Walla Walla University
Private College in College Place, WA. Six-year graduation rate 60%. Median 10-year earnings $61,885.
A decade after enrolling, the median Walla Walla University student earns $61,885 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. 60% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates carry a median of $26,842 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.2% — below national benchmark
Academics
60% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 28% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. The 14:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,132 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $25,505 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $18,675 while those at $110k+ pay $28,760. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $19,089. 52% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 318 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $18,675 |
| $30–48k | $20,079 |
| $48–75k | $20,776 |
| $75–110k | $24,081 |
| $110k+ | $28,760 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 588 of these 1,132 students, totalling $3,987,771 — an average of $6,782 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Walla Walla County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)