by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Washington and Lee was ranked #223 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Virginia, Washington and Lee came in at #6.
Women make up 48.8% of the total graduate student body at Washington and Lee while men make you 51.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 22.7% of the graduate students who attend Washington and Lee are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.0% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
Data on the average tuition and fees for full-time graduate students at the school is not available.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Washington and Lee is $63,586. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 16% lower than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Washington and Lee are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 204 West Washington Street, Lexington, VA 24450-2116 |
| Phone: | 540-458-8400 |
| Website: | www.wlu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/washingtonandlee |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/wlulex |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Law | 118 |
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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