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College enrollment and diversity up at WWU, other Washington universities

Minority enrollment is growing at Washington’s public colleges and universities while total enrollment continues its upward trend, school officials reported this week.

The University of Washington, Washington State University, Western Washington University and Eastern Washington…

2014-10-22
Demographics improve odds of getting into UW this year

For all of those high-school seniors waiting for a fat envelope to arrive from the college of their choice, give Mom and Dad a hug: Due to either good planning or sheer luck, they gave birth to you at the bottom of a demographic trough.

The number of high-school…

2014-03-13
WWU enrollment shows record number of students of color 2013-10-17
Enrollment up at Washington universities

About a thousand more international students are enrolled at the University of Washington's Seattle campus this fall, but school officials say that doesn't mean they have cut back on the number of in-state students at the state's most selective public university.

UW also…

2012-10-24
College is a rite of passage for parents too

Although my daughter is about to start college, until a week ago I did not know how much money we owe the university (a lot), whether she had turned in all her required forms (no), and if she had a roommate and a dorm room assigned (yes and yes).

I found the answers by hacking into her…

2012-08-06
UW, WSU expand enrollment in schools' engineering programs

More college students who want to become engineers will get that opportunity in the coming years, as both the University of Washington and Washington State University put nearly $8 million into growing the size of their engineering programs this fall.

As part of a…

2012-05-21
Op-Ed by WWU's Clara Capron: Western helps students manage educational debt

Unless Congress acts, this summer the interest rates on new federally subsidized Stafford loans will double, increasing from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. At a time when more and more college students are taking on new debt, this is a daunting prospect.
Some estimates place total outstanding student…

2012-04-09
WWU receives record number of freshmen applications for fall 2012 quarter

A record number of freshmen have applied to attend Western Washington University.
University officials were surprised by the increase, given that they had moved the deadline for fall quarter from March 1 to Jan. 31. (Universities are doing so in order to notify students earlier.)

2012-02-09
WWU receives record number of freshman applications

It appears that the secret about how great Bellingham and Western Washington University are is getting out.

Western is reporting that 9,631 freshmen applications were recieved this year, up by about 500 since last year, and the highest number of freshman applicants…

2012-02-08
Western gets more freshman applications than ever 2012-02-07
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