# University of Washington-Seattle Campus

- Location: Seattle, United States
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1861
- Official website: http://www.washington.edu/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/university-of-washington-5d324277

## Summary

The University of Washington opened in 1861 as the Territorial University in what was then a small Seattle settlement, and it closed several times in its early decades for lack of students and money. It moved in 1895 to its current site on Union Bay, which later hosted the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Its medical school opened in 1946, and the Seattle campus is the flagship of a three-campus system.

## Key facts

- rank: =92 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx
- tuition: $40,878 (per year, 2023)
- admission: 39.2% (2024)

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.washington.edu/)
- [Admissions](https://admit.washington.edu/)
- [Financial aid](https://www.washington.edu/financialaid/)
- [Reference](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/complete-data-files/HD2025.zip)
- [Official news: Seattle enrollment 52,316 and 7,439 international students, autumn 2025](https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/10/30/washington-residents-make-up-nearly-two-thirds-of-incoming-class-as-enrollment-increases-across-all-three-uw-campuses/)
- [Founding 1861, 1895 move, 1909 exposition, motto (Wikipedia cross-check)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Washington)

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