Also known as

  • UW-Seattle, UDub, UW, Washington

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
15,546
52.0% Female
48.0% Male

Institution Overview

System
University of Washington

School Type
Public

Region
Far West AK CA HI NV OR WA

Academic Calendar
Quarter

Setting
City: Large

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes

Total # of Programs
626

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
244
Doctoral Research
142
Doctoral Professional
4
Distance
9

Degrees Offered

Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Other Doctor's
Certificate Offered

Post-master's

Student Body

Demographics
0.57%
American Indian or Alaska Native
11.51%
Asian
2.35%
Black or African American
5.61%
Hispanic or Latino
0.20%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
56.34%
White
3.40%
Two or more races
3.64%
Unknown
16.38%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$85

Admissions Office Web Address
admit.washington.edu/admission/

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$15,207

Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$27,255

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes

Occupational
No

Continuing Professional
Yes

Recreational or avocational
No

Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
244
Master's (Distance)
8
Doctor's Degree Research
142
Doctor's Degree Professional
4
Doctor's Degree Other
5
Post Master's Certificate
1

Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Acting Master's Degree Yes No
Advanced General Dentistry Master's Degree Yes No
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master's Degree Yes No
Animal Physiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Apparel and Textiles, General Master's Degree Yes No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's Degree Yes Yes
Architectural History and Criticism, General Master's Degree Yes No
Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Architecture and Related Services, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Area Studies, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Art/Art Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Artificial Intelligence Master's Degree Yes No
Astronomy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Audiology/Audiologist Doctoral – Other Yes No
Auditing Master's Degree Yes No
Biochemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biology Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biometry/Biometrics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biostatistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biotechnology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics Master's Degree Yes No
Ceramic Sciences and Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chinese Studies Master's Degree Yes No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Clinical Psychology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Communication Sciences and Disorders, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Community Health and Preventive Medicine Master's Degree Yes No
Community Organization and Advocacy Master's Degree Yes No
Comparative and Laboratory Animal Medicine Master's Degree Yes No
Comparative Law Master's Degree Yes No
Comparative Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Conducting Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Dance, General Master's Degree Yes No
Dental Clinical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Dentistry Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Design and Visual Communications, General Master's Degree Yes No
Dietetics/Dietitian Master's Degree Yes No
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia Master's Degree Yes No
Directing and Theatrical Production Master's Degree Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
East Asian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Education, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Educational Administration and Supervision, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Elementary Education and Teaching Master's Degree Yes No
Endodontics/Endodontology Master's Degree Yes No
Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Engineering, Other Master's Degree Yes No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
English/Language Arts Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Health Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Environmental Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Epidemiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts Master's Degree Yes No
Finance, General Master's Degree Yes No
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Foreign Language Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Forest Engineering Doctoral – Research Yes No
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Forest Resources Production and Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Forest Sciences and Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Forestry, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
French Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Genetics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Genetics, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Geography Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Geophysics and Seismology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General Master's Degree Yes No
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator Master's Degree Yes No
Health Law Master's Degree Yes No
Health Services Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management Master's Degree Yes No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
History, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Housing and Human Environments, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Human Computer Interaction Master's Degree Yes No
Human Services, General Master's Degree Yes No
Human/Medical Genetics Master's Degree Yes No
Immunology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Industrial and Product Design Master's Degree Yes No
Industrial Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Information Science/Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Information Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
International Business, Trade, and Tax Law Master's Degree Yes No
International Business/Trade/Commerce Master's Degree Yes No
International Economics Master's Degree Yes No
International Law and Legal Studies Master's Degree Yes No
International Public Health/International Health Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
International Relations and Affairs Master's Degree Yes No
Italian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Japanese Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Jazz/Jazz Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Keyboard Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Korean Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Law Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Learning Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Legal Professions and Studies, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Library and Information Science Master's Degree Yes Yes
Library Science, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Management Information Systems, General Master's Degree Yes No
Management Science Master's Degree Yes No
Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Marketing/Marketing Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Materials Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematical Statistics and Probability Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Medical Informatics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist Master's Degree Yes No
Medical Scientist Master's Degree Yes No
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Medicine Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Metallurgical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Microbiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Mining and Mineral Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Museology/Museum Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Music History, Literature, and Theory Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music Performance, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music Teacher Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music Theory and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Musicology and Ethnomusicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Nanotechnology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Natural Resources Conservation and Research, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Natural Resources Management and Policy Master's Degree Yes No
Near and Middle Eastern Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Neurobiology and Anatomy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Nuclear Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Nursing Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Nursing Practice Doctoral – Other Yes No
Nursing Science Doctoral – Research Yes No
Nutrition Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Occupational Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree Yes No
Oceanography, Chemical and Physical Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Orthodontics/Orthodontology Master's Degree Yes No
Orthotist/Prosthetist Master's Degree Yes No
Painting Master's Degree Yes No
Pathology/Experimental Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Master's Degree Yes No
Percussion Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Periodontics/Periodontology Master's Degree Yes No
Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pharmacology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pharmacy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs Master's Degree Yes No
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Philosophy, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Photography Master's Degree Yes No
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching Master's Degree Yes No
Physical Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Physician Assistant Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Physics, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Plant Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Political Science and Government, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Master's Degree Yes No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Administration Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Health, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Health, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree Yes No
Real Estate Development Master's Degree Yes No
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursin Master's Degree Yes No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Rehabilitation Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Religion/Religious Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Russian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Scandinavian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
School Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Sculpture Master's Degree Yes No
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Social Studies Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Social Work Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Social Work, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Soil Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
South Asian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Southeast Asian Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Spanish and Iberian Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Spanish Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree Yes No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Stringed Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Structural Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Tax Law/Taxation Master's Degree Yes No
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels Master's Degree Yes No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master's Degree Yes No
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Theatre Literature, History and Criticism Doctoral – Research Yes No
Transportation and Highway Engineering Master's Degree Yes Yes
Urban Forestry Master's Degree Yes No
Urban Studies/Affairs Master's Degree Yes No
Visual and Performing Arts, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Voice and Opera Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Women's Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Youth Services/Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Zoology/Animal Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 6,017 3,569 2,448 0
With faculty status 3,759 3,569 190 0
Tenured 1,928 1,928 0 0
On tenure track 626 626 0 0
Not on tenure track 1,205 1,015 190 0
Multi-year contract 471 281 190 0
Annual contract 689 689 0 0
Less-than annual contract 45 45 0 0
Without faculty status 2,258 0 2,258 0

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Teaching
Research
Management Occupations

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes

Medical Degree Offered?
Yes

Institution Has a Hospital?
Yes

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$15,207

Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$27,255

Financial aid office web address
www.washington.edu/students/osfa/

Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes

Typical Room & Board Charge
$11,310

Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$15,207$27,255
Full time Fees$1,071$1,071
Part time, per credit hour$724$1,298

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Dentistry $42,423 $1,071 $65,412 $1,071
Law $30,891 $1,071 $43,053 $1,071
Medicine $32,688 $1,071 $63,123 $1,071
Pharmacy $27,291 $1,071 $49,215 $1,071

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes

Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No

Prepaid Tuition Plan
Yes

Tuition Payment Plan
No

Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
15,546
52.0% Female
48.0% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.57%
American Indian or Alaska Native
11.51%
Asian
2.35%
Black or African American
5.61%
Hispanic or Latino
0.20%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
56.34%
White
3.40%
Two or more races
3.64%
Unknown
16.38%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 36 52
Asian 799 991
Black Or African American 183 183
Hispanic Or Latino 369 503
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 10 21
Non-resident Alien 1,373 1,173
White 4,170 4,589
Two Or More Races 232 296
Unknown 288 278

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
Yes

On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesNo
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
1400 NE Campus Parkway
Seattle, WA 98195-4550

Phone
206-543-2100



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