Central Washington University Top Questions

The campus is accessible to everyone with hopes for grad school.

This school has so many study abroad programs and has sister school contracts with so many other schools around the world that it's hard to decide on just one program out of many that work for you!

Reputation within my field of interset coupled with proximity to my home town.

CWU is the only 4-year University within a 4-state radius that offers a bachelor's degree in professional flight.

At my university, I feel that the uniqueness is found the familiarity and friendships between the students. There are so many different types of students, who come from everywhere (exchange students from Saudi Arabia, and China!), with different life stories. Central is not as large as some other universities, but still takes a lot to become accustomed to. This school allows you to build your strongest relationships. Our school comes together when the stories of all these students overlap with each other. Nothing is more comforting than, "Oh, you should come visit the club, they'll like you!"

My school is in a medium sized city, which still provides the hometown feel as well as the city life. Its not too far from a major city, such as Seattle or Spokane. The school, offers great class sizes which provide the one-on-one attention you may need in college.

Central Washington University is unique compared to other universities because how small the University is. I believe the size of the university is unique because it brings the students of Central to become close. I attended this university knowing only two people, but now being here for a quarter and a half I have found many great friends. Attending school in this friendly atmosphere gives me great pride to say I attend Central Washington University.

I truly enjoy the fact that CWU is relativly rural. I can drive for five minutes out of town and be in an area great for camping. We are within a half hour of the Cascade Mountain range which has an abundance of hiking trails and camping areas. My school offers a relativly unique experience to have solitude and yet still be part of a community. I believe solitued to be incredibly important for a meaningful life, but it must not be taken at the expense of interacting with the world as a whole.

Some unique things about CWU are that it used to be a teacher's education college just for women when established but then became more popular and is still one of the fastest growing universities in Washington. It also has a Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute where they have chimps that have learned sign language and is the second of one other school in the world to have it. There is a large study abroad program making many possiblities of international travel and also bring AUAP and other international students to this campus.

Central Washington University's average class size is only 30 people for ever professor. Students actually get to know their professors and are very willing to help students succeed in class. The location of the school is amazing, 40 minutes to Snoqualmie Pass, and around an hour to get to Seattle, WA.