Notes

These are items that bear looking into more closely.

• This institution’s six year bachelors graduation rate is 75.7%, so approximately 1/5 of undergrads who enroll do not earn a bachelors degree from here.

Overview of institution

This, and the rest of the page, use info from the most recent year available, generally 2023.

• Institution kind: Master’s Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs

• Undergrad program: Arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence

• Graduate program: Postbaccalaureate: Education-dominant, with other professional programs

• Enrollment profile: Very high undergraduate (see more details below)

• Average net price for undergrads on financial aid: $28,299 (1.5 times the equivalent cost of Harvard).

• Actual price for your family: Go here to see what your family may be asked to pay. It can be MUCH lower than the average price but also higher for some.

• Size and setting: Four-year, small, highly residential

• In state percentage: 70% of first year students come from Washington

• In US percentage: 95% of first year students come from the US

• This institution has a religious affiliation of Presbyterian

• Graduation rate (within 6 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 75.7% (this is what is usually reported as “graduation rate”)

• Graduation rate (within 4 years) for students seeking a Bachelors: 65.5%

• Percent of students seeking a Bachelors who transfer out of this institution: 18.9%

• Student to tenure-stream faculty ratio: 16.5 (undergrads to tenure-stream faculty) [Tenure explained]

• Student to faculty ratio: 10.4 (undergrads to all faculty)

• Degrees offered: Bachelor’s degree, Postbaccalaureate certificate, Master’s degree, Post master’s certificate, Doctor’s degree: professional practice

• Schedule: Four-one-four plan

• Institution provides on campus housing: Yes

• Dorm capacity: There are enough dorm beds for 1351 students

• Freshmen required to live on campus: No

• Advanced placement (AP) credits used: Yes

• Disabilities: 3 percent or less of undergrads are registered as having disabilities.

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Comparisons

The sections below show this institution compared with others. The ones listed are ones it has identified as peers, who consider themselves peers, and/or who the federal government considers peers. If a comparison school has the same value as the focal school, its cell is grayed out. In fields where there is a common view that higher (or lower) values are better, the best values are in blue, the worst values are in red. If there isn’t a sense of a particular value being better, values are shown in varying shades of green. Arrows show where there is a signficant trend over time for a school. You can swipe across the table to see more of it; the focal school column is always visible.

• Whitworth University lists these schools as ones to compare itself within federal IPEDS data, and they do the same back: Augustana College, Hope College, Carroll College, Pacific Lutheran University, George Fox University, Linfield University, Seattle Pacific University, Westminster University
• Whitworth University compares itself to these institutions, but not vice versa: Mississippi College, Tuskegee University, Whitman College, Gallaudet University, Ohio Northern University, Wheaton College, Bryant University, Lipscomb University, Calvin University, Florida Southern College, St. John Fisher University, Oklahoma City University, Drury University, Moravian University, Gustavus Adolphus College, Lewis & Clark College, Luther College, Salve Regina University, North Central College, Eckerd College, Springfield College, Berry College, Baldwin Wallace University, Eastern University, John Carroll University, Clarkson University, Susquehanna University, University of St Thomas, Saint Johns University, Chatham University, Loyola University New Orleans, Saint Ambrose University, Manhattan College, DeSales University, Willamette University, Alfred University, Wagner College, Le Moyne College, University of Redlands, Elmhurst University, University of Portland, University of Puget Sound, Central College, Niagara University, Queens University of Charlotte, Capital University, California Lutheran University, Saint Norbert College, Saint Mary’s College of California, Otterbein University, Canisius University, Westmont College, Kettering University, Hamline University, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Assumption University, John Brown University, Saint Edward’s University, Norwich University, Albion College, University of Evansville, Western New England University, St Catherine University, North Park University, York College of Pennsylvania, Westminster College, Pacific University, Valparaiso University, Gordon College, The College of Saint Scholastica, Stetson University, Hood College, Buena Vista University, St. Mary’s University, La Salle University, Endicott College, Iona University, University of Lynchburg, Hardin-Simmons University, Lenoir-Rhyne University, Xavier University of Louisiana, Roosevelt University, King’s College, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Dordt University, University of Dubuque, Stevenson University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Curry College, Lesley University, Wingate University, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Houston Christian University, Wayland Baptist University
• These institutions compare themselves to Whitworth University, but not vice versa: The University of Tampa, Gonzaga University, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Walla Walla University, Bethel University, Messiah University, Peirce College, Point Loma Nazarene University, Siena College, Abilene Christian University, Meredith College, Anderson University, Trinity Christian College, Northwest University, Centenary College of Louisiana, Millikin University, Pacific Union College, The Master’s University and Seminary, Waynesburg University, Dominican University of California, Rocky Mountain College, Saint Martin’s University, Northwest Nazarene University, Malone University, University of Northwestern-St Paul, Flagler College, Azusa Pacific University, Bushnell University, Warner Pacific University, Antioch University-Seattle, Alaska Pacific University

Enrollment

General

Teaching

Tenure track faculty are those who are eligible for tenure. This includes both pre-tenure and tenured faculty. Once faculty get tenure, they are (generally) protected from being fired for intellectual reasons, helping to ensure their freedom in teaching and research. They can still lose their positions for misconduct, financial problems, not fulfilling their duties, or other reasons.

Non-tenure track faculty are not eligible for tenure. Some are hired one semester at a time, some have multi-year contracts. They typically have a higher teaching load than tenure track faculty, leaving less time for research or other creative endeavors. They are also easier to fire than tenured faculty. Sometimes they are external experts (a noted musician, a former senator) who are hired to teach some classes without the expected permanence of a tenure-track position.

Note that this chart uses US federal demographic data: it only has two genders and a specified set of ethnicities and races.

Having a low student to faculty ratio is considered a good thing by many, as it can mean more individual attention.

Geography

This has information on the location of the institution. See the about page for more information on what the metrics are and how they are calculated.

Financial Aid