Academics
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| ARWU | 91 - 114 |
| Forbes | 460 |
| U.S. News & World Report | 115 |
| Washington Monthly | 117 |
| Global | |
| ARWU | 201 - 302 |
| QS | 354 |
| Times | 322 |
Washington State University provides quality education for undergraduate and graduate students within a caring and engaged community. The University’s motto “World Class. Face to Face.” reflects that.
Considered one of the leading public research universities in America, WSU has 12 colleges and a graduate school. WSU offers strong and varied academic programs. The liberal arts and sciences have an important place in the curriculum, along with business, communication, education, architecture, pharmacy, nursing, and the traditional land-grant disciplines of agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine.
WSU offers more than 200 fields of study, including majors, minors, options, and certificate programs. Bachelor’s degrees are available in all major areas, with master’s and doctoral degrees available in most. The undergraduate core curriculum, including the writing program, is nationally recognized. WSU’s Honors College is one of the oldest and most respected all-university programs for academically talented students. WSU confers nearly 5,900 bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees statewide in a typical year.
More than 1,400 instructional faculty members provide learning opportunities that open students’ minds to the most recent knowledge and discoveries. The chance for students to know and work closely with their teachers is a WSU tradition.
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“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
—Fred G. Gosman (20th century)
“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
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