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Washington & Jefferson College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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W&J is ranked #1,112 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
W&J also holds the #64 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 88%, some consider W&J to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 42% of students accepted to W&J submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 500 and 620.
At W&J, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Washington & Jefferson College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Washington & Jefferson College has a freshmen retention rate of 83%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at W&J for first-time, full-time students is 65%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,165 undergraduates at W&J with 1,158 being full-time and 7 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,859 | $19,694 | $20,787 | $28,209 | $30,453 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of W&J, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At W&J, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $7,761 a year. That adds up to $31,044 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for W&J are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 60 S Lincoln St, Washington, PA 15301 |
| Phone: | 724-503-1001 |
| Website: | www.washjeff.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 46 | $45,911 |
| General Psychology | 45 | $29,363 |
| Economics | 28 | $50,402 |
| Accounting | 21 | $59,401 |
| General English Literature | 19 | $37,046 |
| History | 15 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 14 | $39,584 |
| Computer Information Systems | 14 | NA |
| Physics | 14 | NA |
| General Biology | 13 | $29,926 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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