Western Washington University College Portrait
Western Washington University516 High Street Bellingham, WA 98225-9009
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- Students
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- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at WWU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at WWU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at WWU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
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WWU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 21 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 61% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 84% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 501 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 46% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 13% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 80% |
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Campus-based Housing
92% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
29% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Safety at Western is everyone’s responsibility. From our residence hall staff to our commissioned police officers, Western puts the safety and well-being of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors first. The University Police Department has primary responsibility for law enforcement on campus. They operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to provide a safe, secure, and accessible educational environment. Blue emergency phones located throughout campus are a direct contact to campus police. Access to campus residence halls is restricted. During the academic year, a student security patrol – known as Greencoats – assists campus police by securing campus buildings and providing safety escorts on campus. Western has a comprehensive emergency response plan that is regularly reviewed and updated, and an emergency notification system that provides health and safety emergency information via e-mail, the web, and cell phone text messaging.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Arts & sciences plus professions, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate comprehensive