-
#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
-
#20 Best Value Schools
-
#39 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
-
#60 Accounting
-
#28 Entrepreneurship
-
#15 Finance
-
#28 Management
-
#19 Production / Operation Management
-
#18 Biomedical
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
-
-
#381 Top Performers on Social Mobility
Washington University in St. Louis is ranked #19 in 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
81
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
82
Graduation and retention rank
10
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
94%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
381
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
95%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
98%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.1
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
14
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
10
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
86%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
94%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
63.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
12%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
7:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
28
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
32-35
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
5
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
23
Average alumni giving rate
24.3%
-
Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
