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Students

16,142 students
3,116 new freshmen
1,155 new transfer students
714 graduate students
96% undergraduates
57.5% female
87% resident of Washington
13% non-resident, including international students
26.9% students of color
88% of first-year students live on campus their first year
64% of first-year students enrolled with college credit
74.2% of new transfer students come directly from Washington state community colleges, led by Whatcom, Skagit, Bellevue, Everett and Pierce community colleges

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 classes have fewer than 30 students
3.27 – 3.84 High School GPA (middle 50% of admitted first-year students)
1090-1300 SAT score (middle 50% of admitted first-year students)
22-29 ACT score (middle 50% of admitted first-year students)
2.94 – 3.63 College GPA (middle 50% of admitted transfer students)
82% of the first-year class of 2018 returned in fall 2019
63% of all first-year students who began at Western in fall 2013 graduated in 5 years or less
68.1% six-year graduation rate
4.3 years is the average time to degree for first-year students who began at Western
115,000+ graduates living and working around the world