Quick Facts

Enrollment (Fall 2018)

• 16,121
  students
• 95%
  undergraduate students
• 57%
  female
• 87%
  resident of Washington
• 13%
  non-resident, including international students
• 26%
  students of color

First-Year Students (Fall 2018)

• 3,147
  new first-year students enrolled
• 29.2%
  new first-year students enrolled are students of color
• 28.8%
  new first-year students enrolled are first generation students
• 3.29-3.83
  middle 50% GPAs of admitted first-year students
• 1100-1300
  middle 50% SAT scores (evidence based reading and writing+math) of admitted first-year students
• 23-29
  middle 50% ACT scores of admitted first-year students
• 64%
  of first-year students enrolled with college credit

Transfer (Fall 2018)

• 1,165
  new transfer students enrolled
• 23.7%
  new transfer students enrolled are students of color
• 40.1%
  new transfer students enrolled are first generation students
• 2.96-3.60
  middle 50% GPAs of admitted transfer students
• 72.8%
  of enrolled transfer students come directly from a state community college led by Whatcom, Skagit, Bellevue, Everett, and Pierce colleges

Location

• 55
  miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia
• 90
  miles north of Seattle, Washington
• 0.8
  miles to downtown Bellingham
• 52
  miles to Mount Baker ski area
• 180
  acres of forest and 6 miles of trails adjacent to campus
• 89,000
  Population of Bellingham, WA

Academics

• 175+
  academic programs
• 99%
  of classes taught by faculty, not graduate assistants
• 74%
  of Western's faculty hold the highest degree in their field
• 18:1
  student to faculty ratio
• 27
  is the average class size
• 74%
  of the classes have 30 or fewer students
• 4.3
  years is the average time to degree
• 115,000+
  graduates living and working around the world

Retention and Graduation Rates

• 81%
  of the first-year class of 2017 returned in Fall 2018
• 63%
  of all freshmen students who began at Western in Fall 2012 graduated in 5 years or less

Student Life

• 250+
  student clubs & organization
• 88%
  of freshmen live on campus their first year
• 8
  conference championships in the great northwest athletic conference (gnac): women's soccer and volleyball, men's track & field (indoor & outdoor), men's and women's basketball and golf

Undergraduate Degrees

• 41%
  College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• 18%
  College of Business and Economics
• 16%
  College of Science and Engineering
• 10%
  Woodring College of Education
• 5%
  College of Fine and Performing Arts
• 8%
  Huxley College of the Environment
• 2%
  Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
• 1%
  General Studies