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 2024, 83.6 percent returned fall 2025.
   
   
2. What is the six-year graduation rate for incoming first-year students?
   
   For the 681 first-year students who began in fall 2019, 66.7 percent of them graduated from Whitworth in six years or less.
   
   
3. How many undergraduate degrees were awarded in the past academic year?
   
   486 undergraduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
   
   
4. How many graduate degrees were awarded in the past academic year?
   
   204 graduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
   
   
5. What percentage of incoming first-year students who began in fall 2025 received some form of grant or scholarship?
   
   100 percent.
   
   
6. What academic departments had the most student majors in fall 2025?
   • School of Business: 377 students
   • Health Science: 315 students
   • School of Education: 253
   • Psychology: 161 students
   • Biology: 156 students
   • Math & Computer Science: 137 students
7. What was the ethnic/racial makeup of Whitworth's traditional undergraduate students in fall 2025?
   • American/Alaskan Native: <1 percent
   • Asian: 4 percent
   • Black, African American: 2 percent
   • Hawaiian/Pacific Island: 1 percent
   • Hispanic/Latino/Latina: 14 percent
   • Two or more races: 10 percent
   • Unknown: 1 percent
   • White, Non-Hispanic: 64 percent
   • International: 4 percent
8. How many graduate students attended during fall 2025?
   
   373 graduate students.
   
   
9. How many students enrolled in the evening continuing studies programs for fall 2025?
   
   139 evening continuing studies students.
   
   
10. How many international students in total attended during fall 2025?
    
    There were 82 international students representing 37 different countries.
    
    
11. How many total students attended for fall 2025?
    
    2,419 students.
    
    
12. How many traditional undergraduate students were first-generation students for Fall 2025?
    
    671, or 35 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 Whitworth graduates 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 2025?
    • The weighted high school grade point average was 3.74. Thirty percent of the incoming class had a grade point average of 4.00 or higher.