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Top tier

WSU is among the nation's top 60 public research universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report 2013 rankings.

Campus locations and enrollment

Enrollment by campus*:

  Pullman   19,243  
  Spokane   1,023  
  Tri-Cities   1,054  
  Vancouver   2,347  
  WSU Online   1,143  
  Total:   24,810**  
         
*Figures represent the number of students enrolled full time, as well as part-time students enrolled in at least two-thirds of a full-time schedule.
**Students enroll at multiple campuses; the sum of all campuses does not equal the total.

2012 freshman enrollment:

  Pullman   4,079  
  Vancouver   199  
  Tri-Cities   95  
         

Entering 2012 Pullman freshmen:

  Average GPA   3.30  
  GPAs over 3.60   27.5%  
  Average SAT score   1060  
         

Student profile

Average student age (all campuses):

  Undergraduate   23  
  Graduate   31  
         

Gender (all campuses):

  Men   49%  
  Women   51%  
         

Multicultural students:

  Pullman   23%  
  Spokane   19%  
  Vancouver   19%  
  Tri-Cities   28%  
         

Where students are from (all campuses):

  In-state   85%  
  Out-of-state   11%  
  International   3%  
         

Countries represented by international students at each campus:

  Pullman   91  
  Spokane   10  
  Vancouver   8  
  Tri-Cities   7  
         
International students at Pullman: 1,774

Academic programs

Academic majors: More than 200 fields of study
Student to faculty ratio:
  • Approximately 16 to 1
WSU Online degrees and certificates
Study abroad:

1,200+ education abroad programs in 70 countries around the world

Academic units

Colleges: 11 colleges

Financial facts

Research and development expenditures:

$389.0 million (National Science Foundation, 2011)

Private support (FY 2012):

$139.7 million

Financial aid and scholarships:

$305.1 million to 20,309 students (FY 2012)

Operating budget:

$1.7 billion, 2011–13 biennium ($303.4 million from state appropriations, not including tuition and fees)

Capital budget:

$351.2 million, 2011-13 biennium

Endowment (2012):

$720.5 million ($321.4 million WSU Foundation; $399.2 million land-grant funds)

100+ years of history

The University opened its doors in 1892 as the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science with 13 collegiate and 46 preparatory students. It is now a nationally recognized research university enrolling more than 25,000 students worldwide.

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