University Of Washington-Seattle Campus

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The University of Washington, also known as UW, is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, the university is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education in the West Coast.

The UW Seattle campus covers 643 acres. It also has branch campuses in Tacoma and Bothell.

UW offers more than 250 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees within 150 department programs through the following academic divisions:

• College of Architecture and Urban Planning
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Forest Resources
• College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences
• Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs
• Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
• Information School
• Michael G. Foster School of Business
• School of Dentistry
• School of Law
• School of Medicine
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy
• School of Public Health and Community Medicine
• School of Social Work
• The Graduate School

The university operates and manages two major medical centers: UW Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center. The university receives more federal research funding than any other public university in the nation.

The 2008 Academic Ranking of World Universities placed UW 16th among the world's top universities. UW ranked 41 out of 130 Tier 1 National Universities in a recent U.S. News & World Report ranking; 20 of its graduate programs ranked in the top 20, and 15 ranked in the top 10 of the magazine's rankings.

UW's sports teams are known as the Washington Huskies. They participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I-A and in the Pacific Ten Conference. Teams include football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, tennis, track & field, rowing, swimming and golf.

Famous alumni include Henry M. Jackson, U.S. Representative, Senator, chair of Democratic National Committee; Jeannette Rankin, first female member of U.S. Congress; Tom Foley, Speaker of the House; Fouad Ajami, director, Middle East Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University; Linda B. Buck, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine; William C. Dement, founding president of the American Sleep Disorders Association (now American Academy of Sleep Medicine); Michael P. Anderson, NASA astronaut, crew member in Space Shuttle Columbia disaster; Minoru Yamasaki, architect, designed World Trade Center; William and Mary Maxwell Gates, philanthropists, parents of Bill Gates; Timothy Egan, journalist; Beverly Cleary, National Book Award-winning children's fiction writer; Mark Brunell, NFL quarterback, Washington Redskins; Bob Houbregs, only Washington alumnus in Basketball Hall of Fame; Kenny G., popular smooth-jazz saxophonist; actor Dyan Cannon; and Angus Bowmer, founder, Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in religion and philosophy, science, liberal arts, conservation and resource management, drama and performing arts, mathematics, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Quarter.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Washington Seattle participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 57% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 39,675 in 2009-2010 (42,901 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 63% of enrolled students and graduate students are 37%.

Students under 25 years old represent 67% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Washington Seattle provides on-campus housing for 6,667 of its 42,901 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Pacific-10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 217 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 169 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Washington Seattle offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

(1 awarded)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (190 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (120 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,229 awarded)

• Accounting
• Auditing
• Business Administration and Management
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (355 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (179 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies
• Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forestry
• Urban Forestry
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management
• Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

DESIGN (46 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (104 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (288 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (872 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (388 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (86 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
• Metal and Jewelry Arts
• Painting
• Sculpture

LAW (330 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
• Legal Studies
• Tax Law/Taxation (LLM, JSD/SJD)

LIBERAL ARTS (3,085 awarded)

• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Chinese Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Danish Language and Literature
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• French Studies
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• German Studies
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Italian Studies
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Japanese Studies
• Korean Language and Literature
• Korean Studies
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Library Science
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Middle/Near Eastern/Semitic Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Norwegian Language and Literature
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Russian Studies
• Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Scandinavian Studies
• Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• South Asian Studies
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Swedish Language and Literature
• Technical and Business Writing
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (205 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (387 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (145 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• International Public Health/International Health
• Medical Informatics
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (194 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions
• Orthotist/Prosthetist
• Physician Assistant
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (449 awarded)

• Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
• Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)
• Public Health

MUSIC (67 awarded)

• Conducting
• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
• Piano and Organ
• Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments
• Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (244 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (31 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Nutrition Sciences
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (18 awarded)

• Photography

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (78 awarded)

• Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (141 awarded)

• Islamic Studies
• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (1,303 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biostatistics
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
• Environmental Biology
• Epidemiology
• Genetics
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Pharmacology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (1 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (451 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• School Psychology