Washington State University Business Programs

Washington State University is a public institution situated in Pullman, Washington. The surrounding location of Pullman is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Washington State University Rankings

We have ranked Wazzu as #218 out of 1,477 colleges and universities in the country in our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Wazzu also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in Washington ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Wazzu has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#144	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Wazzu.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular International Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Most Popular Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Most Popular Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Most Popular Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#37	Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#51	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#97	Best Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#112	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Wazzu has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Technical & Scientific Communication Schools	College Factual
#22	Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	College Factual
#31	Best Hospitality Management Schools	College Factual
#93	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#142	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#182	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Washington State University?

Contact details for Wazzu are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	French Administration Building, Pullman, WA 99164-5910
Phone:	509-335-3564
Website:	wsu.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/WSUAdmissions

How Do I Get Into Wazzu?

You can apply to Wazzu online at: https://admission.wsu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Wazzu

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wazzu?

Wazzu has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% of students accepted to Wazzu submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 610. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

Wazzu received ACT scores from 23% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Washington State University?

The overall average net price of Wazzu is $32,807. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Wazzu, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $6,788 a year. That adds up to $27,152 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wazzu is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Washington State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 25,470 undergraduate students at Wazzu, with 22,315 being full-time and 3,155 being part-time.

There are also 5,689 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,315 full-time undergraduates at Wazzu, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,354
Black or African American	636
Hispanic or Latino	3,761
White	13,429
International Students	855
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,280

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Washington State University. At this time, 39 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 101 countries are represented at Wazzu. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Washington State University

In 2019-2020, 8,728 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 11th most popular in Washington for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Wazzu

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Washington State University was $12,170 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,113. The following table shows how Wazzu is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Health Communication	#1	#7
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#1	#4
Public Relations & Advertising	#16	#22
Economics	#19	#13
General Economics	#19	#13
Operations Management	#46	#77
General Management Information Systems	#49	#64
Management Information Systems	#49	#70

Online Growth Rankings of Wazzu

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Washington State University was 8.4%. This is the #1,282 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Wazzu regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Wazzu ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Wazzu.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Health Communication	#10
Public Relations & Advertising	#84

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%.

Washington State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	29	2	293	2	326
Finance	0	188	61	0	3	252
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	210	37	0	4	251
Accounting	0	219	0	1	3	223
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	162	13	0	1	176
Operations Management	0	175	0	0	0	175
General Management Information Systems	0	110	0	0	0	110
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	107	0	0	0	107
Public Relations	0	106	0	0	0	106
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	35	58	0	0	93
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	63	0	10	14	87
Advertising	0	75	0	0	0	75
Entrepreneurship	0	20	0	0	0	20
Professional Sales	15	0	0	0	0	15
Technical & Scientific Communication	0	12	0	0	0	12
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	7	0	0	0	7
Health Communication	0	0	5	2	0	7
Marketing Research	3	0	0	0	0	3
Agricultural Business	0	0	0	0	0	0
Agricultural Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
E-Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Construction Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0	0	0
Insurance	0	0	0	0	0	0
Management Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Real Estate	0	0	0	0	0	0
Applied Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
International Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	18	1,518	176	306	27	2,045

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
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More about our data sources and methodologies.