University Facts

Undergraduate

• Architecture: 205
• Business: 844
• Art: 299
• Arts & Sciences: 4,301
• Engineering: 1,416
• Part-time and other: 601

Graduate and Professional

• Architecture: 225
• Art: 41
• Arts & Sciences: 2,022
• Business: 1,376
• Engineering: 897
• Law: 1,256
• Medicine: 1,285
• Social Work & Public Health: 510
• Other: 261

1,354
Part-time students in 2020-21

Total Enrollment: 15,539

Undergraduate educational costs 2020-21

• Basic undergraduate tuition: $56,300
• Student activity fee: $562
• Student health and wellness fee: $524
• Average undergraduate room and board: $17,402

Degrees awarded in 2020-21

• Associate: 14
• Bachelor: 1,889
• Master: 2,226
• Doctor: 742
  • AuD: 13
  • DBA: 3
  • PhD: 250
  • JD: 243
  • MD: 105
  • ODT: 36
  • DPT: 82
  • JSD: 6
  • DSU: 1
  • DLA: 3
• TOTAL: 4,871

Mascot: Bears
Colors: Red and Green
NCAA Division III titles: 23
University Athletic Association titles: 254
Academic All-Americans: 194
Varsity sports: 19 (9 men’s and 10 women’s)
Sport Clubs: 41

Areas of Focus

Medical research to translate basic science discoveries into solutions for the world’s biggest health problems

Environmental and energy research to discover innovations that can reduce greenhouse emissions and slow global warming

Innovation and entrepreneurial research to create intellectual property and advance research for the greatest public good

Plant science research, conducted in collaboration with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, to help the world feed its people

$879.3 million
Total research support in fiscal year 2021

$627.9 million
Federal research support in fiscal year 2021

More than 3,000 research projects
under way each year.

Washington University Medical Center Corporate Partners

• Washington University School of Medicine
• Barnes-Jewish Hospital
• St. Louis Children’s Hospital

1,266,770 outpatient visits to Washington University Physicians

Student-organized clinics, established by medical students and staffed by students and faculty, provide free medical care to needy people in the St. Louis community.

Health Outreach Program

• Screenings
• Patient navigation
• Nutrition

Institute for Public Health

Institute for Public Health works as a connector, convener, and catalyst across all seven of our schools to tackle regional and global public health challenges. It bridges disciplines to stimulate innovation and improve population health by advancing research, practice, training, education, community partnerships, and public policy.

2nd ranking among largest employers in St. Louis – St. Louis Business Journal Book of Lists

19,646 Total employees

Our students from outside the St. Louis region boost the local economy an estimated $181 million

$296 Million Total amount of goods and services purchased locally

$225 Million Total payments to local construction vendors

23.9% of our 156,243 alumni live and work in the St. Louis area

Contributing to the region’s culture and education

University Libraries consisting of 12 libraries that form a comprehensive research and teaching library system

Continuing education and professional education opportunities through evening, weekend and summer offerings

Edison Theatre presenting professional performing artists plus providing a teaching facility for the university’s performing arts students

Institute for School Partnership, helping to improve K-12 teaching and learning

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, the oldest art museum west of the Mississippi River

Assembly Series of lectures, connecting the community to contemporary thought leaders

Visit fuse.wustl.edu to see how we are fostering a growing entrepreneurial spirit

A hub of innovation, we inspire entrepreneurial efforts. We provide the infrastructure, educational programs, and research support to tap the entrepreneurial spirit of our faculty and students.

Making a difference in the community

According to the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, Washington University volunteers more than 7 million person hours to the community each year.

Approximately 600 university/community partnerships are sustained each year.

About 60% of undergraduate students participate in community service.

Graduate and professional students support community organizations through practica and clinics connected to their degree programs, including law, social work, medicine and physical therapy. They receive practical hands-on learning while simultaneously increasing the capacity of local, national and international organizations.

Financial Overview

(June 30, 2021)

• Revenues $3,837,657,000
• Expenses $3,663,144,000
• Physical Plant Investment $3,017,355,000
• Endowment (Market Value) $13.7 Billion

Endowment spending as percentage of revenues in fiscal year 2018

10% Endowment spending

90% All other revenues

Revenues

• Patient/hospital revenues: $1,629,022,000
• Grants & contracts: $660,686,000
• Tuition & fees: $451,500,000
• Endowment spending: $361,872,000
• Other revenue: $299,500,000
• Unendowed gifts: $244,688,000
• Auxiliary enterprises: $102,434,000

TOTAL: $3,837,657,000

Expenses

• Instruction: $2,397,869,000
• Research: $612,304,000
• Academic support: $227,173,000
• Institutional support: $154,832,000
• Auxiliary enterprises: $146,022,000
• Student services: $96,189,000
• Other deductions: $37,412,000

TOTAL: $3,663,144,000