University Facts

Undergraduate

• Architecture: 180
• Art: 310
• Arts & Sciences: 4,435
• Engineering: 1,296
• Part-time and other: 628

Graduate and Professional*

• Architecture: 297
• Art: 37
• Arts & Sciences: 1,895
• Business: 1,369
• Engineering: 782
• Law: 1,184
• Medicine: 1,272
• Social Work & Public Health: 573
• Other: 272

*Graduate and professional enrollment data are not unduplicated headcounts

1,347
Part-time students in 2017-18

Total Enrollment: 15,396

Summer School 2017: 3,893

Undergraduate educational costs 2018-19

• Basic undergraduate tuition: $52,400
• Student activity fee: $524
• Student health and wellness fee: $475
• Average undergraduate room and board: $16,440

Degrees awarded in 2017-18

• Associate: 5
• Bachelor: 1,823
• Master: 2,107
• Doctor: 703
  • AuD: 15
  • DBA: 2
  • PhD: 257
  • JD: 202
  • MD: 119
  • ODT: 23
  • DPT: 82
  • JSD: 1
  • DLA: 1
  • DSc: 1

• TOTAL: 4,638

Mascot: Bears
Colors: Red and Green
NCAA Division III titles: 22
University Athletic Association titles: 204
Academic All-Americans: 158
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

$642.7 million
Total research support in fiscal year 2017

$481.5 million
Federal research support in fiscal year 2017

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

1,121,579 outpatient visits to Washington University Physicians in 2017

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.

A select group of research universities around the world partner with Washington University, sharing the same commitment to excellence in research and to the importance of international collaboration, through the McDonnell International Scholars Academy. Future global leaders from partner institutions are mentored at the university as they pursue graduate and professional degrees. In addition, the academy fosters collaborative research and educational efforts on key issues:

• Energy and sustainability
• International understanding
• Public health

InCEES

International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability collaborates with institutional, regional, and international partners across disciplines to foster targeted research:

• Exploring sustainable alternative energy
• Developing and producing biofuels
• Exploring environmental systems and practices
• Mitigating CO₂ accumulation
• Improving combustion processes
• Reducing emissions

3rd ranking among largest employers in St. Louis – St. Louis Business Journal Book of Lists 2017

15,474 Total employees in fiscal year 2017

Our students from outside the St. Louis region boost the local economy an estimated $133.7 million

$288 Million Total amount of goods and services purchased locally in fiscal year 2017

$157 Million Total payments to local construction vendors in fiscal year 2017

25.4% of our 143,081 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.

The Pipeline supports K-12 education in St. Louis by improving local schools, supporting educators and mentoring young students.

Approximately 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, 2017)

• Revenues $3,068,355,000
• Expenses $2,893,413,000
• Physical Plant Investment $2,331,063,000
• Endowment (Market Value) $7,214,958,000

Endowment spending as percentage of revenues in fiscal year 2017

10% Endowment spending

90% All other revenues

Revenues

• Patient/hospital revenues: $1,311,425,000
• Grants & contracts: $553,618,000
• Tuition & fees: $393,487,000
• Endowment spending: $305,590,000
• Other revenue: $205,167,000
• Unendowed gifts: $183,300,000
• Auxiliary enterprises: $115,768,000

TOTAL: $3,068,355,000

Expenses

• Instruction: $1,812,306,000
• Research: $507,786,000
• Academic support: $185,692,000
• Institutional support: $146,386,000
• Auxiliary enterprises: $115,088,000
• Student services: $88,918,000
• Other deductions: $37,237,000

TOTAL: $2,893,413,000