Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA · Private nonprofit38.1%
Acceptance rate
1,365
SAT Average
$35,506
Avg net price
1,523
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 417 |
| Bachelor’s 97 |
| Bachelor’s 68 |
| Bachelor’s 59 |
| Bachelor’s 40 |
| Bachelor’s 34 |
| Bachelor’s 28 |
| Bachelor’s 19 |
| Bachelor’s 19 |
| Bachelor’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 12 |
| Bachelor’s 10 |
| Bachelor’s 4 |
| Bachelor’s 3 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
| Bachelor’s 0 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- Northwest Conference
Projected sponsored sports17
Athletic participation
274 unique student-athletes · 15 varsity teams
Early Decision I
Binding · Financial aid forms due Nov 15
Early Action
Financial aid forms due Dec 1
Early Decision II
Binding · Financial aid forms due Jan 5
Regular Decision
Financial aid forms, FAFSA, CSS Profile due Jan 15
· Apply with Common App or Coalition
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $63,510
- Required fees
- $540
- Food and housing
- $15,080
- Books and supplies
- $1,400
- Other expenses
- $800
- Total
- $81,330
- $69,5322019–2019–20
- $66,4082020–2120–21
- $71,9822021–2221–22
- $75,0422022–2322–23
- $78,3322023–2423–24
- $81,3302024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $35,506 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 72%
- Average share of need met
- 97.1%
- Average need-based grant
- $60,770
- Required forms
- FAFSA and CSS Profile
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Whitman College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
Whitman College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
Whitman College runs two binding Early Decision rounds. ED applicants were admitted at versus for the regular pool, a edge, and ED admits fill of the class.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Whitman College admits in-state applicants at 69.4%, out-of-state applicants at 68.6%, and international applicants at 7.7%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
373 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Jan 15. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 19% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
25% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
9% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Whitman College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 95.8% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 32% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.91
High-school class rank
Among the 32% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Whitman College rates 3 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
Whitman College's net price after grant aid, by family income. of first-years received need-based aid. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $35,506 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 270 of 373 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Whitman College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Whitman College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
88.7% of Whitman College’s first-years return for a second year and 81% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03