WashU is need blind

As part of our commitment to always put students first, Washington University continues to work toward a more accessible and equitable review process. WashU now has a need-blind admissions process—your ability to pay tuition will never be part of the admission decision process. In addition, we will no longer consider demonstrated interest as a factor in making admissions decisions. And, we are extending our test optional policy for applicants through 2024.

  • Morgan DeBaun portrait

    Alumni Spotlight

    Morgan DeBaun

    CEO of Blavity

    Morgan DeBaun co-founded Blavity, a news and entertainment website featuring stories told from a black point of view.

  • Jennifer R. Smith with her two dogs

    Faculty Spotlight

    Jennifer R. Smith

    Vice Provost for Educational Initiatives and Professor of Earth & Planetary Science​s

    Dr. Smith’s duties include enhancing equity in undergraduates’ academic opportunities, experiences and outcomes and deepening student research experiences.

  • Anne Schaefer

    Alumni Spotlight

    Anne Schaefer

    Artist

    Anne Schaefer, a 2001 alumna, was commissioned to create “it comes and it goes,” a 12-panel mural for the new Anabeth and John Weil Hall.

  • Maya Wong Portrait

    Alumni Spotlight

    Maya Wong

    Project Engineer

    When #WashU18 grad Maya Wong stepped onto the job site of Jubel Hall as a project engineer for McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. she had zero first-day jitters – she had been there before.

Student Perspective

How I Fell in Love with WashU

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7:1

student to faculty ratio

3000

research projects underway each year

50

countries represented by the undergraduate student body

100%

admitted students have financial need fully covered

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News & Announcements

  • STARS College Network

    WashU is a proud member of the STARS College Network – a coalition of 16 of the nation’s leading universities and colleges who are redoubling our efforts to engage, support, and build pathways for students from small-town and rural America.

  • Taylor Family Center for Student Success to set ‘new standard’ for universities

    The Taylor Family Center will create new opportunities for first-generation and limited-income undergraduate students to connect with mentors, strengthen social and professional networks, explore purpose-driven internships, and develop financial literacy.

  • Gift aims to help draw more rural students to WashU

    WashU alumna and Emerita Trustee Joyce Buchheit and her husband, Chauncy Buchheit, have made a gift to help the university attract more talented students from rural communities in Missouri and southern Illinois.