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University of Washington
The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is one of the top public research universities in the country, and its medical school has ranked among the top handful nationally for primary care training for decades, reflecting the university's deliberate focus on training physicians for the vast rural areas of the Pacific Northwest it serves. UW's computer science and engineering programs have built especially strong reputations, benefiting directly from the university's proximity to Seattle's concentration of major technology employers, several of which — including Microsoft — were co-founded or staffed early on by UW graduates and now maintain deep recruiting and research partnerships with the school. The university's research funding, regularly ranking among the top handful of American universities for total federal research dollars received, funds significant work at UW Medicine and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science, the latter named for the Microsoft co-founder whose foundation has been one of the university's largest donors. UW's Seattle campus, centered on the Drumheller Fountain with a clear view of Mount Rainier on clear days, combined with the university's research scale and relatively affordable in-state public tuition, has made it the preferred choice for Washington State students seeking a major research university experience without leaving the state.
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Western Washington University
Western Washington University, founded in 1893 as a teacher-training college, has grown into one of the most selective and well-regarded regional public universities on the West Coast, consistently ranking among the top public master's-level universities in national surveys of undergraduate teaching quality. The university's Huxley College of the Environment is one of the oldest standalone environmental studies colleges in the country, reflecting Western's early and sustained institutional commitment to environmental science at a time when few universities offered dedicated degree programs in the field. WWU's Bellingham campus, set on a wooded hillside overlooking Bellingham Bay with views of the San Juan Islands, is frequently cited among the most scenic public university campuses on the West Coast, and the school's outdoor recreation-oriented student culture reflects its Pacific Northwest coastal setting. The university's deliberate focus on undergraduate teaching over graduate research, unusual for a public university of its size, has made Western a consistent top choice for Washington State students seeking a smaller-scale, teaching-focused public university experience as an alternative to UW's larger research-university scale.
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