Western Washington University Trade Programs

Western Washington University is a public institution situated in Bellingham, Washington. Bellingham is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Western Washington University?

Contact details for WWU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	516 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225-9008
Phone:	360-650-3000
Website:	wwu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/westernwashingtonuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WWU

Can I Afford WWU?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time WWU students paid $267 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $885 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,997	$26,564
Fees	$1,289	$1,289
Books and Supplies	$1,176	$1,176
On Campus Room and Board	$14,915	$14,915
On Campus Other Expenses	$4,590	$4,590

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WWU, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $6,936 a year. That adds up to $27,744 over four years for those students.

Western Washington University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,194 undergraduate students at WWU, with 12,622 being full-time and 1,572 being part-time.

There are also 1,003 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,622 full-time undergraduates at WWU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Washington University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	828
Black or African American	230
Hispanic or Latino	1,363
White	8,629
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,470

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Western Washington University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 40 countries are represented at WWU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, China, and South Korea.

Western Washington University Trade School Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	1	1
Electrical, Electronic & Communications Engineering Technology	0	0
Industrial Technology	0	0
Manufacturing Engineering Technology	0	0
Plastics & Polymer Engineering Technology	0	0
Automotive Engineering Technology	0	0
TOTAL	1	1

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.