Western Washington University

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Western Washington University is the state’s third-largest higher education institution. Consistently ranked the top master’s-granting public university in the Pacific Northwest by U.S. News & World Report. Faculty: Faculty in Fall 2012: 784. Full-time faculty: 517, 90.1 percent with terminal degrees. Student-faculty ratio: 20.8 to 1. Students: Fall 2012 enrollment: 14,833 full- and part-time students. Students of color: 21.3 percent. First-year students: 2,688 freshmen and 1,045 transfers. 2011 full-time freshmen returning: 85.1 percent. Six-year graduation rate: 67.2 percent. Alumni: More than 105,000 graduates live in Washington and around the world. Top employers of alumni include Boeing, Microsoft, school districts, and small and large businesses throughout the state. Graduates include leaders in business, public service, education, the sciences and arts, and academia. Western ranks second among medium-sized schools with alumni serving in the Peace Corps.