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The University of Washington (also known as UW) is one of the most frequently searched universities in America, according to a recent internet keyword search of American colleges.

UW is a public research university with three campuses in the state of Washington. The college was founded in 1861, and currently educates more than 54,000 students each year, most of them studying at the undergraduate level. The acceptance rate for undergraduate applicants to the university is approximately 45 percent.

UW remains on the cutting edge of technological advances. The school was recently ranked 10th in the world among global universities by U.S. News and World Reports. That's why UW is considered one of the "public ivies," meaning a public institution that provides a level of education roughly equivalent to what you might get if you attended an Ivy League school.

Notable UW alumni include MySpace cofounder Chris DeWolfe, martial artist Bruce Lee, Olympic rower Joe Rantz, Baskin Robbins cofounder Irv Robbins, and architect Minoru Yamasaki, to name only a few.

Shown here: Cherry trees in bloom on the UW campus.

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Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about UW.

1. Where is the University of Washington?

UW is located in downtown Seattle, on the shores of Portage Bay. Here are the official mailing and visiting addresses of the three main UW campuses:

UW Seattle

Seattle, Washington

98195

UW Bothell

18115 Campus Way NE

Bothell, Washington

98011

UW Tacoma

1900 Commerce Street

Tacoma, Washington

98402

Shown above: An aerial view of the quad on the UW campus in Seattle.

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2. What is the organizational structure of the University of Washington?

UW offers Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees (PhD) in many fields of study. The university consists of the following 16 colleges and schools:

College of Arts and Sciences
College of Built Environments
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of the Environment
Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
Foster School of Business
Graduate School
School of Dentistry
School of Law
School of Medicine
School of Nursing
School of Pharmacy
School of Public Health
School of Social Work
The Information School

3. What undergraduate majors are offered at the University of Washington?

UW offers quite a few Bachelor degree programs. For example, here is a list of undergraduate majors at the UW College of Arts and Sciences:

African Studies
American Ethnic Studies
American Indian Studies
Anthropology
Applied Mathematics
Arctic Studies
Art
Art History
Asian Languages and Literature (Bengali; Chinese; Hindi; Indian; Indonesian; Japanese; Korean; Sanskrit; Thai; Urdu; Vietnamese)
Astrobiology and Early Evolution
Astronomy
Atmospheric Sciences
Biology
Botany
Canadian Studies
Chemistry
China Studies
Classics
Communication Studies
Comparative History of Ideas
Comparative Literature, Cinema, and Media
Comparative Religion
Computer Science
Dance
Digital Arts
Disability Studies
Drama
Earth and Space Sciences
Economics
English
European Studies
French
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
General Studies
Genetics
Geography
German
Greek
Hellenic Studies
History
Humanities
International Studies
Italian
Japan Studies
Jewish Studies
Korean Studies
Latin America and Caribbean Studies
Law, Societies, and Justice
Linguistics
Mathematics
Microbiology
Music
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
Neurobiology
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Portuguese
Psychology
Romance languages and Literature
Russian and Eastern European Studies
Scandinavian Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Sociology
South Asian Studies
Southeast Asian Studies
Spanish
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Statistics
Zoology

At the university's other schools, undergraduates can take courses in health sciences, education, engineering, business, social work, and other subjects in numerous fields of interest.

Shown above: The UW campus in Bothell.

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4. What graduate programs are available at the University of Washington?

UW features numerous graduate programs, at both the Masters and the Doctoral levels. Among these programs are Medicine and Law, as well as high tech topics such as data science and information technology (IT).

Here is a list of the Masters Degree programs at the UW Graduate School:

Accounting
Aeronautics
Applied Mathematics
Aquatic and Fishery Sciences
Architecture
Art
Art History
Asian Languages and Literature
Atmospheric Sciences
Bioengineering
Bioethics and Humanities
Biomedical and Health Informatics
Biomedical Regulatory Affairs
Biostatistics
Business Administration
Chemical Engineering
Civil & Environment Engineering
Classics
Communication
Comparative Literature
Computational Finance and Risk Management
Computer Science & Engineering
Computing and Software Systems
Construction Management
Creative Writing and Poetics
Cultural Studies
Cybersecurity
Dance
Data Science
Dentistry
Digital Arts
Drama
Earth and Space Sciences
Economics
Education
Electrical Engineering
Engineering and Math
English
Environmental and Forest Sciences
French
Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Genome Sciences
Geographic Information Systems
Geography
German
Global Health
Global Innovation
Health Administration
Health Services
Hispanic Studies
History
Human Centered Design and Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction and Design
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Information Management
Information Science
Information Technology
Infrastructure
International Studies
Italian Studies
Laboratory Medicine
Landscape Architecture
Law
Linguistics
Marine and Environmental Affairs
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Engineering
Molecular Engineering
Music
Near Eastern Languages and Civilization
Neuroscience
Nursing
Nutrition
Oceanography
Pharmaceutical Bioengineering
Physics
Psychology
Public Health
Public Policy
Quantitative Ecology and Resource Management
Real Estate
Scandinavian Studies
Slavic Languages and Literatures
Social Work
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Statistics
Urban Design and Planning
Urban Studies

Go here to see a list of the Doctoral (PhD) programs at UW.

Shown above: UW at Tacoma

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5. What programs are available at the University of Washington School of Law?

The Washington School of Law offers a variety of concentrations to choose from. Here are some of the required courses for first-year students:

Business Law
Civil Procedure
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Criminal Law
Legal Writing
Professional Responsibility
Property Law
Torts

Here is a partial individual course listing of classes currently being offered at the UW School of Law:

Administrative Law
Admiralty Law
American Indian Law
Antitrust Law
Bankruptcy
Business Organizations
Civil Procedure
Civil Rights Law
Constitutional Law
Contracts
Copyright Law
Criminal Law
Elder Law
Employment Discrimination
Environmental Law
Estate Planning
Family Law
Feminist Jurisprudence
Immigration Law
Insurance Law
International Law
International Criminal Law
Law, Science, and Technology
Legal Accounting
Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing
Mergers & Acquisitions
Payment Systems
Property Law
Public Land Law
Restitution
Sales
Secured Transactions
Securities Regulation
Taxation Law
Torts
Transmission of Wealth
Transnational Law
Water Law

Shown above: UW School of Law

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6. How much does it cost to attend the University of Washington?

According to the UW website, the current estimated annual cost of traditional full time undergraduate tuition and fees is:

Roughly $27,000 for in-state students (Washington state residents)
Roughly $50,000 for out of state (non resident) enrollments

The cost of graduate level enrollment will vary by school.

Additional fees may also apply. These may include application fees, registration fees, parking fees, health fees, technology fees, and insurance fees, to name just a few.

Many students who apply to the school are eligible for financial aid, as long as they successfully fill out the FAFSA form. Graduate financial aid may also be available at UW.

7. What is the University of Washington campus like?

The main campus of the University of Washington in Seattle spans about 700 acres in an urban setting. At the heart of the campus is Red Square.

The UW campus is home to museums, libraries, and other points of interest. Campus landmarks include the Suzzallo Library, the Broken Obelisk, and a statue of George Washington. Surrounding these landmarks are classroom buildings, administrative buildings, and many convenient residence halls. Student housing is available, both on and off campus.

The athletic teams at UW are called the Huskies. They play for Division I of the the NCAA, Pac-12. The team colors are purple and gold.

Student athletes at UW can choose from a number of varsity teams. Intercollegiate sports for men and women at UW include

Baseball
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Cross Country
Football
Golf
Gymnastics
Rowing
Soccer
Softball
Tennis
Track & Field
Volleyball

Non athletic activities on campus include music groups, culture clubs, student government associations, service organizations, campus publications, a TV station, a radio station, and plenty of sororities and fraternities, to name just a few of the clubs you can join, if you have the time.

Above: The UW Huskies varsity football team in action.

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8. What are the distance learning options at the University of Washington?

UW has a wide range of distance learning degree options, as well as individual courses that can be completed fully online. Here is an alphabetical list of the top 45 most popular online classes currently available to undergraduates at UW:

Accounting and Finance
Algorithms and Data Structures
American Literature
Animal Behavior
App Development
Biological Aspects of Aging
Biotechnology
Building the Data Pipeline
Business Intelligence Concepts, Planning, and Implementation
Business Law
Business Planning
Children's Literature
Cloud Architecture
Communication
Complex Issues in Guardianship
Complex Litigation
Computational Linguistics
Construction (Estimating; Safety)
Content Science
Content Strategy
Data Analysis
Data Mining and Predictive Analytics
Data Science
Editing
Ethical Hacking Techniques
French
Global Integrated Systems Engineering
Healthcare Analytics
Information Risk Management
Machine Learning
Pharmaceutics
Product Development
Project Management
Programming and Graphics
Programming in C++
Programming in HTML
Programming with Javascript
Programming in Python
Psychological Research
Querying and Programming
Security Solutions and Emerging Trends
Short Story Writing
Statistical Methods in Natural Language Processing
The Internet of Things
Verse Writing

Here is a list of Masters degree programs available fully online at UW:

Aerospace Engineering
Applied Mathematics
Civil Engineering
Computational Finance and Risk Management
Computational Linguistics
Construction Engineering
Construction Management
Clinical Informatics & Patent-Centered Technologies
Education (Intercollegiate Athletic Leadership)
Education (Special)
Infrastructure Planning and Management
Library and Information Science
Mechanical Engineering
Pharmaceutical Bioengineering
Physics
Public Health
Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics
Sustainable Transportation

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9. What is the contact information for the University of Washington?

You can reach the main campus office of UW at Seattle by calling 206-543-2100.

To speak with someone at the UW campus in Bothell, call 425-352-5000.

To contact the UW Tacoma campus, call 253-692-4000.

To reach the UW School of Law in Seattle, call 206-543-4550.

If you have questions regarding tuition or financial aid at UW, call 206-543-4694.

Shown above: Downtown Seattle

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