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Washington University in St. Louis Rankings

Washington University in St. Louis is ranked #24 out of 439 National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.

U.S. News Overall Score

Score (out of 100)

84

Outcomes (52%)

Average 6-year graduation rate (16%)

94%

6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (3%)

91%

6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (3%)

94%

Outcomes rank
Average first-year student retention rate (5%)
Social Mobility Rank
6-year graduation rate of first generation students (2.5%)
6-year graduation rate of non-first generation students (2.5%)
Predicted graduation rate
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-) (10%)
Median federal loan debt for borrowers (5%)
College grads earning more than a HS grad (5%)

Expert Opinion (20%)

Peer assessment score (out of 5)

Faculty Resources (11%)

Classes with fewer than 20 students

65.8%

Student-Faculty Ratio (3%)

7:1

Faculty resources rank
Faculty salaries (6%)
Percent of faculty who are full-time (2%)

Financial Resources (8%)

Financial resources rank

Student Excellence (5%)

SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile

Faculty Research (4%)

Bibliometric Rank

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