How much does Walla Walla University really cost?
A clear guide to the real cost: net price by income, tuition, scholarships and financial aid.
Walla Walla University is a private university in College Place, WA. A family earning under $30,000 pays $17,833 a year on average after grants and aid (IPEDS 2022–23 net price).
What Walla Walla University really costs, by family income
Admission, cost and graduation: three facts and three steps
- Admission: Walla Walla University has open admission per IPEDS (IPEDS 2023 admit rate). BCA guidance: review requirements and deadlines, and build a balanced list of options (safety, match and reach).
- Cost: A family earning under $30,000 pays $17,833 a year on average after grants and aid (IPEDS 2022–23 net price). BCA guidance: file the FAFSA on time and compare the net price of several options before deciding.
- Graduation: About 63 % graduate within six years (IPEDS graduation rate). BCA guidance: confirm the funding covers every year of the program and check your major's graduation rate, not just the overall one.
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What Walla Walla University really looks at to admit (per its Common Data Set)
What it DOES consider
- GPA
What it does NOT consider
- ×Course rigor
- ×Test scores (SAT/ACT)
- ×Application essay
- ×Recommendation letters
- ×Activities & leadership
- ×Character & personal qualities
- ×Special talent or ability
- ×Being first-generation
- ×Interview
- ×Alumni relation (legacy)
- ×Demonstrated interest
- ×Work experience
- ×Volunteer work
- ×Class rank
- ×State of residence
- ×Region of the country
The plan: what to do by grade level
9th–10th grade
Build the base: challenging classes, a solid GPA, deep activities and study habits.
11th grade
Strategy: check the institution's current SAT/ACT policy and send them only if they add; build a balanced list of options, start your essays and prepare scholarships and the FAFSA.
12th grade
Execution: meet deadlines, finish essays and letters, submit the FAFSA, apply and compare aid offers.
If already applied
Understand the aid letters, compare the real net price across options and confirm funding for every year.
Sticker and net price
The published cost of attendance is $45,963 a year (IPEDS 2023–24). The net price —what families actually pay after grants and aid— is the figure the income table compares. They are two different numbers.
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to attend Walla Walla University?
It depends on your family's income. The published cost of attendance is $45,963 a year (IPEDS 2023–24). What families actually pay, after grants and aid, is in the income table above.
How much does a low-income family pay on average at Walla Walla University?
A family earning under $30,000 pays $17,833 a year on average after grants and aid (IPEDS 2022–23 net price). Compare that net price with other options.
Are there Latino students at Walla Walla University?
About 23 % of its students are Hispanic or Latino (total enrollment, fall 2023).
Do students finish at Walla Walla University?
About 63 % graduate within six years (IPEDS graduation rate).
Does this aid apply to mixed-status families or students without an SSN?
It depends on the institution and the state. Ask the institution's financial aid office and the state's student aid agency directly.
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For families with high school students
Sources & methodology
- IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education / NCES (net price by income, admissions, cost, graduation, demographics).
- Common Data Set 2023-24 (section C7, admission factors).
- The university's official net price calculator.
- Net price: IPEDS 2022-23 (SFA2223)
- Graduation: IPEDS 2017 cohort, 150% of time (GR2023)
- Pell Grant: IPEDS 2022-23 (SFA2223)
- Demographics: IPEDS fall 2023 (EF2023A)
Data definitions
- Admit rate
- Open admission: the institution reports to IPEDS that it admits every applicant who meets minimum requirements (IC2023, OPENADMP = Yes); IPEDS publishes no ADM2023 rate for it.
- Graduation rate
- Share of the adjusted 2017 cohort of full-time, first-time bachelor's-degree-seeking undergraduates who earned a bachelor's degree within 150% of normal time, that is, six years (IPEDS GR2023, BAGR150).
- Hispanic or Latino students
- Share of total enrollment reported as Hispanic or Latino (IPEDS EF2023A, fall 2023).
- Pell Grant
- Share of undergraduates awarded a Pell Grant, the federal grant for low-income students (IPEDS SFA2223, 2022–23).
- Net price by family income
- Average paid, after grants and aid, by full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates awarded Title IV federal aid (IPEDS SFA2223, 2022–23, NPT4x2).
- Average net price (all incomes)
- Average paid, after grants and aid, by full-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates who were awarded grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, state or local government, or the institution (IPEDS SFA2223, 2022–23, NPGRN2).
- Published cost of attendance
- Tuition, fees, books, room and board and other expenses for full-time, first-time undergraduates living on campus (IPEDS IC2023_AY, 2023–24).