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Webster University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

9,972
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
2,697
Undergraduates
7,275
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

511
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
2,350
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

64.0%
Graduation rate
64.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

86.0%
Applicants admitted
14.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$31,750
Tuition and fees
$53,626
Price in state, living on campus
$53,626
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Webster University published $31,750 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $28,700 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Webster University published $31,750 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $28,700 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$31,750$31,750$31,750
2023–⁠24$30,730$30,730$30,730
2022–⁠23$29,840$29,840$29,840
2021–⁠22$28,700$28,700$28,700
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$31,750
Books and supplies$1,000
Food and housing on campus$12,318
Other expenses on campus$8,558
Total, as NCES adds it$53,626

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor62$91,621
Associate professor47$86,046
Assistant professor54$78,320
Instructor11$53,108
No academic rank1$31,703
All ranks175$83,667

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 9,972
Larger than 92% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 64%
Higher than 60% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $83,667
Higher than 74% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$75,697
Median earnings four years after completing
$56,096
Median earnings ten years after entering
$21,000
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
Suburb, large
County
St. Louis County
IPEDS ID
179894

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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