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Whitman College

50% accepted | 1k undergrads | Private | Walla Walla, WA
All majors / fields

$68k

Earnings help
trending_up 14%

$18k

Debt help
76%

4.5

Repay help
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Greater Seattle Area
Portland Oregon Area
San Francisco Bay Area
Key metrics
Publisher ranking help
star star star star_half star
3.9
Student review help
star star star star star
4.1
Student-to-faculty
9:1
Graduation rate
 
81%
Graduate on time help
 
68%
Retention rate help
 
83%
Lifestyle Majors Campus Overview

Costs

State residency
Family income

Tuition & fees
trending_up 4.8% last 3 years

Expenses see detail

$16,840
QuestBridge help

Books & supplies

$1,400

Housing & meals
On campus

$14,640

Personal expenses

$800
 
 

Other

$
Costs or offsets to adjust sticker price.

Sticker price (COA) help
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Estimated aid help
Based on income

Estimated net cost

4-year net cost (x4)
Inflation adj. 3%

 
Personalize my costs. help
 
 
Funding Sources

4-year budget

$
College savings (529), earnings in college.

Funding gap (debt)

Merit: 59% of students (100% w/o need) get $15,747 (avg) in aid. Need: 94% met. See detail
Aid detail
Residency: US | Int’l
% undergrads awarded merit aid $ merit award help % need met
All students Without need Average With need
59% 100% $15,747 94%
Need methodology: FM and IM
How is merit calc'd?
emoji_objects Merit aid is based on student academics, not financial need and is paid by the college.
emoji_objects Students awarded merit aid often have a high GPA or test scores near or above the 75th percentile. See scores
Endowment $ / student: $457,849 help
CSS: US, Int'l, NCP | IDOC help
whitman.edu: Financial aid | Net price calc
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Net price is for all freshman, not just the 92% that receive grant and scholarship aid. help

Earnings

Major

Earnings after 4 years N/A

$67,589

Real earnings ---
Inflation adj. 8% help

$72,996

Tax rate

%
Get earnings after tax here to adjust rate.
 

Earnings after tax (AT)

Select repayment plan

For funding gap (debt)
Debt detail

% AT earnings to repay debt
help

%
20% is a fast repayment level. help

% interest rate on debt

%
Federal rates with 20% PLUS. help
Plan comparison for debt help

10-yr repay
 

25-yr repay
 

% earnings
 

Annual debt repayment

Earnings after tax and debt ---

Lifestyle

Postgrad earnings and expenses

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Major:
Location adjusted Less tax, debt + cost of living Savings
Ratio Earnings Tax Repay Expenses / Deficit
Whitman College 1.42x
Location neutral earnings help 1.00x
SEA | Seattle, WA 1.54x -52k = 
PDX | Portland, OR 1.22x -44k = 
SF | San Francisco, CA 1.76x -60k = 
Kenn | Kennewick, WA 0.96x -34k = 
NYC | New York, NY 1.57x -52k = 
= 
emoji_objects Location adjusted earnings - taxes - debt repay - cost of living expenses = ending savings / deficit.
emoji_objects The colleges’ ratio reflects a weighted average of their graduates’ cost of living. Location neutral earnings is the weighted average of all graduates across all colleges, which is ~$39k or Salt Lake City’s cost of living.
Taxes help

Expenses

Grad destination

Popular grad destinations

Greater Seattle Area
Portland Oregon Area
San Francisco Bay Area
Richland/Kennewick/Pasco Washington Area
Greater New York City Area
Greater Los Angeles Area
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Greater Denver Area
Spokane Washington Area
Greater Boston Area
Boise Idaho Area
Greater San Diego Area

Earnings after tax and debt ---

Cost of living | 1 adult, 0 children

Studio apartment
$1,840 - $3,320/mo help

$22,080

Grocery shopping help

$3,908

Transportation

$10,246

Healthcare

$4,127

Necessities help

$8,038

Entertainment help

$3,215
 

Other

$
Costs or offsets to adjust cost of living.

Total cost of living

Earnings after tax, debt + cost of living
Savings
Deficit

Cost of living ratio: 1.54x
Methodology and documentation
Costs help
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