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Whitman College

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Walla Walla, Washington.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

1,626
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
1,626
Undergraduates
0
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

417
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
0
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

81.0%
Graduation rate
81.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

38.0%
Applicants admitted
14.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$64,050
Tuition and fees
$81,330
Price in state, living on campus
$81,330
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Whitman College published $64,050 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $55,982 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

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The figures

Whitman College published $64,050 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $55,982 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$64,050$64,050$64,050
2023–⁠24$61,492$61,492$61,492
2022–⁠23$58,622$58,622$58,622
2021–⁠22$55,982$55,982$55,982
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$64,050
Books and supplies$1,400
Food and housing on campus$15,080
Other expenses on campus$800
Total, as NCES adds it$81,330

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
Professor49$124,655
Associate professor56$99,306
Assistant professor31$84,094
Instructor27$71,906
Lecturer30$82,939
No academic rank8$65,097
All ranks201$95,654

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: 1,626
Larger than 56% 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: 81%
Higher than 87% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $95,654
Higher than 83% 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.

$56,804
Median earnings four years after completing
$70,813
Median earnings ten years after entering
$18,525
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
City, small
County
Walla Walla County
IPEDS ID
237057

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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