Western Washington University Graduate Programs

Western Washington University is a public institution located in Bellingham, Washington. The location of WWU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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

Western Washington University Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,106 graduate students at WWU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	63
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	91
White	794
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	129

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.

Online Learning at Western Washington University

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at WWU. In 2020-2021, 1,052 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WWU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Washington for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of WWU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Washington University was -3.0%. This is the #1,044 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WWU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.