Quick Facts

ENROLLMENT - FALL 2017

• 15,915
  students
• 95%
  undergraduate students
• 57%
  female
• 87%
  resident of Washington
• 13%
  non-resident, including international students
• 25.6%
  students of color

FRESHMAN STATS - FALL 2017

• 3,114
  new freshman enrolled
• 27.8%
  new freshman enrolled are students of color
• 3.27-3.81
  middle 50% GPAs of admitted freshmen
• 1100-1290
  middle 50% SAT scores (evidence based reading and writing+math) of admitted freshmen
• 23-29
  middle 50% ACT scores of admitted freshmen
• 62%
  of freshmen enrolled with college credit

TRANSFER STATS - FALL 2017

• 1,181
  new transfer students enrolled
• 23.9%
  new transfer students enrolled are students of color
• 2.96-3.60
  middle 50% GPAs of admitted transfer students
• 70%
  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
• 82,000
  Population of Bellingham, WA

ACADEMICS

• 160+
  academic programs
• 99%
  of classes taught by faculty, not graduate assistants
• 79%
  of western's faculty hold the highest degree in their field
• 18:1
  student to faculty ratio
• 28
  is the average class size
• 73%
  of the classes have 30 or fewer students
• 4.2
  years is the average time to degree
• 110,000+
  graduates living and working around the world

RETENTION AND GRADUATION RATES

• 81%
  of the freshman class of 2016 returned in fall 2017
• 64%
  of all freshmen students who began at Western in fall 2012 graduated in 5 years or less

STUDENT LIFE

• 200+
  student clubs & organization
• 92%
  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

• 45%
  college of humanities and social sciences
• 17%
  college of business and economics
• 15%
  college of sciences and technology
• 9%
  Woodring college of education
• 6%
  college of fine and performing arts
• 6%
  Huxley college of the environment
• 3%
  Fairhaven college of interdisciplinary studies
• 3%
  general studies