Also known as

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
5,671
50.9% Female
49.1% Male

Institution Overview

School Type
Public
Region
Far West AK CA HI NV OR WA
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
Town: Distant

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
366
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
100
Doctoral Research
69
Doctoral Professional
3
Distance
30
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Certificate Offered
Post-master's
Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics
0.48%
American Indian or Alaska Native
5.06%
Asian
1.94%
Black or African American
5.24%
Hispanic or Latino
0.16%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
53.41%
White
2.17%
Two or more races
13.37%
Unknown
18.18%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$75
Admissions Office Web Address
admission.wsu.edu/

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$11,224
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$24,656

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
100
Master's (Distance)
9
Doctor's Degree Research
69
Doctor's Degree Professional
3
Postbaccalaureate Certificate
37
Postbaccalaureate Certificate (Distance)
7
Post Master's Certificate
1
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Adult and Continuing Education Administration Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Adult Development and Aging Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Adult Literacy Tutor/Instructor Master's Degree Yes No
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Agricultural Business and Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Agricultural Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Agriculture, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Agronomy and Crop Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
American/United States Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Genetics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Sciences, General 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 Economics Master's Degree Yes No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biochemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Yes
Bioethics/Medical Ethics Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biotechnology Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Yes
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemical Physics Doctoral – Research Yes No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Child Development Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree Yes No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Community College Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Computer Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counseling Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Criminal Justice/Police Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness Master's Degree Yes No
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Educational/Instructional Technology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Elementary Education and Teaching Master's Degree Yes No
Engineering Science Doctoral – Research Yes No
Engineering, General Master's Degree Yes No
Engineering/Industrial Management Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
Yes
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Entomology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Chemistry Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Environmental Science Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Exercise Physiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Fine/Studio Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Food Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management Master's Degree Yes No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management Master's Degree Yes No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Homeland Security Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes Yes
Horticultural Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Human Development and Family Studies, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Human Nutrition Master's Degree Yes No
Human Services, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Interior Design Master's Degree Yes No
International Economics Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Kinesiology and Exercise Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Management Information Systems and Services, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Mass Communication/Media Studies Master's Degree Yes Yes
Materials Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Materials Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Microbiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Molecular Biology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Music, General Master's Degree Yes No
Nanotechnology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Natural Resources Management and Policy Master's Degree Yes No
Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Nuclear Engineering Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Nursing Administration Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Nursing Education Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Nursing Science Doctoral – Research Yes No
Nutrition Sciences Doctoral – Research Yes No
Optics/Optical Sciences Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacology and Toxicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacy Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Philosophy Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Physiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree Yes No
Reading Teacher Education Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Reproductive Biology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
School Psychology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Secondary Education and Teaching Master's Degree Yes No
Secondary School Administration/Principalship Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Social Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Soil Science and Agronomy, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Doctoral – Research Yes No
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree Yes No
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management Master's Degree Yes Yes
Statistics, General Master's Degree Yes No
Superintendency and Educational System Administration Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master's Degree Yes No
Technical Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Veterinary Medicine Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Wildlife Biology Master's Degree Yes No
Zoology/Animal Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 1,748 1,382 302 64
With faculty status 1,748 1,382 302 64
Tenured 692 665 0 27
On tenure track 257 247 0 10
Not on tenure track 799 470 302 27
Multi-year contract 307 267 28 12
Annual contract 400 176 210 14
Less-than annual contract 92 27 64 1

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research
Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Computer Engineering and Science Occupations
Community, Social Service, Legal, Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media Occupations
Library and Student Academic Affairs and Other Education Services Occupations
Healthcare Practioners and Technical Occupations

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$11,224
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$24,656
Financial aid office web address
finaid.wsu.edu
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room
$6,282
Typical Board
$4,498
Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$11,224$24,656
Full time Fees$1,521$1,521
Part time, per credit hour$587$1,259

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Pharmacy $19,990 $733 $36,644 $733
Veterinary Medicine $21,830 $1,521 $52,884 $1,521

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
5,671
50.9% Female
49.1% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.48%
American Indian or Alaska Native
5.06%
Asian
1.94%
Black or African American
5.24%
Hispanic or Latino
0.16%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
53.41%
White
2.17%
Two or more races
13.37%
Unknown
18.18%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 9 18
Asian 131 156
Black Or African American 55 55
Hispanic Or Latino 141 156
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 6 3
Non-resident Alien 603 428
White 1,446 1,583
Two Or More Races 61 62
Unknown 334 424

Services offered

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

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

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
French Administration Building
Pullman, WA 99164-5910
Phone
509-335-3564
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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