- The Inkwell
- Missouri
- Webster University
Saint Louis, MOSuburb: largeZIP 63119Founded 1915
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1915
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.webster.edu
MissouriPrivate nonprofit
Webster University
Webster University is a private nonprofit university in Saint Louis, Missouri, with 2,304 undergraduates. It admits 86% of applicants, graduates 58% within six years and costs $26,955 a year after aid.
58%graduate
Admission rate86%
Retention69%
4-year graduation50%
Pell Grant share30%
Federal loans40%
$26,955net price / year
86%admission rate
1102average SAT
58%graduate in 6 years
$56,096median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,000median debt
#981 of 1,704 for earnings#1,340 of 1,739 for lowest net price#756 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,051 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $50,816tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $32,690
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $32,690
- Average net price
- $26,955national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,623
$30,001–48,000$22,647
$48,001–75,000$23,528
$75,001–110,000$24,673
$110,001+$31,969
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 86%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1102
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 580–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 530–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 18–25
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college86%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college69%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college58%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college30%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 58%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 50%
- First-year retention
- 69%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 59%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,883
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,096middle 50%: $37,116–$82,555
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$82,555
Median, Webster University$56,096
Lower quarter$37,116
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,304
- Part-time
- 14%
- Women / men
- 57% / 43%
- Average age at entry
- 24.5
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 30%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,218 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,345
- Endowment, end of year
- $66,675,742
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White54%
Hispanic5.2%
Black13%
Asian2.8%
Two or more races4.7%
U.S. nonresident17%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown2.0%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts26%
Business & management18%
Communications technologies8.1%
Communication & journalism6.9%
Computer & information sciences6.0%
Social sciences5.1%
Health professions5.1%
Psychology4.5%
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Iona University New Rochelle, NY | $26,250 | 59% | $76,994 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 179894. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1465303.