Washington State University

Online Degrees and Programs

Washington State University offers 407 major programs for degree granting/certificate programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity (online degrees/courses) is given to 54 major programs - 11 Certificate, 20 Bachelors, 12 Masters, and 11 Post-graduate Certificate. The 2021 tuition & fees are $12,170 for Washington residents and $27,113 for out-of-state students. Total 3,345 students out of total 31,478 students have enrolled online exclusively. Last year, total 3,953 students have completed their degree/certificate program through distance learning. Washington State University is accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

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Online Program Overview

Washington State University is a Public, 4 or more years school located in Pullman, Washington. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For the academic year 2020-2021, the tuition & fees are $12,170 for Washington residents and $27,113 for other students on average.

It offers 407 degree programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 54 programs - 11 Certificate, 20 Bachelors, 12 Masters, 11 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters Certificate.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
Online Degree Programs
School Name	Washington State University
Type	Public, 4 or more years
Address	French Administration Building, Pullman, WA
Online Students	3,345 Enrolled Online Exclusively 2,937 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Tuition & Fees (2020-2021)	In-State$12,170 Out-of-State$27,113
Student to Faculty	15:1 (6.67%)
Total	54 Programs
Certificate	11 Programs
Bachelors	20 Programs
Masters	12 Programs
Post-Graduate	11 Programs

2021 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2020-2021 tuition & fees and costs trends last 5 years at Washington State University . Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Washington residents, the tuition & fees are $12,170 and $27,113 for non-Washington residents.

The costs per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $526 for Washington residents and $1,255 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $603 for Washington residents and $1,291 for out-of-state students.

Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Undergraduate (In-State)	$11,041	$11,391	$11,584	$11,841	$12,170
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$25,673	$25,817	$25,820	$26,419	$27,113
Graduate (In-State)	$12,753	$12,799	$12,802	$13,095	$13,463
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$26,185	$26,231	$26,234	$26,850	$27,561

Tuition Changes (2017-2021)
	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019	2019-2020	2020-2021
Undergraduate (In-State)	$494	$494	$513	$526	$526
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$1,226	$1,226	$1,225	$1,255	$1,255
Graduate (In-State)	$589	$589	$589	$603	$603
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$1,261	$1,261	$1,260	$1,291	$1,291

Tuition & Fees Trends last 5 years

Online Programs By Area of Study

Washington State University offers 407 degree programs through Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 54 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 11 Certificate, 20 Bachelors, 12 Masters, 11 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters. The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	11	NOT OFFERED	20	12	NOT OFFERED	11
Overall Programs	27	NOT OFFERED	151	106	74	49

The next tables list each online program with offered degrees. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program. It includes the completers through on-campus classes and hybrid on/offline classes as well as completely online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all online schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Agriculture

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Agriculture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agricultural Business and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
American Indian/Native American Studies	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Mass Communication/Media Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	97	46	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	14	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Education

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	4	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Educational/Instructional Technology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	220

Engineering

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Software Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Electrical and Electronics Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	135	19	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Engineering Technology

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Engineering/Industrial Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	33	NOT OFFERED	40

Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Foreign Languages and Literatures	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Spanish Language and Literature	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Development and Family Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	157	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Child Development	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Family and Community Services	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (other)	64	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language And Literature

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	80	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts And Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	111	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Biological And Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biology/Biological Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	128	6	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biological and Physical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	44	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Gerontology	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International/Global Studies	29	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computational Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sustainability Studies	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	18	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	385	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, And Firefighting

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Criminal Justice/Police Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	171	6	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4

Social Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Social Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	370	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Anthropology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	28	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Economics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	49	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	82	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	35	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Visual And Performing Arts

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Music	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1

Business

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	289	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	151
Operations Management and Supervision	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	191	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	221	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Information Systems	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	114	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Marketing/Marketing Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	133	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	65	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At Washington State University, there are 31,478 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 6,282 students were attending classes through distance learning (3,345 students are enrolled exclusively and 2,937 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	31,478
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	3,345
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	2,937
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	25,196

By student location, out of a total of 3,345 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 2,398 Washington Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 818 students living in the U.S. States other than Washington, and 128 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.