French Administration Building
Pullman, WA 99164
General Information
Type: Public institution
Year Founded: 1890
Religious Affilation: None
Academic Calendar: Semester
Size of Undergraduate Student Body: 19,585
Geographical Setting: Suburban
Endowment: $354,879,863
Admissions
Application Fee: $50
Application Deadline: Rolling
Selectivity: More selective
Expenses
Tuition and Fees: $6,390 in-state, 16,030 out-of-state
Room/Board: $6,890
Student Services
Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, women’s center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: N/A
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, religious
Careers
Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Students That Enter the Job Market…
Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: 79%
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: N/A
Library
Does the school have a library on campus? – Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? – Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 2,195,306
Number of current serial subscriptions: 30,936
Number of microforms: 3,913,287
Number of audiovisuals: 46,540
Number of ebooks: 27,728
Other library facilities: 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.
Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus: 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)
Technology
Is a computer course required? – No
Is a computer required? – No
Number of available computers for all students: 2,400
Available internet access? – Yes
Available email accounts? – Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Number of available wired connections available in…
The Library (not including computer labs): 355
Classrooms: 150
Labs: 2,200
Other areas: 100
Is there a wireless network? – Yes
Where is wireless 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
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 6,000
Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? – Yes
Is there online registration? – Yes
Safety
Campus Safety Services Offered: 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 Overview
Percentage of undergrads that live in college-owned housing: 35%
Percentage of Male Undergrads Living in Fraternities: 14%
Percentage of Female Undergrads Living in Sororities: 18%
Percentage of students on campus on weekends: 75%
College Housing
Does the school offer students housing? – Yes
Percentage of students living in college-owned housing: 35%
Housing available for all unmarried students? – No
If on-campus housing is unavailable, does school provide assistance? – Yes
Available types of campus housing: coed dorms (44%), women’s dorms (10%), men’s dorms (5%), sorority housing (11%), fraternity housing (8%), apartments for married students (11%), apartment for single students (10%), special housing for international students (1%)
Percentage of college-owned housing units that are…
Singles: 18%
Doubles: 53%
Triples or Suites: 2%
Apartments: 27%
Other: N/A
Number of college-owned housing buildings: 30
Percentage of college-owned housing units that have…
A sprinkler system: 97%
Fire alarms: 100%
Wired high-speed internet access: 100%
Campus Size: 1,875 acres
Transportation (distances in miles)
Nearest airport(s): Spokane WA (80), Pullman WA (3)
Nearest train station: Spokane WA (80)
Nearest bus station: Pullman WA (1)
Does public transportation serve campus? – Yes
Are all students allowed to have cars on campus? – Yes
Percentage of students with cars on campus: 25%
Student Employment
Is there school employment? – Yes
Percent of undergraduates that worked on campus in 2005-2006: – 24%
Average undergraduate wage: 1,676
Are freshmen discouraged from working their first term? – No
Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC)
Army ROTC: Offered on campus
Navy ROTC Offered at cooperating institution (University of Idaho)
Air Force ROTC: Offered on campus
Rules and Regulations
Is legal alcohol permitted on campus? – Yes
Other policies: class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited, other
Campus
Most popular events: See web site (www. wsu. edu/future-students/student-life) for details.