WWU Graduate School

Dive into cutting-edge research in graduate school at Western Washington University, where you can expand your professional horizons in a community of curious minds and innovative problem solvers.

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30+
Graduate degree and certificate programs

1,000+
Graduate students

$3M
Graduate assistantship and tuition funding

$10M
Research funding annually

#1
Master's degree granting university in the Pacific Northwest

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Professor and Graduate Students Investigate One of the Most Dangerous Volcanos in the Country
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Ashley Thompson, MFA Graduate, Receives English Department's Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
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Jessica Mendiola, Doctorate Student of Audiology, Studies How Gamified Auditory Training May Help Veterans Who Suffer from Various Hearing Complaints
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Western Washington University computer science grad student Richard Li standing in front of the Eiffel Tower

WESTERN'S COMPUTER SCIENCE GRAD STUDENTS REPROGRAM DIVERSITY IN THE FIELD

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Western Washington University grad student Haley Holliday, left, laughs in the lab with faculty mentors Kathryn Sobocinski and Manuel Montano.

HOW MENTORING AND TEAM SKILLS LED TO A RESEARCH SUCCESS STORY

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ATOP THE NORTH CASCADES' VANISHING GLACIERS

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