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Business & finance at WashU

WashU graduates about 405 business & finance majors a year, 22% of its graduating class. That puts it 36th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 108 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 52% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $159,000 four years out, 1.99× what the same major pays nationally.

Graduates a year40522% of the class
Courses in the catalog108more than 52% of schools
Median pay 4 years out$159,0001.99× the same major nationally
Admit rate12%whole school
SAT middle 50%1500–1570whole school

Around WashU

Wine-cap Stropharia (Stropharia rugosoannulata)
Stropharia rugosoannulata 193908529Photo: Cazody · CC0 · source
Thurtene Carnival,Washington University in St. Louis, April 2018
Thurtene CarnivalPhoto: LittleT889 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
The West end of Danforth Campus in the snow. Picture taken from Seigle hall.
West end of Danforth CampusPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
The Athletic Complex at Washington University in St. Louis. Site of three presid
Wash U Athletic ComplexPhoto: Shubinator · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

Where business & finance happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 84 · Dorm 37 · Student housing 28 · Athletics 5 · Library 5 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the business & finance ranking

  1. Syracuse University 87
  2. American University 87
  3. The Catholic University of America 87
  4. Carnegie Mellon University 87
  5. Brandeis University 86
  6. The University of Texas–Austin 85
  7. Boston University 85
  8. Marquette University 85

Other strong majors at WashU

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares WashU with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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