1,350 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Willamette held the #1,415 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Willamette is also ranked #18 out of 29 schools in Oregon.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Willamette?

81% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Willamette University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 81%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

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Willamette University Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
72% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

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 Willamette it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Willamette University is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  72 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Willamette University

83% Freshmen Retention
67% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Willamette University has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  83 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Willamette the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  67 out of 100
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Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Willamette University.

Willamette University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,264 Full-Time Undergraduates
32.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,302 undergraduates at Willamette with 1,264 being full-time and 38 being part-time.

How Much Does Willamette University Cost?

$28,978 Net Price
45% Take Out Loans
$31,000 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Willamette is $28,978. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Willamette

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$22,047$21,446$25,489$29,496$35,784

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 Willamette, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Willamette, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $7,750 a year. That adds up to $31,000 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Willamette Graduates Make?

$56,911 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Willamette with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $56,911 in their early years. This is good news for future Willamette graduates since it is 16% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Willamette University make the most money.

Location of Willamette University

Oregon State
1,264 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Willamette University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Salem, Oregon. Salem is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

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Contact details for Willamette are given below.

Contact Details
Address:900 State St, Salem, OR 97301
Phone:503-370-6300
Website:www.willamette.edu/

Willamette University Majors

39 Majors With Completions
1,218 Undergraduate Degrees
1,218 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 39 majors graduated from Willamette University. Of these students, 1,218 received undergraduate degrees and 1,218 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management101NA
Law96NA
Economics40$45,993
General Psychology33$29,678
General Biology30$25,100
Natural Resources Conservation28$28,697
Political Science & Government24$35,162
Health & Physical Education23NA
Communication & Media Studies19$31,472
History18$22,555

Learn more about the majors offered at Willamette University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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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