Basic Information
Type
Private
Geographical Reach
National
Location
Saint Louis, MO
Population
2,000,000
Website
https://wustl.edu/
Weather
Comfortable Days
110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours
2,750 (74%)
Days Without Precipitation
255 (63%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
7,592
Men / Women
47% / 53%
From State
15%
From Region
15%
Athletes
9.2%
Racial/Ethnic
White
39%
Asian
22%
Hispanic
13%
International
9%
Black
8%
Mixed
6%
Native American
0%
Men in the Entering Class
Men
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Arts and Sciences | 1,497 | 46% / 54% | 7% | $92,796 | 85 | 99% | |
| Computer Science | 160 +10 | 64% / 36% | 22% | $183,662 | 100 | 100% | |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 51 +7 | 73% / 27% | 10% | $158,092 | 100 | — | |
| Applied Mathematics | 4 +2 | 75% / 25% | 0% | $119,406 | 98 | — | |
| Astrophysics | 2 +2 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $98,948 | 90 | — | |
| Chemistry | 33 +2 | 67% / 33% | 9% | $82,762 | 74 | — | |
| Chemistry | 23 — | 26% / 74% | 0% | $82,792 | 74 | — | |
| Earth Science | — — | — | — | $69,078 | 44 | — | |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | — — | — | — | $69,399 | 45 | — | |
| Geological and Earth Sciences | 3 — | 33% / 67% | 0% | $70,751 | 49 | — | |
| Mathematics | 25 +15 | 68% / 32% | 4% | $100,515 | 91 | 100% | |
| Mathematics and Philosophy | 5 +3 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $100,515 | 91 | 100% | |
| Physics | 17 +9 | 94% / 6% | 24% | $96,624 | 88 | — | |
| Planetary Science | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Statistics | 14 +7 | 64% / 36% | 7% | $119,332 | 98 | — | |
| Biochemistry | 39 +1 | 49% / 51% | 0% | $77,078 | 64 | — | |
| Biology | 99 +10 | 44% / 56% | 5% | $81,442 | 72 | 94% | |
| Computational Biology | 40 +1 | 52% / 48% | 2% | $76,481 | 63 | — | |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 9 — | 33% / 67% | 0% | $67,795 | 40 | — | |
| Environmental Biology | 15 +1 | 60% / 40% | 7% | $67,525 | 40 | — | |
| Microbiology | 13 — | 23% / 77% | 0% | $71,495 | 51 | — | |
| Neuroscience | 71 +3 | 46% / 54% | 6% | $71,552 | 51 | — | |
| Environmental Analysis | 6 +2 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $62,464 | 24 | — | |
| Environmental Studies | 28 +6 | 32% / 68% | 4% | $62,413 | 24 | — | |
| Global Health and the Environment | 44 +12 | 18% / 82% | 0% | $73,741 | 57 | 96% | |
| Public Health | 3 — | 33% / 67% | 0% | $81,062 | 72 | — | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Data Science and Analytics | 29 — | 66% / 34% | 3% | $154,056 | 100 | — | |
| Economics | 107 +31 | 69% / 31% | 11% | $83,997 | 76 | 100% | |
| Economics and Computer Science | 12 — | 83% / 17% | 17% | $112,863 | 96 | — | |
| Healthcare Management | 11 +9 | 27% / 73% | 0% | $176,922 | 100 | — | |
| African and African-American Studies | 4 +6 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $24,984 | 1 | 100% | |
| American Culture Studies | 20 +9 | 30% / 70% | 0% | $46,131 | 3 | 100% | |
| Ancient Studies | 3 +2 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $73,717 | 57 | — | |
| Anthropology | 28 +11 | 50% / 50% | 4% | $73,741 | 57 | 96% | |
| Applied Psychology | 1 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Arabic Language and Literature | 1 +2 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $66,733 | 37 | — | |
| Chinese | — — | — | — | $66,826 | 37 | — | |
| Classics | 4 +2 | 75% / 25% | 25% | $73,619 | 56 | — | |
| Cognitive Neuroscience | 45 +3 | 38% / 62% | 4% | $78,397 | 67 | 100% | |
| Cognitive Science | 52 +14 | 33% / 67% | 10% | $68,999 | 44 | 100% | |
| Comparative Literature | 2 — | 50% / 50% | 0% | $60,118 | 18 | — | |
| East Asian Studies | — — | — | — | $46,131 | 3 | 100% | |
| English | 17 +5 | 29% / 71% | 6% | $61,498 | 22 | — | |
| Environmental Science and Policy | 7 — | 57% / 43% | 0% | $65,254 | 32 | — | |
| French | — +15 | — | — | $66,213 | 35 | — | |
| German | 1 +2 | 100% / 0% | 0% | $66,512 | 36 | — | |
| History | 18 +5 | 44% / 56% | 0% | $73,556 | 56 | — | |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 4 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,671 | 63 | — | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 19 +1 | 32% / 68% | 0% | $76,670 | 63 | — | |
| International and Area Studies | 57 +18 | 32% / 68% | 4% | $68,266 | 42 | 100% | |
| Italian | — +2 | — | — | $66,487 | 36 | — | |
| Japanese | — — | — | — | $66,647 | 37 | — | |
| Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies | 17 +12 | 6% / 94% | 0% | $24,984 | 1 | 100% | |
| Korean Language and Literature | — — | — | — | $66,687 | 37 | — | |
| Latin American Studies | 3 +1 | 33% / 67% | 0% | $46,131 | 3 | 100% | |
| Linguistics | 12 +6 | 58% / 42% | 17% | $66,149 | 35 | — | |
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 1 — | 100% / 0% | 0% | — | — | — | |
| Philosophy | 10 +5 | 80% / 20% | 0% | $70,968 | 50 | — | |
| Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology | 7 +3 | 43% / 57% | 14% | $79,827 | 69 | — | |
| Political Science | 79 +11 | 49% / 51% | 4% | $94,257 | 86 | 100% | |
| Psychological and Brain Sciences | 127 +27 | 24% / 76% | 5% | $78,397 | 67 | 100% | |
| Psychology | 6 — | 33% / 67% | 17% | $59,580 | 17 | 93% | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 2 +4 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $60,668 | 20 | — | |
| Romance Languages | — +1 | — | — | $66,499 | 36 | — | |
| Sociology | 11 +4 | 36% / 64% | 0% | $69,970 | 47 | — | |
| Spanish | 2 +22 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $66,645 | 37 | — | |
| Strategic Communications | 3 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $69,715 | 46 | — | |
| Sustainability | — — | — | — | $70,580 | 48 | — | |
| Writing | 24 +7 | 25% / 75% | 0% | $60,713 | 20 | — | |
| Educational Studies | 5 +11 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $68,409 | 42 | — | |
| Elementary Education | 2 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $60,232 | 19 | — | |
| Junior High/Middle School Education | — — | — | — | $68,434 | 42 | — | |
| Secondary Education | — — | — | — | $68,422 | 42 | — | |
| Art History and Archaeology | 10 +14 | 20% / 80% | 20% | $46,849 | 3 | 99% | |
| Drama | 3 +1 | 67% / 33% | 0% | $50,526 | 5 | — | |
| Film Production | 8 +1 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $51,334 | 6 | — | |
| Film and Media Studies | 4 +6 | 50% / 50% | 0% | $51,230 | 6 | — | |
| Intermedia/Multimedia | — — | — | — | $50,362 | 5 | — | |
| Music | 2 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $50,241 | 5 | — | |
| Painting | 4 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $51,328 | 6 | — | |
| Sculpture | — — | — | — | $51,021 | 6 | — | |
| Urban Studies | 4 +1 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $76,623 | 63 | — |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McKelvey School of Engineering | 317 | 62% / 38% | 14% | $110,501 | 96 | 98% | |
| Biomedical Engineering | 82 — | 56% / 44% | 11% | $106,760 | 94 | — | |
| Chemical Engineering | 25 — | 52% / 48% | 12% | $111,293 | 96 | 91% | |
| Computer Engineering | 23 — | 74% / 26% | 48% | $124,523 | 99 | — | |
| Electrical Engineering | 37 — | 70% / 30% | 27% | $124,001 | 98 | — | |
| Engineering | — — | — | — | $106,654 | 94 | — | |
| Engineering and Humanities | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $103,587 | 92 | — | |
| Environmental Engineering | 9 — | 22% / 78% | 0% | $86,701 | 79 | — | |
| General Engineering | 18 +1 | 67% / 33% | 28% | $106,627 | 94 | — | |
| Mechanical Engineering | 107 — | 68% / 32% | 5% | $106,636 | 94 | 100% | |
| Systems Science and Engineering | 14 +7 | 64% / 36% | 14% | $123,114 | 98 | 96% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olin Business School | 216 | 55% / 45% | 7% | $172,598 | 100 | 100% | |
| Accounting | 10 +15 | 40% / 60% | 0% | $143,560 | 100 | — | |
| Economics and Strategy | 31 +16 | 52% / 48% | 3% | $169,356 | 100 | 100% | |
| Entrepreneurship | 11 +21 | 55% / 45% | 0% | $178,729 | 100 | — | |
| Finance | 101 +53 | 66% / 34% | 7% | $203,101 | 100 | 100% | |
| International Business | 7 — | 86% / 14% | 86% | $83,997 | 76 | 100% | |
| Leadership and Strategic Management | 17 +27 | 41% / 59% | 6% | $175,622 | 100 | — | |
| Marketing | 32 +36 | 31% / 69% | 0% | $104,822 | 93 | 100% | |
| Supply Chain Management | 7 +18 | 43% / 57% | 0% | $169,789 | 100 | 100% |
| ⇅ | Trends | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts | 140 | 25% / 75% | 13% | $70,101 | 47 | 100% | |
| Architecture | 9 — | 22% / 78% | 22% | $76,536 | 63 | 100% | |
| Communication Design | 54 +3 | 15% / 85% | 11% | $70,053 | 47 | 100% | |
| Dance | 1 +6 | 0% / 100% | 0% | $54,245 | 9 | — | |
| Fashion Design | 12 +1 | 8% / 92% | 8% | $70,053 | 47 | 100% | |
| Fine Arts | 10 +1 | 20% / 80% | 0% | $46,849 | 3 | 100% | |
| Landscape Architecture | 52 — | 42% / 58% | 17% | $74,721 | 59 | — | |
| Printmaking | 2 — | 0% / 100% | 0% | $46,849 | 3 | 100% |
Financial
Tuition & Fees
$73,763
ROI Percentile
91th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
95%
4-Year Graduation Rate
85%
6-Year Graduation Rate
94%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
Graduated
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
Men
Women
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
Asian
Black
Hispanic
White
International
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
| ⇅ | % | Degrees | Male/Female | Intl | Earnings | ROI | Employment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27.1% | 587 | 35% / 65% | 4% | $72,699 | 54 | 100% | ||
| Business & Economics | 17.4% | 378 | 60% / 40% | 8% | $144,099 | 100 | 100% | |
| Engineering | 14.6% | 317 | 62% / 38% | 14% | $110,502 | 96 | 98% | |
| Life & Natural Sciences | 13.2% | 286 | 46% / 54% | 4% | $76,086 | 62 | 94% | |
| Computer Science | 9.7% | 211 | 66% / 34% | 19% | $177,482 | 100 | 100% | |
| Arts | 8.1% | 175 | 26% / 74% | 11% | $66,641 | 37 | 100% | |
| Physical Sciences & Math | 5.9% | 128 | 62% / 37% | 7% | $94,062 | 86 | 100% | |
| Health Sciences | 2.2% | 47 | 19% / 81% | 0% | $74,208 | 58 | 96% | |
| Agriculture & Food Science | 1.6% | 34 | 35% / 65% | 3% | $62,422 | 24 | — | |
| Education | 0.3% | 7 | 14% / 86% | 0% | $66,073 | 35 | — |
Research R1
| ⇅ | Research $ | Rank | Federal | Industry $ | PhDs | Rank | PhD students | Postdocs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Sciences | $649M | #19 | 62% | $101M | 5 | #183 | 54 | 492 |
| Life & Natural Sciences | $453M | #4 | 68% | $18.8M | 118 | #10 | 800 | 339 |
| $48.7M | #40 | 71% | $0.5M | 86 | #52 | 200 | 39 | |
| Engineering | $43.8M | #108 | 76% | $0.2M | 69 | #57 | 497 | 75 |
| Physical Sciences & Math | $41.3M | #82 | 88% | $0.3M | 43 | #72 | 304 | 70 |
| Computer Science | $5.7M | #119 | 86% | $0.1M | 12 | #81 | 127 | 4 |
| Education | $0.4M | #310 | 34% | $0 | 1 | #421 | — | — |
| Business & Economics | $0.1M | #318 | 36% | $0 | 26 | #44 | 83 | 3 |
| Agriculture & Food Science | $0.1M | #246 | 55% | $0 | 3 | #92 | — | — |
| Total | $1,243M | #26 | 66% | $121M | 363 | #61 | 2,065 | 1,022 |
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
Yes
Acceptance Rate
12%
Yield (Unbound)
24%
Early Decision 1
Nov 1
Early Action
Nov 2
Regular Decision
Jan 4
Early Decision 2
Jan 15
Acceptance Rates
| In-State | Out-of-State | International | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Decision | 15% | 10% | 6% |
| Early Decision | 44% | 29% | 17% |
Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.
Acceptance & Yield
Acceptance
Yield
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
Applicants
Admitted
Enrolled
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
61%
SAT Range
1500
–
1550
SAT Math Range
760
–
790
SAT RW Range
730
–
760
SAT Composite
25th
75th
SAT Math
25th
75th
SAT Reading & Writing
25th
75th
Submitting a Test Score
Submitted
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
Rankings
Academics
Crying in the Library at 3 AM
Toughest Schools
The Students Claim They Do
Syllabus Week Lasts All Semester
Grade Hyperinflation
GPA Paradise
Fun and Games
Michelin Star Meal Plan
Best Food
Three Stars
Prestige
Grandma Eyebrow Raisers
Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Is Everyone an Ivy+ Now?
Someone Like Me
Richy Rich
Wealthiest Students
Trust Fund Babies
My Tribe
Call Your Mother!
Most Jewish
I'm Jewish, You're Jewish, Everyone's Jewish
Engineering
Pre-Med Hidding in Plain Sight
Biomedical Engineering
Cutting Edge
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes
Chemical Engineering
White-Collar Drug Lords
Resistance Is Not Futile
Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
I Have Always Loved Legos
General Engineering
I Build Robots While Reading Plato, Kneel Before My Megamind
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes.
Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
Computer Science
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language
Computer Science (A&S)
Wait, We Have a CS Major?
Physical Sciences & Math
Breaking Bad
Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Rocks and Whales
Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
The Strata
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite
Physics & Astronomy
Biophysics, Soft Matter, and Interdisciplinary Physics
No Words Allowed
Pure Mathematics
Sigma Grindset
Life & Natural Sciences
Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room
Biology
Darwin's Favorites
Memorizing 206 Bones
Human Biology
The Cadaver Club
Staring at a Gel Electrophoresis Until Our Eyes Bleed
Molecular Biology & Genomics
Helix Heavyweights
Action Potentials
Neuroscience
Rat Maze Architects
Agriculture & Food Science
Doomsday Prepping with Data
Environmental Science
Data-Driven Tree Huggers
Business & Economics
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings
Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets
Business Analytics
Supply Chain Bottlenecks
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro
Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Wolf of Wall Street Prep
Finance
Midtown Manhattan Waiting Room
Tik-Tok Generation
Marketing
The Creatives
Humanities & Social Sciences
I Think, Therefore I Major
Cognitive Science
The Applied Cyborgs
Much Ado About Nothing
English, Literature & Writing
Page Turners
Model UN Generation
Government & Politics
Diplomat Track
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary)
History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Passport Stamp Collectors
International Relations
UN Delegates
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group
Philosophy & Ethics
Armchair Philosophers
Feelings, But With Error Bars
Research & Experimental Psychology
Rodent Wranglers
I Want To Understand Myself
Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Everything is a Construct
Sociology & Anthropology
The Collective
Education
Surviving PTA Karens
General Education
The PTA