Washington Adventist University
Takoma Park, MD
Washington Adventist University is a private, Seventh-day Adventist university in Takoma Park, Maryland, a suburb of a large city, with 452 undergraduates. Health professions and liberal arts are its signature fields: together they make up 53% of its bachelor's degrees, about five times their share across the colleges we cover. 29% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $64,249 ten years after starting.
Washington Adventist University admitted 767 of 1,691 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (45.4%).
- Acceptance rate
- 45.4%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $26,604
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $18,526
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- Reading 400–590 · Math 400–510
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Washington Adventist University is known for
Measured by the 131 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
45.0%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
Liberal arts
8.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: about five times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing4332.8% of degrees$94,173+6% vs $88,910 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations1713.0% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities118.4% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology118.4% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Biology86.1% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Health and Medical Administrative Services75.3% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Suburb of a large city
Takoma Park, MD
Undergraduates
452
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, small programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
9 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
15%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Washington Adventist University
Two things Washington Adventist University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
30% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 3% sent an ACT. Washington Adventist University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $18,526 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
45.4%
767 admitted of 1,691 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 400–590Math 400–510
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
30%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
3%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Washington Adventist University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Washington Adventist University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $26,604, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $34,309. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $18,526 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$26,604
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$34,309
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$18,526
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $34,309 full cost.
- Under $30k$17,534Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$15,160Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$19,311Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$22,090Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$21,480Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
29%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
64%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$64,249
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$30,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Washington Adventist University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Essayconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Maryland
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of Maryland-College Park45%
- Coppin State University49.6%
- St. John's College55.2%
- Washington College65.5%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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