Each year, the 91探花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 91探花Bothell jumped to 6,361 students, up 4.7% from 2024. 91探花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 91探花in Seattle, 1,157 at 91探花Bothell and 737 enrolled at 91探花Tacoma.

There are 1,685 new transfer students at the 91探花in Seattle, 649 at 91探花Bothell and 769 at 91探花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 91探花in Seattle are Washington residents. At 91探花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 91探花Tacoma.

The number of Washington community college transfer students entering the 91探花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听 are at 91探花Bothell and 197 are at 91探花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 91探花Board of Regents.

The 91探花 is extending the confirmation date for newly admitted first-year freshman undergraduate students from May 1 to June 1 for the 2024-25 academic year. June 1 is now the date when admitted students must confirm their acceptance and place a deposit to hold their spot in the fall 2024 entering class.听

The extension is a result of delays by the U.S. Department of Education in posting the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form for students and their families to complete, as well as delays in releasing financial data to colleges and universities nationwide. The 91探花needs that data before it can begin the process of determining how much federal, state and 91探花financial aid to award eligible admitted and current students.鈥�听

The extension applies to first-year and freshman undergraduate applicants to the University鈥檚 campuses in Seattle, Bothell and Tacoma.听

To receive priority consideration for financial aid, applying students should complete the FAFSA by Feb. 28. The 91探花Office of Student Financial Aid will work with students who experience difficulty completing their FAFSA by this date. Undocumented students living in the state of Washington and who are not eligible to complete the FAFSA should fill out the (WASFA) by Feb. 28.鈥��听

Offers of admission for the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus are scheduled to be sent by mid-March.鈥� 91探花Bothell and 91探花Tacoma already have released decisions for many first-year applicants.听

Admitted Student Day for the UW鈥檚 Seattle campus is scheduled for April 20.听

For more information about the financial aid application process, contact the Office of Financial Aid. 听

By joining a shared application it will be easier for Washington students to apply to 91探花 campuses. All three 91探花campuses expect to offer the Common App for freshman applicants who will be applying for autumn quarter 2023.

The report, entitled 鈥�,鈥� presses college admissions officers to place higher value on the things prospective students do for the greater good overall in their communities, for their families or at their schools as opposed to focusing so heavily on their personal achievements.

鈥淭oo often, today鈥檚 culture sends young people messages that emphasize personal success rather than concern for others and the common good,鈥� the report begins, adding that the college admissions process has too often contributed to the problem.

Philip Ballinger, associate vice provost for enrollment at the UW, said the UW鈥檚 holistic review process for admissions already incorporates many of the recommendations highlighted in the report, such as asking applicants to list a few activities that are important to them and explain why they are meaningful, rather than submitting an exhaustive list of activities in which they participate.

鈥淲e have seen that at least a portion of students in high school, and their families, are so oriented to admission to a selective college that their experience in high school is dictated by absolutely piling on with advanced-placement and international baccalaureate courses, maybe in some cases beyond the ability and the welfare of the student, in terms of sanity and health,鈥� Ballinger said. 鈥淭he same thing goes for activities, where students often pile on instead of benefiting from the transformative potential of deep engagement in something of true interest and importance to themselves. We think there鈥檚 evidence that all of this has become unhealthy for some students, families and schools.鈥�

Ballinger mentioned in a a new scholarship in development at the 91探花that aims to recognize incoming听students for engagement and leadership in their communities.

鈥淲e鈥檙e going to be looking for students who are really taking notable initiative in terms of service and orientation toward other people,鈥� Ballinger said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e identifying such students in our applicant pool and hope to start awarding these scholarships soon.鈥�

New York Times columnist that the report 鈥渃ould make a real difference not just because it has widespread backing but also because it nails the way in which society in general 鈥� and children in particular 鈥� are badly served by the status quo.鈥�

鈥淔or perhaps the first time in history, a broad range of colleges have come together to send a powerful collective message that what’s important in admissions is not high numbers of impressive accomplishments or long 鈥榖rag sheets,鈥欌�� wrote Richard Weissbourd, a senior lecturer in education and the co-director of the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education 鈥� which created the report 鈥� in a commentary for .

鈥淲e need to start signaling to students and families other kinds of values which are important at the UW,鈥� Ballinger said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e concerned that what people hear around the state is the 91探花is all about GPA, test scores and tough courses. Yes, we expect our applicants to be strong students, but we clearly value other things in our review process. And those things are buried underneath that frenzy of, 鈥業鈥檝e got to do more; I鈥檝e got to take another AP or IB class; I鈥檝e got to do more activities.鈥� What鈥檚 being buried beneath this anxious piling on is a very important characteristic we are both looking for and hoping to encourage among students 鈥� an orientation toward others. This scholarship is our initial step to both communicate and celebrate this important value at the 91探花.鈥�