Washington State University
In-state Tuition
$6,390 / year
Out-of-state Tuition
$16,030 / year
Room and Board
$6,890
Application deadline
Rolling
Application fee
$50
Educational Resources
Libraries
WSU has six libraries on the Pullman campus, one or more at each of three branch campus locations, plus one at the state capitol. Additional facilities include Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections; several special-use collections held outside the Libraries; and Distance Degree library services. WSU is a member of the Orbis Cascade Alliance, a consortium of 33 academic libraries in Washington and Oregon that share a union catalog and automatic borrowing services.
- Member of library consortia.
- 2,195,306 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
- 30,936 current serial subscriptions.
- 3,913,287 microforms.
- 46,540 Audio/Visual items.
- 27,728 e-books.
Museums & Art
Museum of Anthropology
Art Museum
Conner Museum
Culver Memorial
Jacklin & McCaw Geological Collections,
Drucker Collection, Historic Textiles and Costume Collection
James Entomological Collection
Jewett Observatory and University Planetarium
Mycological Herbarium
Ownbey Herbarium
Smith Soil Monolith Collection
Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Lab for Biotechnology and Bioanalysis
Electron Microscopy Center
Environmental Center
GeoAnalytical Center
Informatioin Technology
Nuclear Radiation Center
Social and Economic Sciences Research Center
State of Washington Water Research Center
WSU Center for NMR Spectroscopy
Institute for Shock Physics
Cadaver Anatomy Lab
Plant Growth Chamber
Smoot Hill ? 730-acre research farm
Geotechnical & Transportation Engineering Laboratories include state of the art testing equipment for soils and concretes
Albrook Hydraulics Lab
Woods and Materials Engineering Lab
Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility
Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Lab
Professional Dance Studio, scene and costume shops, a greenroom, a design lab and ample makeup and dressing rooms
Bioprocessing Facilities
Biosensor Lab
Bioremediation Lab
Center for Multiphase Environmental Research
Colloid & Interfacial Studies Lab
Materials Characterization Lab
Materials Hazardous Wastes Facility
Computer Facilities
Ensminger Beef Center
WSU Feed Preparation Lab
WSU Swine Center
WSU Compost Facility
WSU Golf Course
Research and Technology Park
EME Labs include Senior Measurements Lab, Senior Design lab for electrical engineering and computer science students, Distributed Adaptive Discovery and Computation (collaborators include Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Illinois, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications), Electrical Machinery Lab, High-Voltage Research, Spatial Analysis Database Lab, Circuits Lab, Protective Power Relay Lab, Power Systems Computation Lab, Information Research Lab, Information Research Studio, Digital Design Lab, Tektronix Advanced Digital Design Lab, Microprocessor Systems Project Lab, Secure and reliable Embedded Systems Laboratory, Microtechnology/Device Fabrication Lab, Microwave/Radio Communication Lab, Optoelectronics Lab, Electrophysics Research Laboratory.
ETRL Labs include Senior Embedded Systems Lab, Student Network Instruction Facility, Analog and Mixed-Signal Research, and Plasma Research.
Grizzly Bear Research Center
E.H. Steffen Wildlife Center (58-acre center includes wildlife facilities and pens, forest plantations, wetlands, uplands, specialized planting areas, and a greenhouse laboratory)
Wildlife Habitat and Nutrition Laboratory
Wild Ungulate Facility (Eight-acre facility for the study of mule deer)
Computing
Requirements
- Students are not required to take a computer course.
- Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
- Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft
Campus Resources
- 2,400 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
- 355 Internet connections in libraries.
- 150 Internet connections in classrooms.
- 2,200 Internet connections in Laboratories.
- 100 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.
Student accommodations
- Email accounts are available to all students.
- Internet access is available to all students.
- Student web-pages are permitted.
- Online class registration is available.
- 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.
Wireless Internet Hotspots
- Wifi is available in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in computer labs, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in all college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
- Campus wireless internet hotspots are not available.
- Approximately 6,000 students can be on the network at once.
Services
Basic
nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Counseling
minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Career
co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Campus Safety
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Campus Life
Housing
Overview
- The school offers housing for students.
- 35% of students live in school housing.
- The school will provide assistance for off-campus housing
Types of housing available
- 18% of housing units are Singles.
- 53% of housing units are Doubles.
- 2% of housing units are Triples.
- 27% of housing units are Apartments.
- In total, there are 30 housing buildings.
Room Accessories
- 97% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
- 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
- 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.
Extracurricular
- 75% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
- Alcohol is permitted on campus.
- Popular events on campus: See web site (www. wsu. edu/future-students/student-life) for details.
- Student activities: choral groups, concert band, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, opera, pep band, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, yearbook
- In total, there are about 329 organizations on campus.
- Honor societies: Total of 23 honor societies. See web site (www. wsu. edu/future-students/student-life) for details.
- Religious organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) See web site (http: //getinvolved. wsu. edu/guide) for details.
- International organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) See web site (http: //getinvolved. wsu. edu/guide) for details.
- Other organizations: (Appears as submitted by school) See web site (www. wsu. edu/future-students/student-life) for details.
- Student papers: (Appears as submitted by school) Daily Evergreen
Travel
- Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Spokane WA (80), Pullman WA (3)
- Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Spokane WA (80)
- Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Pullman WA (1)
- Public transportation serves the campus.
- All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
- 25% of students have a car on campus
Employment
- School employment is available.
- 24% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 1,676
- Freshman are not discouraged from working.
Greek Life
- There are 24 fraternities
- 23 fraternity houses
- 14% of students are fraternity members
- There are 15 sororities
- 14 sorority houses
- 18% of students are sorority members.
ROTC
- Army ROTC: Offered on campus
- Navy ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Idaho)
- Airforce ROTC: Offered on campus
Additional Policies
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other
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