The UW is a multi-campus university comprising UW Tacoma and UW Bothell, as well as a world-class academic medical center.
ShareThe UW Seattle campus has 16 colleges and schools and offers 1,800 undergraduate courses each quarter.
ShareIn the last year, the UW conferred more than 15,000 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional degrees.
ShareOur award-winning faculty includes two National Book Award Winners, two Pulitzer Prize winners, five National Medal of Science winners, six Nobel Prize winners and 15 MacArthur Fellows.
Share53,072 students were enrolled at the UW in the fall of 2013 (includes non-matriculated students).
ShareThe UW has 13,177 graduate students that consist of 48% men, 52% women, 29.4% Asian Americans, 15.7% underrepresented minorities and 11.8% international students.
ShareThe University of Washington has the #1 School of Medicine in training primary-care physicians, family medicine and rural medicine – U.S. News & World Report
ShareThe University of Washington was ranked the #1 Coolest School in America - Greenest College, Sierra Club
ShareThe University of Washington was ranked the #25 Best University in the World, fourth among U.S. public universities – The Times of London
ShareIn 2014, the UW ranked No. 2 in U.S. Peace Corps volunteers, with 85 alumni serving around the world.
ShareThe UW’s K-12 Institute pairs local teachers with UW researchers for exciting collaborative projects that bring K-12 students to campus and send UW scientists into schools.
ShareThe Husky Promise is the University’s pledge to cover the cost of tuition for academically-qualified Washington state students who otherwise could not afford to attend.
ShareEach year, about 58 percent of UW undergraduates receive some form of financial aid totaling over $386 million, of which about $254 million was in the form of scholarships, grants and waivers, while $132 million comprised loan and work study aid.
ShareHalf of all UW undergraduates graduate with zero debt. In 2012, those who did borrow graduated with an average debt load of $20,794, compared to the national public four‐year average of $25,000.
ShareThe Center for Commercialization (C4C) launched a record 17 new start‐ups in FY13 based on UW research technologies, marking the UW’s single most productive year for start‐up formation. In addition, 90 patents were awarded in FY13, and more than 80 ventures are currently in the C4C New Ventures startup pipeline.
ShareThe UW is the third largest employer in Washington state, following Boeing and Microsoft driving nearly 70,000 jobs in our state. The UW now has over 30,200 benefits eligible faculty and staff and over 4,400 benefits-eligible graduate student employees.
ShareNearly 75 percent of UW graduates remain in Washington after graduation, thus providing the state a well-educated workforce and positively contributing to the state’s economy.
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