"In an email to Student Life, the institution's independent student newspaper, David Gray, executive vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer (CFO), said the total cost of the project was set to reach upwards of $265 million over at least seven years, roughly $16,000 per student. The student newspaper said the Workday project was broken down into $81 million for financial and human resources services (HCM), $98.9 million for the student application called Sunrise, and $56.5 million for planning, data integration, and financial aid."
"The project started with HCM in 2018, which went live in 2021. The student application started planning in 2020 and went live in 2024 and 2025. "The legacy student information system was in its last phase of life. It was a 1990s era set of fragile, homegrown applications including WebSTAC, WebFAC, SIS Admin and other platforms. With the transition, the University replaced nearly 80 separate student systems with Workday," Gray told the newspaper."
Washington University in St. Louis is spending almost $266 million on a Workday implementation projected over at least seven years, about $16,000 per student. The costs include $81 million for financial and human resources (HCM), $98.9 million for the student application Sunrise, $56.5 million for planning, data integration, and financial aid, $23.8 million for 2026 support, and $5.7 million for annual licensing. HCM work began in 2018 and went live in 2021; the student application planning began in 2020 and went live in 2024 and 2025. Students protested demanding financial transparency and raised concerns about job losses. The university replaced nearly 80 legacy student systems with Workday.
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