Frequently Asked Questions: General Public

1. What is Whitworth's retention rate for incoming first-year students (freshmen) who return for a second year?
   
   For the first-year students who began in fall 2023, 77.6 percent returned fall 2024.
   
   
2. What is the six-year graduation rate for the first-year students who began in fall 2018?
   
   For the 696 first-year students who began in fall 2018, 70.7 percent of them graduated from Whitworth in six years or less.
   
   
3. How many undergraduate degrees were awarded in the 2023-24 academic year?
   
   542 undergraduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
   
   
4. How many graduate degrees were awarded in the 2023-24 academic year?
   
   127 graduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
   
   
5. What percentage of incoming first-year students who began in fall 2024 received some form of grant or scholarship?
   
   100 percent.
   
   
6. What academic departments had the most student majors in fall 2024?
   • School of Business: 363 students
   • Health Science: 337 students
   • School of Education: 238
   • Math & Computer Science: 170 students
   • Psychology: 145 students
   • Biology: 137 students
7. What was the ethnic/racial makeup of Whitworth's traditional undergraduate students in fall 2024?
   • American/Alaskan Native: <1 percent
   • Asian: 4 percent
   • Black, African American: 2 percent
   • Hawaiian/Pacific Island: 1 percent
   • Hispanic/Latino/Latina: 13 percent
   • Two or more races: 10 percent
   • Unknown: 1 percent
   • White, Non-Hispanic: 63 percent
   • International: 5 percent
8. How many graduate students attended during fall 2024?
   
   447 graduate students.
   
   
9. How many students enrolled in the evening continuing studies programs for fall 2024?
   
   142 evening continuing studies students.
   
   
10. How many international students in total attended during fall 2024?
    
    There were 109 international students representing 44 different countries.
    
    
11. How many total students attended for fall 2024?
    
    2,459 students.
    
    
12. How many traditional undergraduate students were first-generation students for Fall 2024?
    
    613, or 33 percent, of our traditional undergraduate students self-reported as first-generation students (neither parent completed a bachelor's degree).
    
    
13. What were some of the top employers for recent Whitworth graduates?
    • Amazon
    • Deloitte LLP
    • Innovia Foundation
    • Mead School District
    • Moss Adams LLP
    • Providence Health & Services
    • Jubilant HollisterStier Laboratories
    • Spokane Public Schools
    • Washington Trust Bank
    • Verus Investments
14. What were the top schools these students attended after graduation?
    • Georgetown University School of Law
    • Duke Divinity School
    • University of Washington
    • University of Arizona
    • Whitworth University
15. What was the high school weighted grade point average for first-year students who began in 2024?
    • The weighted high school grade point average was 3.70. Twenty-seven percent of the incoming class had a grade point average of 4.00 or higher.