WWU Ranked #1 in its Category in the Pacific Northwest by USA Today

Western Washington University was named this week as the top public master’s-granting University in the Pacific Northwest – a region encompassing Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington – and #2 in the entire West, which also includes California and Nevada, by USA Today’s annual college rankings.

Western also ranked as the #9 university in the West, regardless of size, in the Best Colleges for the Money category, a comparison of educational quality and cost. These rankings are available at http://www.collegefactual.com/rankings/.

Western also kept its top spot in the Pacific Northwest in the just-released U.S. News College Rankings; these are available on Western’s news and information site, Western Today. 

For more information about either the USA Today or U.S. News rankings, contact Paul Cocke at (360) 650-3350 or paul.cocke@wwu.edu.