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Western Washington University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Bellingham, WA
Population 230,000
Website http://www.wwu.edu/
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 13,574
Men / Women 43% / 57%
White 67%
Hispanic 11%
Mixed 7%
Asian 6%
Black 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%
From State 84%
From Region 4%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 48%
Business & Economics 13%
Life & Natural Sciences 8%
Arts 6%
Education 6%
Health Sciences 6%
Computer Science 5%
Physical Sciences & Math 5%
Engineering 2%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,582
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $28,707
Est. In-State Cost $12,395
Est. Out-of-State Cost $37,135
10-Year ROI $176,000
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 40%
6-Year Graduation Rate 65%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Weather

Comfortable Days 130 (95% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 2,169 (5% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (9% ☔)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 80%
Yield (Unbound) 23%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $3M #205
Life & Natural Sciences $10M #244
Engineering, Computing & Math $2M #285
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Humanities & Social Sciences 15 #413
Life & Natural Sciences 9 #476

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 600 (4%)

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 11%
SAT Range 1190 – 1340
SAT Math Range 560 – 680
SAT RW Range 590 – 710
ACT Range 24 – 31

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business and Economics 318 61% / 39% 5% $76,230 95%
Accounting 49 — 59% / 41% 6% $76,780 88 94%
Business Analytics 19 — 68% / 32% 5% $80,207 90 —
Business Management and Administration 56 — 41% / 59% 5% $80,761 91 94%
Finance 35 — 80% / 20% 6% $75,026 87 96%
International Business 22 — 73% / 27% 0% $65,149 77 90%
Management Information Systems and Statistics 34 — 68% / 32% 9% $87,563 94 96%
Marketing 93 +2 56% / 44% 2% $70,846 83 96%
Operations Management 10 — 90% / 10% 10% $80,761 91 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Humanities and Social Sciences 1,287 32% / 68% 1% $51,871 92%
Business Economics 23 +1 65% / 35% 4% $74,441 86 93%
Economics 25 — 68% / 32% 0% $74,441 86 93%
American Studies 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $40,794 18 80%
Anthropology 44 +2 16% / 84% 0% $46,798 35 88%
Anthropology 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $46,798 35 88%
Archaeology 19 +1 42% / 58% 0% $37,478 12 85%
Chinese 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $53,504 54 —
Creative Writing 120 +7 28% / 72% 0% $38,281 13 93%
East Asian Studies 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $40,794 18 80%
English 65 +2 31% / 69% 0% $48,283 39 92%
Environmental Science and Policy 107 — 34% / 66% 0% $54,496 57 94%
Ethnic Studies 16 +6 12% / 88% 6% $42,258 22 —
Foreign Languages — — — — $54,081 56 —
French 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $59,430 67 96%
Geography 5 — 80% / 20% 0% $54,097 56 93%
German 5 +2 60% / 40% 0% $53,431 54 —
History 68 +2 60% / 40% 0% $45,193 30 92%
Japanese 11 +2 45% / 55% 0% $53,157 53 —
Journalism 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $52,942 53 97%
Journalism 37 +3 38% / 62% 0% $52,942 53 97%
Latin American Studies 2 +3 0% / 100% 0% $40,794 18 80%
Linguistics 28 +3 25% / 75% 0% $41,342 20 89%
Philosophy 19 +2 79% / 21% 11% $38,501 13 95%
Political Science 77 +6 48% / 52% 0% $56,069 60 92%
Religion/Religious Studies 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $45,367 31 —
Sociology 111 +3 16% / 84% 1% $48,943 41 94%
Spanish 22 +11 18% / 82% 0% $59,430 67 96%
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 100 +1 35% / 65% 2% $56,134 60 93%
Bilingual and Multilingual Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $66,030 78 —
Biology Teacher Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Chemistry Teacher Education — — — — $66,067 78 —
Early Childhood Education 10 — 0% / 100% 0% $68,556 81 94%
Elementary Education 20 — 5% / 95% 0% $68,556 81 94%
English Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
History Teacher Education 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Mathematics Teacher Education 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 12 — 75% / 25% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Social Science Teacher Education 12 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Spanish Language Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Special Education 99 — 12% / 88% 0% $66,702 79 86%
Art Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Art History 13 +2 8% / 92% 0% $41,889 21 91%
Art/Art Studies 64 +2 19% / 81% 0% $41,889 21 91%
Dance 6 — 0% / 100% 0% $35,960 9 —
Design and Visual Communications 19 — 37% / 63% 0% $64,470 76 93%
Industrial Design 13 — 62% / 38% 0% $64,470 76 93%
Music 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $39,419 15 92%
Music Education 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Music History, Literature, and Theory 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $39,419 15 92%
Music Performance 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $39,419 15 92%
Music Theory and Composition 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $39,419 15 92%
Theater 32 +2 34% / 66% 0% $32,409 6 94%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Science and Engineering 789 54% / 46% 2% $70,767 93%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 34 — 94% / 6% 3% $98,065 97 —
Manufacturing Engineering 18 — 94% / 6% 0% $83,608 92 96%
Materials Science & Engineering 17 — 59% / 41% 0% $90,590 95 100%
Computer Science 113 — 77% / 23% 4% $129,264 100 95%
Cybersecurity 17 +1 94% / 6% 12% $105,379 98 95%
Data Science 14 +1 86% / 14% 0% $77,525 88 —
Mathematics and Computer Science 17 — 88% / 12% 12% $71,995 84 —
Applied Mathematics 8 +1 50% / 50% 0% $66,992 79 100%
Chemistry 37 +1 54% / 46% 0% $77,595 89 97%
Geophysics and Seismology 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $56,680 62 92%
Geosciences 43 — 44% / 56% 0% $56,680 62 92%
Marine Sciences 14 — 36% / 64% 0% $57,292 63 —
Mathematics 28 — 57% / 43% 4% $77,518 88 100%
Mathematics and Statistics 6 — 100% / 0% 0% $73,295 85 —
Physics 18 — 72% / 28% 0% $62,556 73 96%
Biological and Physical Sciences 12 — 33% / 67% 0% $56,485 61 —
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 43 — 58% / 42% 0% $44,144 27 96%
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies 31 +1 52% / 48% 0% $42,232 22 96%
Geography and Environmental Studies 22 — 55% / 45% 5% $57,279 63 —
Human Services 65 +1 12% / 88% 0% $49,357 42 94%
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 10 +1 30% / 70% 0% $39,287 15 83%
Interdisciplinary Studies 109 +1 31% / 69% 0% $45,064 30 82%
Interdisciplinary Studies 50 — 36% / 64% 4% $48,524 40 93%
Sustainability Studies 56 — 52% / 48% 0% $69,377 82 100%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of the Environment 616 28% / 72% 1% $56,648 93%
Biochemistry 39 +1 46% / 54% 0% $55,230 58 94%
Biology 56 — 32% / 68% 2% $55,778 60 90%
Cellular and Molecular Biology 30 +1 37% / 63% 0% $58,814 66 90%
Environmental Studies 55 +1 24% / 76% 0% $54,496 57 94%
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 19 — 53% / 47% 0% $48,318 39 92%
Neuroscience 28 +1 21% / 79% 0% $50,478 46 100%
Communication Sciences and Disorders 31 +2 0% / 100% 0% $61,869 71 94%
Community Health and Preventive Medicine 20 — 10% / 90% 0% $66,682 79 —
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs 71 — 42% / 58% 3% $55,447 59 92%
Nursing 14 — 29% / 71% 0% $98,502 98 100%
Pre-Podiatry — — — — $66,742 79 —
Developmental and Child Psychology 11 — 9% / 91% 0% $50,647 46 —
Energy and Environmental Policy 8 — 50% / 50% 0% $55,836 60 —
Psychology 234 — 24% / 76% 2% $55,357 59 93%
⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Woodring College of Education 14 14% / 86% 0% $65,953 91%
Earth Science Teacher Education 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $65,749 77 93%
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $66,702 79 86%
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $65,749 77 93%

Rankings

Politically Correct

Protest 101 Woke to the Bone
Progressive HQ