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Washington: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 13	6,724,540	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.1%	26.4%
65 and older	12.3%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 13	6,724,540	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	27.1%	26.4%
65 and older	12.3%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	1.5%	0.9%
Asian	7.2%	4.8%
Black	3.6%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.2%
White	77.3%	72.4%
More than one race	4.7%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	11.2%	16.3%
Other	5.2%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.1%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	6.3%	8.7%
High-school diploma	24.4%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	24.9%	20.6%
Associate degree	9.4%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	20.0%	17.6%
Master’s degree	7.7%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	2.0%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	17.0%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 14	$44,294	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	13.4%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	62,550	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	8.2%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	13,561	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$6,678	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,266	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$27,030	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$1,361,376,000	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-14.5%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$230,509,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$3,734,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$27,579,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$261,822,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$1,357,983,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	19.7%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	70.7%	61.2%
State and local governments	6.0%	6.3%
Industry	7.5%	5.2%
Nonprofit	1.1%	6.1%
Institution itself	12.0%	19.4%
Other	2.8%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	10.1%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	11.7%	4.9%
Life sciences	61.4%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	1.3%	3.7%
Physical sciences	5.3%	7.6%
Psychology	0.7%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.7%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.8%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	3.9%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Washington	$2,154,493,919
Top fund raisers:
University of Washington	$334,493,850
Pacific Lutheran University	$28,164,424
Seattle University	$19,677,146

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$106,800	$112,647
Associate professor	$79,300	$78,804
Assistant professor	$71,704	$67,236
All	$82,335	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$83,418	$87,677
Associate professor	$68,502	$70,215
Assistant professor	$64,013	$59,511
All	$68,034	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$101,557	$133,973
Associate professor	$74,921	$86,108
Assistant professor	$64,363	$72,242
All	$75,939	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$75,050	$82,002
Associate professor	$60,109	$66,466
Assistant professor	$54,762	$55,352
All	$59,512	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$56,167	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$68,568	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$55,489	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	351,856	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	36,254	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	169,573	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	161,301	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	43,644	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	31	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	8,356	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5,205	430,177
Total	388,110	21,016,126
Public institutions	85%	72%
4-year institutions	57%	63%
2-year institutions	43%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	23,068	849,452
Bachelor’s	30,551	1,650,014
Master’s	9,766	693,025
Doctorate	2,366	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 82% of all freshmen enrolled in Washington in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 76% of all Washington residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	68.9%	56.0%
Men	66.8%	53.0%
Women	70.7%	58.5%
American Indian	53.9%	37.0%
Asian	75.8%	66.3%
Black	57.0%	38.3%
Hispanic	63.7%	47.8%
White	68.7%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	6,024	196,374
Asian	34,496	1,218,118
Black	18,324	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	1,842	64,046
Hispanic	30,591	2,741,448
White	268,919	12,722,549
Foreign	14,125	709,565
Two or more races	13,789	325,275
Total	388,110	21,016,126
Women	55.3%	57.0%
Minority	27.1%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	14.2%	28.4%
Foreign	3.6%	3.4%
Full-time	65.3%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1560 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 56% of Washington’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	16	678
Public 2-year institutions	27	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	22	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	11	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	8	664
Total	85	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Bastyr University
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None