Washington University in St. Louis (Washu) was founded in 1853, which was recently included in the list of Forbes Magazine 2025. Since autumn 2024, WASHu has had 47 Indian college students and approximately 450 Indian postgraduate students enrolled across STEM programs, business and public health. This represents a 34% increase in enrollment in an Indian student since 2021.
In addition, Washu’s Olin Business School and IIT Bombay have a partnership with a double degree of MBA (EMBA), which was first founded in 2015. Over the past decades, more than 200 Indian students have completed the EMBA program. Recently, Washu has teamed up with the Indian Ministry of Social Justice, which further strengthened the pipeline for exceptional Indian scholars.
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In exclusive interview Micheal Mazzeo, Dean, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis, talk about washu programs, scholarships and 100% success of Indian students.
What are the most popular programs offered by WASHU at the level of insufficient level?
• McKelvey School of Engineering: Computer Science; Engineering. Significant feature: Abet-Acredited, Research Possibilities from the first year.
• Olin Business School: Finance; Common BS. Characteristic element: Asia Pacific International InternShip program hosted in Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong.
• College of Arts & Sciences: Biology; Economy; Psychological and brain sciences. Characteristic element: Gate to the renowned preliminary path of WASHU.
• Sam Fox School (Design & Visual Arts): Architecture; Communication design. Significant feature: National Top-10 Studio Culture
What is the average annual teaching fee?
The university tuition is $ 68,240 (USD) annually, with the average estimated total participation costs – including housing and food, fees and personal expenditure – $ 98,000 per year: teaching: $ 68,240, housing and food (in the campus): $ 2338, required: 1.354, books and delivery 3,357, 3,357, 3,357, 3,357, $ 3,357.
What about scholarships?
Yes, Washington University in St. Louis offers a number of scholarships and financial assistance options for international students, including students from India. While the university is blind to US citizens, foreign students-including Indian candidates-are fully considered both for financial assistance based on needs and automatic scholarships based on merit that can cover full teaching.
Washu also offers signature scholars, such as Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program and McDonnell International Scholars Academy, which provide additional benefits, including scholarships, guidance training and cohorts.
There are also exclusive opportunities for Indian citizens, such as a scholarship for IIT Bombay-Washhu Executive MBA, and the assistance of social justice research by Wash-India in Brown School, which covers 100% teaching plus live scholarship for students who have committed themselves to equality and impact.
Washu boasts 100% of visa success for Indian students who have received Washa, permits through Gradright in the latest cycle. As?
Incoming Indian students on Washu have 100% visa success for those who have signed up with Gradright. The high visa success rate is attributed to the careful entrance process of WASHu, which identifies highly qualified students whose profiles and aspirations adapt well with both the university and the US immigrant framework, ensuring that they are well prepared for interviews with visas.
Gradright is the world’s first ED-FINTECH platform in the world to combine students, universities and banks to increase higher education and more accessible to low-and-middle and middle-income students. The use of AI and machine learning and promoting community involvement has developed Gradright platform for loans exceeding $ 4.2 billion in the last four years and offered help to more than 230,000 students from 2500 and cities throughout India. This platform has a partnership with all the main providers of education loans in India and more than 50 academic institutions across the US, Canada and Europe.
How does the university navigate the American visa dynamics that offer Indian students to understand and trust?
Through our devoted office for foreign students and scientists (OISS), the university works to support a smooth transition by issuing forms of I-20 within 48 hours of enrollment. For the added preparation of OISS, the simulated visa interviews with webinars specifically for the South Asian confession and help students feel confident and well prepared for their appointment at the embassy.
In order to further make this process more efficient, Washu participates in preliminary financial verification and accepts letters with Gradright loans as evidence of financing-an important step that allows students to plan visa faster and more efficiently.
Support continues far beyond arrival. The university retains immigration lawyers to inform students about optional practical training (OP) and the processes of the STEM-OPT extension. As a result, 92% of WASHU STEM graduates provided employment for opt -outs within 90 days of graduation, which shows the university’s commitment to postgraduate success.
WASHU graduates are known to be ready for career, customizable and focusing on purposes. What sources are available for students to be prepared for their career?
A key source is the Center for Career, which provides every student assigned career coach from the first semester. The Center also offers access to Handshake, robust work and internships and organizes programming through eight career communities specific to the industry and helps students to connect with opportunities in accordance with their goals.
Students can also participate in the WASHU CAREER CAREER COMPATIENCE COMPETICES program, which proves skills in data analysis, communication and management-Fortune 500 recruiters.
In order to make your career building experience all students, we offer occasional grants up to $ 5,000 to support unpaid or insufficiently paid internships. In 2024 alone, these scholarships received more than 600 college students, allowing them to watch meaningful career experience regardless of financial needs.
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With a global network of 650+ employers hiring WASHU graduates last year, students enter well prepared and demand for workforce. Among the last classrooms, the Median engineering company reported an initial salary of $ 78,000, while graduates Olin Business School earned more than $ 90,000.
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