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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*
  • Undergraduates: 21,149
    Graduate students: 3,396
    Professional students: 807
  • 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%
  • *Students enroll at multiple campuses; the sum of all campuses does not equal the total. Fall 2008 data
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