Western Washington University Business Programs

Located in Bellingham, Washington, Western Washington University is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Western Washington University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#36	Most Popular International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Most Popular Management Information Systems Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Economics	College Factual

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:	www.wwu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/westernwashingtonuniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WWU

How Do I Get Into WWU?

You can apply to WWU online at: admissions.wwu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for WWU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into WWU?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, WWU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% of students accepted to WWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 620.

WWU received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Western Washington University?

The overall average net price of WWU is $33,631. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WWU, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $6,514 a year. That adds up to $26,056 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WWU is 1.7%. 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.

Western Washington University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,194 undergraduate students at WWU, with 12,622 being full-time and 1,572 being part-time.

There are also 1,003 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,622 full-time undergraduates at WWU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	828
Black or African American	230
Hispanic or Latino	1,363
White	8,629
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,470

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

In 2019-2020, 903 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.

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 #1,630 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%.

Western Washington University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	91	26	117
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	108	0	108
Accounting	0	78	2	80
Operations Management	0	67	0	67
General Management Information Systems	0	55	0	55
Finance	0	46	0	46
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	42	0	42
General Economics	0	39	0	39
Other Economics	0	35	0	35
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	1	561	28	590

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.