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WashU Medicine Facts

At WashU Medicine, we’re transforming lives and shaping the future of medicine through groundbreaking research, world-class education and unmatched patient care.

WashU Medicine at a glance (FY 2025)

  • Founded 1891
  • LocationSt. Louis, MO

Financial overview

  • Revenue$3.7B
  • Fee-for-service revenue$1.5B
  • Private-source gifts and grants$524.7M
Polina Lishko, PhD, a Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology and BJC Investigator, works with Qingwei Niu, DBBS student, at the BJC Institute of Health at Washington University School of Medicine

Research

With more than $1.6 billion in annual research support and ranked #2 in NIH funding — the nation’s benchmark for research excellence — WashU Medicine examines illness from every angle, transforming discoveries into innovative therapies and pioneering cures.

  • Faculty research grants and contracts$951M
  • NIH funding$675.2M
  • Clinical trials2,500+
  • Lab space1.4M square feet

Education

At WashU Medicine, future medical leaders work alongside the greatest minds in medicine, playing a vital role in the future of health care. Here, knowledge is passed down — and pushed forward.

  • MD, MD/PhD 653
  • Applied Health Behavior4
  • Audiology & Communication Sciences76
  • Biomedical Informatics28
  • Biostatistics25
  • Clinical Investigation62
  • Genetic Counseling12
  • Medical Physics26
  • Nursing Science10
  • Occupational Therapy144
  • Physical Therapy251
  • Population Health Sciences19

Total students1,310

  • Division of Biology & Biomedical Sciences (DBBS)806

DBBS is a graduate educational consortium of 730+ faculty affiliated with 39 departments across WashU Medicine, the School of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. Most of the students do their training on the Medical Campus.

MD Program 2025-26

  • Students receiving scholarship support85%
  • Residency match rate (vs. 93.5% nationally)98.5%
  • First-year applicants6,138
  • First-year students enrolled123
  • MD93
  • MD/PhD30
William Chapman Jr., MD, resident Felicia Zhang, MD, and the care team perform a reverse ileostomy procedure.
Jonathan Williams, MD, tests a patient with an EEG.

Clinical care

WashU Medicine puts an entire institution of medical excellence behind every patient’s care. Our clinical practice, WashU Medicine physicians, is consistently ranked in the top five nationally.

  • Providers3,800+
  • Clinical sites200+
  • Specialties and subspecialties101
  • Uncompensated care$148,201,387
  • Total patient visits2,953,061
  • Outpatient visits1,898,728
  • Inpatient visits1,054,333

Faculty achievements

As scientists, physicians and experts in policy and public health, our 3,100 faculty members are committed mentors and collaborators​, recognized nationally and globally as leaders in their fields.

  • Nobel laureates19
  • Patent filings442
  • Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences16
  • Elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine28
  • Individual and/or institutional career development awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)118
  • Investigators with NIH MERIT status18
  • Career development awards from non-federal agencies76
A portrait of Will Ross, MD, is unveiled after a lecture by Robert Hoover, MD

People

  • Faculty3,094
  • Staff11,606
  • Residents and clinical fellows1,445
  • Postdocs707

Total people16,852

  • Departments21
  • Alumni27,130