Washington College
Chestertown, MD
Washington College is a private liberal arts college in Chestertown, Maryland, a town 10 to 35 miles from a city, with 891 undergraduates. Social sciences and biology are its signature fields: together they make up 33% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice their share across the colleges we cover. 65% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $65,518 ten years after starting.
Washington College admitted 1,664 of 2,539 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (65.5%).
- Acceptance rate
- 65.5%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $55,326
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $27,898
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 25–30
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 College is known for
Measured by the 256 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Social sciences
18.4%
of its bachelor's degrees: two and a half times the 8.0% share across the colleges we cover.
Biology
14.8%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 7.4% share across the colleges we cover.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations3714.5% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
- Biology3112.1% of degrees$55,165About the $57,214 national median
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research3011.7% of degrees$46,831−15% vs $55,012 nationally
- Psychology2710.5% of degrees$44,955−11% vs $50,706 nationally
- Political Science and Government145.5% of degrees$69,018+9% vs $63,293 nationally
- Sociology124.7% of degrees$53,799About the $52,657 national median
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
Town, 10–35 miles from a city
Chestertown, MD
Undergraduates
891
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Baccalaureate college, arts and sciences focus
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
8 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
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 College
Two things Washington College 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.
17% 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 College files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $27,898 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
65.5%
1,664 admitted of 2,539 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 605–690Math 580–655
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
25–30
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
17%
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 College?
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 College costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $55,326, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $73,314. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $27,898 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$55,326
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$73,314
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$27,898
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $73,314 full cost.
- Under $30k$17,804Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$22,722Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$25,068Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$26,760Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$33,980Typical 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
65%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
84%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$65,518
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$26,956
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 College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
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.
- Mount St. Mary's University71.9%
- University of Maryland-Baltimore County74.2%
- St. Mary's College of Maryland75.4%
- St. John's College55.2%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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