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Whitman College

Whitman College is a private campus in Walla Walla proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. International students are a visible presence at Whitman College — 14.4% of its 1,531 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$19,307

family income
under $30k

$19,724

$30–48k

$28,426

$48–75k

$27,829

$75–110k

$47,254

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$33,3132023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Whitman College rose from $28,305 (2008) to $33,313 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$28,305
2009	$31,573
2010	$29,037
2011	$34,646
2012	$34,753
2013	$29,549
2014	$36,433
2015	$33,482
2016	$43,488
2017	$32,627
2018	$38,672
2019	$35,894
2020	$30,694
2021	$35,627
2022	$35,506
2023	$33,313

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$78,0922024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Whitman College rose from $46,212 (2009) to $78,092 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$46,212
2010	$48,400
2011	$50,690
2012	$52,856
2013	$54,865
2014	$56,600
2015	$58,228
2016	$59,902
2017	$61,972
2018	$64,504
2019	$68,082
2020	$69,532
2021	$66,408
2022	$71,982
2023	$75,042
2024	$78,092

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$21,550
2001	$22,600
2002	$24,070
2003	$25,400
2004	$26,870
2005	$28,400
2006	$30,806
2007	$32,980
2008	$35,192
2013	$43,500
2014	$44,800
2015	$46,138
2016	$47,862
2017	$49,780
2018	$52,764
2019	$53,820
2020	$50,408
2021	$55,982
2022	$58,622
2023	$61,492

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $64,050 before grants and other attendance costs. At Whitman College, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,531 — Whitman College is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

80.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Whitman College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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80.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Whitman College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 92.3% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 80.5%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	75.5%
1992 cohort	74.4%
1993 cohort	81.2%
1994 cohort	73%
1995 cohort	76.1%
1996 cohort	87%
1997 cohort	85.4%
1998 cohort	83.4%
1999 cohort	86.2%
2000 cohort	87.7%
2001 cohort	86.2%
2002 cohort	92.3%
2003 cohort	89.2%
2004 cohort	85.7%
2005 cohort	85.6%
2006 cohort	87.5%
2007 cohort	87.8%
2008 cohort	87.3%
2009 cohort	87.3%
2010 cohort	87.7%
2011 cohort	88%
2012 cohort	87.4%
2013 cohort	89.8%
2014 cohort	85.8%
2015 cohort	88.7%
2016 cohort	90.4%
2017 cohort	81%
2018 cohort	80.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$12,125	$9,600
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$12,125	$10,100
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$11,586	$9,925
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$11,586	$10,100
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$11,750	$9,600
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$11,600	$5,075
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$11,600	$10,100
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$12,275	$9,800
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$13,300	$8,470
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$14,875	$9,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$15,500	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$15,700	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$17,500	$8,625
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$17,500	$8,360
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$19,000	$9,875
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$17,175	$8,000
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$15,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$17,300	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$18,437	$5,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$45,594

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$60,428

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$67,589

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Whitman College admitted 2,763 of 7,243 applicants in Fall 2024. The 38.1% rate describes that application pool.

38.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $61,492 tuition · 2023–24 1,531 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1310–14801600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Whitman College received 7,243 applications and admitted 2,763 (38.1%), with 390 enrolling.

Whitman College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Whitman College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 670–740 and Math was 640–740 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1310–1480 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	670	710	740
SAT Math	640	700	740
ACT Composite	29	31	33

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

38.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Whitman College's admission rate fell from 54.1% to 38.1%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	54.1%
Fall 2002	55.2%
Fall 2003	55.8%
Fall 2004	50.1%
Fall 2005	46.9%
Fall 2006	48.8%
Fall 2007	47.9%
Fall 2008	44.8%
Fall 2009	41.9%
Fall 2010	46.7%
Fall 2011	53.4%
Fall 2012	48.6%
Fall 2013	57%
Fall 2014	41%
Fall 2015	42.7%
Fall 2016	51.1%
Fall 2017	51.7%
Fall 2018	50.1%
Fall 2019	55.9%
Fall 2020	54.1%
Fall 2021	59%
Fall 2022	47.7%
Fall 2023	50%
Fall 2024	38.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1310–1480Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1170	1370
Fall 2002	1230	1430
Fall 2003	1217	1420
Fall 2004	1260	1440
Fall 2005	1240	1420
Fall 2006	1230	1410
Fall 2007	1240	1430
Fall 2008	1230	1410
Fall 2009	1240	1430
Fall 2010	1220	1430
Fall 2011	1250	1440
Fall 2012	1220	1430
Fall 2013	1220	1423
Fall 2014	1200	1430
Fall 2015	1200	1420
Fall 2016	1200	1420
Fall 2017	1140	1380
Fall 2018	1230	1450
Fall 2019	1240	1450
Fall 2020	1230	1430
Fall 2021	1295	1455
Fall 2022	1293	1473
Fall 2023	1270	1480
Fall 2024	1310	1480

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

29–33Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	29	31
Fall 2002	27	32
Fall 2004	27	31
Fall 2007	27	32
Fall 2008	27	31
Fall 2009	28	33
Fall 2010	27	31
Fall 2011	29	32
Fall 2012	29	32
Fall 2013	28	32
Fall 2014	28	32
Fall 2015	27	32
Fall 2016	28	32
Fall 2017	28	32
Fall 2018	27	32
Fall 2019	28	33
Fall 2020	29	33
Fall 2021	29	33
Fall 2022	30	33
Fall 2023	27	33
Fall 2024	29	33

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,531Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Whitman College has held near 1,531 from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,421
Fall 2003	1,430
Fall 2004	1,452
Fall 2005	1,488
Fall 2006	1,421
Fall 2007	1,455
Fall 2008	1,430
Fall 2009	1,491
Fall 2010	1,535
Fall 2011	1,578
Fall 2012	1,520
Fall 2013	1,525
Fall 2014	1,480
Fall 2015	1,443
Fall 2016	1,464
Fall 2017	1,468
Fall 2018	1,446
Fall 2019	1,545
Fall 2020	1,339
Fall 2021	1,539
Fall 2022	1,472
Fall 2023	1,523
Fall 2024	1,531

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

87%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Whitman College has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 95% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 87%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	95%
Fall 2003 cohort	94%
Fall 2004 cohort	94%
Fall 2005 cohort	93%
Fall 2006 cohort	95%
Fall 2007 cohort	93%
Fall 2008 cohort	93%
Fall 2009 cohort	92%
Fall 2010 cohort	95%
Fall 2011 cohort	94%
Fall 2012 cohort	94%
Fall 2013 cohort	94%
Fall 2014 cohort	93%
Fall 2015 cohort	94%
Fall 2016 cohort	94%
Fall 2017 cohort	90%
Fall 2018 cohort	89%
Fall 2019 cohort	72%
Fall 2020 cohort	89%
Fall 2021 cohort	88%
Fall 2022 cohort	89%
Fall 2023 cohort	87%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Whitman College

16.3% of Whitman College's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Whitman College as a primarily residential campus of 1,531 undergraduates — and 86.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Whitman College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1310–1480 — their midpoint is above the WA four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Whitman College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Whitman College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Whitman College38.1%

Washington median83.2%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Whitman College$64,050

Washington median$19,614

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Whitman College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Whitman College$67,589

Washington median$62,092

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Whitman College, Washington and national reference values
Metric & basis	Whitman College	Washington median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	38.1%	83.2%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$64,050	$19,614	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$67,589	$62,092	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Whitman College, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Whitman College federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 3 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Economics	$88,393
Political Science and Government	$51,740
Psychology, General	$38,158

These 3 fields listed for Whitman College measure earnings after completion. The $67,589 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 43 additional Whitman College fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Whitman College report?

Whitman College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1310–1480 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Whitman College's acceptance rate?

38.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 2,763 admitted from 7,243 applicants.

How much does Whitman College cost?

At Whitman College, tuition is $64,050. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Whitman College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $67,589. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Washington

University of Washington-Seattle Campus — 39.1% admitted
Whitworth University — 89.8% admitted
Western Washington University — 93.2% admitted
Washington State University — 86.6% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.