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The main campus of Washington State University is located in Pullman, though there are also regional locations throughout the state in Spokane and the Tri-Cities, as well as in Vancouver. The Pullman campus of Washington State University is 2.5 km2 and is located in the Palouse region. 

The Palouse is defined by its unique rolling hills that were created by wind-blown soil, which supports one of the world's most productive dry-land agricultural regions. The main crops are wheat, peas, barley, and lentils. Evenings are often highlighted by a spectacular blue-pink sunset, which the first Board of Regents decided to use as the college's colors (later changed to the current crimson and gray colors). Perched atop College Hill (one of the four main hills in Pullman), the campus overlooks downtown Pullman.

Student life on WSU's Pullman campus is influenced by a variety of student organizations and their committees. The school has a sizeable Greek community that recruits about 20 percent of the student population. In addition to fraternities and sororities, there are about 300 other student clubs and organizations to check out.

As Pullman is not a huge city it is cleaner and easier to get around and there is still so much to do. From the REC center, to parks across the town, and even just driving or walking through campus makes it all worthwhile.

Freshmen must live on campus, unless they're older than 20 or are married. Students with children or who are enrolled in graduate school may apply to live in university-owned apartments.

WSU is a residential campus. Many freshmen live in residence halls, while some live in fraternity and sorority houses or in off-campus housing. After their first year, many students move to apartments, several owned by WSU. Most apartments are less than 0.8 km from campus. Off-campus housing is broken into two sections that are commonly known by students; College Hill and Apartment Land. 

A number of the residence halls are co-ed but there are single-gender living environments as well as a variety of other living options that include age-restricted housing, a mix of domestic and international students and a global learning community.

Each hall has its own government which organizes events, manages its budget, and acts as a forum for student involvement.

The university career center offers a number of services to assist students in their personal development. It provides:

• Career counseling. Specially trained career counselors are available to increase student’s self-understanding, knowledge of the work world and decision-making skills. They also offer career assessments to explore student’s interests, values, skill, and personality.
• Career courses for credit. Academic courses in college major and career planning, internship and peer leadership.
• Career fairs and associated events. Each fall and spring the university hosts a campus-wide Career Expo. Typically more than 100 recruiters attend from all types of organizations.
• Internships.

Total undergraduate costs for nine-month academic year, 2016–2017 are about $36,000 for a non-resident living on-campus. This sum includes tuition and fees - about $27,000 per year, books and supplies - $1,000, room and board - $6,000, personal and transportation costs - $2,000.

Founded in 1890, Washington State University, WSU is a top-tier public research, land-grant institution comprises of four campuses. Its ethos is rooted in accessibility and public service. Its main Pullman campus is situation within 600 acres of land in the agricultural Palouse region that spans the northwestern states of Washington and Idaho. Other campuses include the Health Sciences campus in the city of Spokane, another in Tri-Cities and the fourth in Vancouver, on the banks of the Columbia River.

WSU is proud of its work with the wider community – its 39 extension offices provide educational opportunities for Washington students throughout the state and its four research centres help local growers sustain their crops. Research activity addresses issues in health, food, energy, sustainability, social opportunity and global security. The university also has an energy programme that provides information on energy efficiency for organisations and consumers alike and it runs 24 small business development centres for start-ups.

WSU has close collaboration with American and international labs and agencies. Its scholars team with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory on research for sustainable production of bioproducts and biofuels. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service works seamlessly with WSU researchers from on-campus offices.

The university has highly recognized faculty. WSU scholars include members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and recipients of numerous national awards and fellowships. WSU researchers garner worldwide recognition for their discoveries. Many stand among the most widely published and frequently cited scholars in the nation.

Washington State University's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges - National Universities, 143. It is also ranked in the top 140 universities in America with high research activity, as determined by the U.S. News & World Report. 

WSU is ranked 140th nationally and 70th among public universities in the 2016 U.S. News & World Report rankings. It also ranked 69th overall among 343 undergraduate business schools; ranked 19th in the international business programs accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, and ranked 59th overall for best undergraduate engineering programs accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. WSU's College of Veterinary Medicine ranked 14th in the nation.

Among the 39 WSU alumni to receive the Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award since 1962 are recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Irwin Rose, broadcaster Edward R. Murrow, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, astronaut John M. Fabian, cartoonist Gary Larson, molecular evolutionist Allan Wilson, banking executive Phyllis J. Campbell, Entrepreneur Clint Hedin, sociologist William Julius Wilson, author and film director Sherman Alexie, veterinary researcher John Gorham, wheat breeder Orville Vogel, physicist Philip Abelson and physician Neva Abelson.

WSU is well known for its programs in chemical engineering, veterinary medicine, agriculture, pharmacy, neuroscience, food science, plant science, business, architecture, and communications. The most popular majors are Social Sciences, Nursing and Psychology. 

The liberal arts and sciences have an important place in the curriculum, along with business, communication, education, architecture, pharmacy, nursing, and the traditional land-grant disciplines of agriculture, engineering, and veterinary medicine.