Washington University in St Louis

What are the graduation rates for students at Washington University in St Louis?

Washington University's reported six-year graduation rate is 94% for the measured first-time, full-time undergraduate cohort. Its reported four-year rate is 85%. These rates describe groups of students tracked over different periods, not the probability that any individual student will finish on a particular date.

The reported first-year retention rate is 95%, indicating the share of the measured first-time cohort that returned the following year. Retention and graduation rates answer different questions: a student can return after year one without graduating on the original timetable.

Federal cohort graduation measures do not describe every student equally well. Transfer students, for example, should ask about degree requirements and credit acceptance rather than treat a first-time-student graduation rate as a transfer-specific outcome.

What is the earning potential for graduates at Washington University in St Louis?

College Scorecard field-of-study figures report median earnings one year after completion for graduates in the relevant measured, federally aided population who have earnings records. They are not starting-salary offers, averages for every graduate or forecasts for a current applicant.

In the reported figures, the one-year median was $89,930 for computer science and $68,716 for biomedical or medical engineering. For comparison, the reported median was $36,104 for psychology and $21,744 for biology. Differences can reflect occupations, graduate-school enrollment, hours worked and other factors that a field label alone does not capture.

One year is an especially limited window for students entering graduate or professional education. Students comparing majors should consider the availability of internships, likely further-education costs and longer-term career paths alongside these earnings measures.