Whitman College

Whitman College is a private nonprofit college in Walla Walla, WA. Its average net price is $29,486 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$15,180
$30,001 to $48,000$20,281
$48,001 to $75,000$20,982
$75,001 to $110,000$24,834
$110,001 and up$39,342
$66,610Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$66,610Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$29,486Average Net Price
$15,530Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$1,332Books and Supplies
$800Other Expenses
20.6%Students on Pell Grants
28.7%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

38.1%Acceptance Rate
670 to 740SAT Reading, Middle Half
640 to 740SAT Math, Middle Half
29 to 33ACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$49,248
8 years after entry$60,624
10 years after entry$70,813
75.3%Graduation Rate
86.7%Retention Rate
$18,525Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Walla Walla, WALocation
Small citySetting
1,531Undergraduate Enrollment
Private nonprofitControl

Programs and What They Pay

Each figure prints the sample size behind it. A college figure appears only when at least 30 graduates sit behind it; smaller programs show the national median for the major instead. Read Why We Show Sample Sizes.

MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Anthropology$34,245 National median for this major n=8,063Not published
Applied Mathematics$66,131 National median for this major n=2,571Not published
Area Studies$38,972 National median for this major n=3,356Not published
Astronomy and Astrophysics$41,014 National median for this major n=614Not published
Behavioral Sciences$39,719 National median for this major n=1,960Not published
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$43,049 National median for this major n=8,694Not published
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other$39,104 National median for this major n=1,159Not published
Biology$36,562 National median for this major n=68,911$16,375 Small program - rough guide n=30
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$33,198 National median for this major n=732Not published
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology$40,105 National median for this major n=4,106Not published
Communications$42,882 National median for this major n=55,154Not published
Computer Science$70,762 National median for this major n=44,537Not published
Computer Science$80,182 National median for this major n=35,263Not published
Design and Applied Arts$39,422 National median for this major n=22,892Not published
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$29,768 National median for this major n=14,923Not published
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$36,286 National median for this major n=1,258Not published
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology$34,501 National median for this major n=3,700Not published
Economics$60,917 National median for this major n=25,831Not published
Engineering$72,868 National median for this major n=2,850Not published
English Language and Literature, General$36,147 National median for this major n=27,468Not published
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925Not published
Ethnic and Gender Studies$38,739 National median for this major n=5,496Not published
Film/Video and Photographic Arts$31,110 National median for this major n=12,988Not published
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$45,534 National median for this major n=4,652Not published
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$39,364 National median for this major n=755Not published
History$38,156 National median for this major n=20,617Not published
Human Biology$36,711 National median for this major n=1,167Not published
Human Computer Interaction$40,091 National median for this major n=813Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048Not published
Mathematical EconomicsNot publishedNot published
Mathematics$52,843 National median for this major n=13,762Not published
Mathematics and Computer Science$76,818 National median for this major n=704Not published
Mathematics and Statistics, Other$69,615 National median for this major n=379Not published
Music$33,156 National median for this major n=13,251Not published
Neurobiology and Neurosciences$37,389 National median for this major n=7,500Not published
Philosophy$37,154 National median for this major n=6,052Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$43,306 National median for this major n=36,807Not published
Psychology, Other$40,236 National median for this major n=621Not published
Public Health$42,733 National median for this major n=16,894Not published
Religion/Religious Studies$28,307 National median for this major n=4,315Not published
Research and Experimental Psychology$31,527 Small program - rough guide n=30$20,500 Small program - rough guide n=43
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$35,087 National median for this major n=7,289Not published
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$40,236 National median for this major n=8,855Not published
Social Sciences, Other$43,502 National median for this major n=1,547Not published
Sociology$40,712 National median for this major n=29,430Not published
Statistics$68,688 National median for this major n=3,096Not published
Studio Art$31,108 National median for this major n=25,748Not published

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