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 2022, 80.4 percent returned fall 2023.
   
   
2. What is the six-year graduation rate for the first-year students who began in fall 2017?
   
   For the 504 first-year students who began in fall 2017, 68.1 percent of them graduated from Whitworth in six years or less.
   
   
3. How many undergraduate degrees were awarded in the 2022-23 academic year?
   
   610 undergraduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
   
   
4. How many graduate degrees were awarded in the 2022-23 academic year?
   
   168 graduate degrees were awarded between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023.
   
   
5. What percentage of incoming first-year students who began in fall 2022 received some form of grant or scholarship?
   
   100 percent.
   
   
6. What academic departments had the most student majors in fall 2023?
   • Health Science: 330 students
   • School of Business: 314 students
   • School of Education: 242
   • Math & Computer Science: 185 students
   • Biology: 162 students
   • Psychology: 161 students
7. What was the ethnic/racial makeup of Whitworth's traditional undergraduate students in fall 2023?
   • American/Alaskan Native: <1 percent
   • Asian: 4 percent
   • Black, African American: 3 percent
   • Hawaiian/Pacific Island: 2 percent
   • Hispanic/Latino/Latina: 13 percent
   • Two or more races: 10 percent
   • Unknown: 10, <1 percent
   • White, Non-Hispanic: 64 percent
   • International: 5 percent
8. How many graduate students attended during fall 2023?
   
   407 graduate students.
   
   
9. How many students enrolled in the evening continuing studies programs for fall 2023?
   
   168 evening continuing studies students.
   
   
10. How many international students in total attended during fall 2023?
    
    There were 106 international students representing 45 different countries.
    
    
11. How many total students attended for fall 2023?
    
    2,515 students.
    
    
12. How many traditional undergraduate students were first-generation students?
    
    653, or 34 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?
    • Baylor University
    • Gonzaga University
    • Princeton Theological Seminary
    • 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 2023?
    • The weighted high school grade point average was 3.69. Twenty-seven percent of the incoming class had a grade point average of 4.00 or higher.