Each year, the UW conducts an official enrollment count after the start of the fall quarter. The total number of students across all three campuses is 63,727.

Enrollment increased 1.1% to 52,316 at the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus, up from 51,719 in 2024. Total enrollment at UW Bothell jumped to 6,361 students, up 4.7% from 2024. UW Tacoma鈥檚 enrollment climbed to 5,059, a 1.6% increase over last year.

This year鈥檚 incoming class had a total of 12,126 first-year and transfer students enrolled across all three campuses, with 7,129 first-year students at the UW in Seattle, 1,157 at UW Bothell and 737 enrolled at UW Tacoma.

There are 1,685 new transfer students at the UW in Seattle, 649 at UW Bothell and 769 at UW Tacoma. Transfer students include those from community colleges in Washington and other states as well as other four-year institutions.

Washington residents make up 74.1% of the incoming class across all three campuses, which is similar to recent years. Of these students, 5,875 of the incoming first-year and transfer students at the UW in Seattle are Washington residents. At UW Bothell, 1,709 incoming first-year and transfer students are Washington residents. There are 1,403 Washington residents among the incoming first-year and transfer students at UW Tacoma.

The number of Washington community college transfer students entering the UW across all three campuses this fall was 2,517, an increase on all three campuses: 1,399 in Seattle, 505 in Bothell and 613 in Tacoma.

There are 7,893 international students enrolled across the three campuses, an approximate 7% drop from last year. Of those, 7,439 are in Seattle, 258聽 are at UW Bothell and 197 are at UW Tacoma.鈥疶he decline is similar to the trend seen across the country this year.

Of the 63,727 enrolled students across all three campuses, 46,079 are undergraduates and 17,648 are pursuing graduate or professional degrees.

The enrollment count 鈥� a snapshot in time 鈥� will later be presented to the UW Board of Regents.

Applicants to the 天美影视传媒’s Seattle campus for the Autumn 2024 quarter will be receiving decisions very soon, and this time of year always brings questions from prospective students, their loved ones and the community at large about the admissions process.

In this video, Paul Seegert, Director of Admissions on the Seattle campus, answers six of the most commonly asked questions about how competitive it is to get into the UW and how admissions decisions are made.

Seegert also discusses the numbers of in-state students, out-of-state and international students who are accepted and why that mix is important.

The UW received about 70,000 applications this year and will enroll a little over 7,000 students from that group.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 not as scary as it sounds 鈥斅爀specially for Washington residents,鈥� he explains. This is because Washington residents only compete against other Washington residents. About 16,000 of the 70,000 total applications were submitted by Washington residents 鈥� equaling roughly 23%. However, Washington residents will make up about 66% of the 7,000 enrolled students.

In addition, Seegert shares how applications are reviewed and what the primary considerations are in the review process 鈥斅爄ncluding why some students with lower GPAs are accepted while some with higher grades are not.

Finally, Seegert answers questions about affirmative action and about how the wait list works.

Contact Victor Balta at balta@uw.edu.