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Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

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Washington University in St Louis

Private 4 Year

10 reviews

About Washington University in St Louis

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. As of 2017, 24 Nobel laureates in economics, physiology and medicine, chemistry, and physics have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university.Washington University is made up of seven graduate and undergraduate schools that encompass a broad range of academic fields. To prevent confusion over its location, the Board of Trustees added the phrase "in St. Louis" in 1976. The School of Medicine is ranked 8th for research in the U.S. by U.S. News & World Report in 2019.

Location

Located in Saint Louis, Missouri.

One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO, 63130-4899, St. Louis County

Washington University in St Louis Rankings

Prepler rankings are based on rigorous and in-depth analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education.

2024 Best Colleges in America

#14 of 6828

2024 Best Colleges in Missouri

#1 of 174

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#1 of 511

Most Popular Majors

Out of 24 majors categories at Washington University in St Louis, the 5 most popular are listed below.

Graduation Rate

Graduation rate of college is a strong indicator of success of the college’s students in attaining their educational goals. Prepler defines graduation rate as the percentage of first-time, full-time students who graduated from Washington University in St Louis within four or six years.

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