Top tier
WSU is among the nation's top 60 public research universities, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2008 rankings.
Campus locations, enrollment
- Pullman: 17,753
- Spokane: 1,329
- Tri-Cities: 1,337
- Vancouver: 2,806
- Distance degree: 3,093
Student to faculty ratio
Approximately: 14 to 1
Academic fields
- More than 200 fields of study
- More than 100 majors
- 73 master's degree programs
- 46 doctoral degree programs
Colleges
- Eleven colleges
- Graduate School
- Center for Distance and Professional Education
Research and development expenditures
$213.3 million
(National Science Foundation, 2007)
Financial aid and scholarships
More than $207 million to 17,215 students
(FY 2008)
Private support (2008)
$143.6 million
Operating budget
$1.7 billion, 2007–09 biennium ($508.6 million is state general fund, not including tuition and fees)
Endowment (2008)
$683.2 million
($324.2 million WSU Foundation;
$359.0 million land grant funds)
System-wide student profile
- Total enrollment: 25,352*
- Average age of undergraduate students: 23
- Average age of graduate students: 31
- Enrollment: 47% men, 53% women
- Enrollment: 83% in-state students, 12% out-of-state students, 5% international students
- Multicultural students (excluding international students): 15%
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*Students enroll at multiple campuses; the sum of all campuses does not equal the total. Fall 2008 data
Undergraduates: 21,149
Graduate students: 3,396
Professional students: 807
