Academic Life at University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Academics at a Glance

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at University of Washington-Seattle Campus: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty Resources

The student-to-faculty ratio at University of Washington-Seattle Campus is 20 to 1, higher than the national average of 15 to 1, so some classes may be larger than at other schools. University of Washington-Seattle Campus employs 80% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors and Fields of Study

University of Washington-Seattle Campus offers 124 majors with reported completions across 28 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at University of Washington-Seattle Campus are shown below:

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at University of Washington-Seattle Campus.

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

Before you decide, here are a few more questions to consider about academics at University of Washington-Seattle Campus:

• Need flexibility? Check whether University of Washington-Seattle Campus offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 8,137 undergraduates study at least partly online. Explore online learning.
• Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (95% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of University of Washington-Seattle Campus.

Explore Further at University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Each page below covers one part of academic life at University of Washington-Seattle Campus in more detail:

• Academic Majors at University of Washington-Seattle Campus — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty Composition at University of Washington-Seattle Campus — how the teaching staff is structured
• Graduation and Retention at University of Washington-Seattle Campus — graduation outcomes and retention detail
• Online Learning at University of Washington-Seattle Campus — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at University of Washington-Seattle Campus — the schools accreditation and what it means