Top Ranked Programs
Washington University In St Louis's program mix is anchored in Business, with significant depth in quantitative social sciences, engineering, and applied health fields. Computer Science is the largest program with 205 graduates, followed by Research Psychology (189 graduates), Finance (181 graduates), Economics (105 graduates), and Anthropology (91 graduates). Across 56 programs serving roughly 2,376 students annually, 16 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. Business accounts for 19% of degree output, Social Sciences for 13%, and Engineering for 10%, giving the institution a business-and-social-science-forward identity with STEM breadth. Computer Science combines the largest cohort with strong earnings, making it the program that contributes most to the institution's aggregate financial outcomes. Azimuth ranks Computer Science #21 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $177,066. Azimuth ranks Finance #2 nationally for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with 181 graduates earning $185,551 — the highest four-year earnings at the institution. Azimuth ranks Economics #38 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $102,439. These rankings reflect concentrated strength in applied quantitative and technical fields where Azimuth's evaluation rewards both cohort scale and earnings performance. The earnings pattern at Washington University In St Louis splits along predictable lines. Finance, Computer Science, and Research Psychology are high-mobility pathways where graduates enter the national labor market directly and four-year earnings reflect actual workforce outcomes. Economics and Anthropology are more likely grad-school-dependent pathways where four-year earnings undercount lifetime trajectory because a meaningful share of graduates continue to medical, law, or doctoral programs.