Office of Admissions – 窪蹋勛圖厙 News /news Tue, 04 Nov 2025 19:14:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 Washington residents make up nearly three-fourths of incoming class as enrollment increases across all three 窪蹋勛圖厙 campuses /news/2025/10/30/washington-residents-make-up-nearly-two-thirds-of-incoming-class-as-enrollment-increases-across-all-three-uw-campuses/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:35:59 +0000 /news/?p=89771 Total enrollment is up across all three 窪蹋勛圖厙 campuses for the 2025-26 academic year, according to the annual census count released this month.

Each year, the 窪蹋勛圖厙 conducts an official enrollment count after the start of the fall quarter. The total number of students across all three campuses is 63,727.

Enrollment increased 1.1% to 52,316 at the 窪蹋勛圖厙s Seattle campus, up from 51,719 in 2024. Total enrollment at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell jumped to 6,361 students, up 4.7% from 2024. 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacomas enrollment climbed to 5,059, a 1.6% increase over last year.

This years incoming class had a total of 12,126 first-year and transfer students enrolled across all three campuses, with 7,129 first-year students at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in Seattle, 1,157 at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell and 737 enrolled at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma.

There are 1,685 new transfer students at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in Seattle, 649 at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell and 769 at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma. Transfer students include those from community colleges in Washington and other states as well as other four-year institutions.

Washington residents make up 74.1% of the incoming class across all three campuses, which is similar to recent years. Of these students, 5,875 of the incoming first-year and transfer students at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 in Seattle are Washington residents. At 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell, 1,709 incoming first-year and transfer students are Washington residents. There are 1,403 Washington residents among the incoming first-year and transfer students at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma.

The number of Washington community college transfer students entering the 窪蹋勛圖厙 across all three campuses this fall was 2,517, an increase on all three campuses: 1,399 in Seattle, 505 in Bothell and 613 in Tacoma.

There are 7,893 international students enrolled across the three campuses, an approximate 7% drop from last year. Of those, 7,439 are in Seattle, 258 are at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Bothell and 197 are at 窪蹋勛圖厙 Tacoma.狼he decline is similar to the trend seen across the country this year.

Of the 63,727 enrolled students across all three campuses, 46,079 are undergraduates and 17,648 are pursuing graduate or professional degrees.

The enrollment count a snapshot in time will later be presented to the 窪蹋勛圖厙 Board of Regents.

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Video: Admissions director answers six commonly asked questions about applying to the 窪蹋勛圖厙’s Seattle campus /news/2024/03/11/video-admissions-director-answers-six-commonly-asked-questions-about-applying-to-the-uws-seattle-campus/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:49:32 +0000 /news/?p=84723

Applicants to the 窪蹋勛圖厙’s Seattle campus for the Autumn 2024 quarter will be receiving decisions very soon, and this time of year always brings questions from prospective students, their loved ones and the community at large about the admissions process.

For journalists

In this video, Paul Seegert, Director of Admissions on the Seattle campus, answers six of the most commonly asked questions about how competitive it is to get into the 窪蹋勛圖厙 and how admissions decisions are made.

Seegert also discusses the numbers of in-state students, out-of-state and international students who are accepted and why that mix is important.

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 received about 70,000 applications this year and will enroll a little over 7,000 students from that group.

Thats not as scary as it sounds especially for Washington residents, he explains. This is because Washington residents only compete against other Washington residents. 窪蹋勛圖厙 16,000 of the 70,000 total applications were submitted by Washington residents equaling roughly 23%. However, Washington residents will make up about 66% of the 7,000 enrolled students.

In addition, Seegert shares how applications are reviewed and what the primary considerations are in the review process including why some students with lower GPAs are accepted while some with higher grades are not.

Finally, Seegert answers questions about affirmative action and about how the wait list works.

 

Contact Victor Balta at balta@uw.edu.

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