Washington University in St Louis

St. Louis, MO · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
11.9%
3,968 admitted
SAT · 50th
1530
Range 1500–1550
6-yr grad
93.0%
Retention 95.0%
Undergrads
8,153
10:1 S-F
Admissions
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19.3% / 12.8%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications33,283
Overall admit rate11.9%
In-state admit rate19.3%
Out-of-state admit rate12.8%
Enrolled1,961 · 49.4% yield
Admitted from waitlist327 of 3,865
Very important factorsGPA, Character, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsApplication essay, Extracurriculars, Recs, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1530
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1500–1550 · 32.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730750760
Math760780790
Comp150015301550
ACT
255075
Comp333435
Cost & aid
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$71,310
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$71,310
Fees$1,412
Room & board$24,272
Books$1,412
Avg need-based grant$73,547
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$22,127
Academics
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10 : 1
student-faculty ratio
95.0% retention
Student-faculty10 : 1
Retention95.0%
4-year graduation85.0%
6-year graduation93.0%
Enrollment
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8,153
undergraduates
85.0% out-of-state · 275 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates8,153
First-year1,961
Transfer84
Full-time92%
Female55%
Out-of-state85.0%
International (freshmen)275
Rankings
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#5
Princeton Review
Undergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship#526
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#1226
NicheBest Colleges in America#1326
NicheBest Value Colleges in America#1726
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Universities#2026
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#2526
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#3726
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceUniversity Athletic Association8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMissouri colleges4
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$75
application fee
waivable
Regular decisionJanuary 4 → April 1 → May 1
Early decisionNovember 2 → December 11 · binding
Early decision 2January 4
Early actionNovember 2 → December 23
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyTest Optional
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 3 Sci, 2 SciLab, 2 FL, 2 SS, 2 Hist
Admissions URLadmissions.wustl.edu
Admissions emailadmissons@wustl.edu
Admissions phone(314) 935-6000
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Northwestern Unive…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Northwestern University IL · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15409K
Johns Hopkins University MD · Private (nonprofit)6.1%1550—
Vanderbilt University TN · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15307K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
University of Chicago IL · Private (nonprofit)4.5%15407K
Duke University NC · Private (nonprofit)5.2%15506K
Rice University TX · Private (nonprofit)8.0%15404K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Washington University in St Louis

8 years of Washington University in St Louis's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.