Admitted Students

Accept your offer of admission, and then proceed to pay the $200 advanced tuition/confirmation deposit to hold your spot in the incoming class.

Ready to confirm your admission, but finances holding you back?
We may be able to help! Contact us at 509-372-7250 or tricities.admissions@wsu.edu.

All new first-year and transfer students are required to register for New Coug Orientation. Here you will learn more about student and academic resources, meet with the faculty in your college, talk with current students and more! Our program is designed to set up new students be successful at WSU Tri-Cities.

Complete your online math placement exam and your online writing placement exam. To meet graduation requirements, all students must pass an approved mathematics and english composition course. The placement exams are designed to help you fulfill these requirements by identifying the courses that best match your skills.

Note:  If you have transferable college credit in math and English, you might not need to take these exams. Be sure to check with your academic advisor. It is important to complete your placement exams as it may prevent enrollment in math, English and science courses.

Every student will need to meet with an academic advisor prior to registering for classes each term. We will notify you via email once it’s time to schedule your appointment.

Sign in to myWSU (WSU’s student information system) and review your personal to-do list for financial aid.

Application status can be checked in the FutureCoug Portal.

Have your official transcripts from all colleges and universities sent to:

Office of Admissions
Washington State University Tri-Cities
2710 Crimson Way
Richland, WA 99354-1671

Please note: When ordering an electronic transcript from a school that partners with e-Script Safe, National Student Clearinghouse or Parchment, do not enter an email address. The partner agency will send us your transcript directly.

If your school does not partner with one of the listed agencies, request that your school mail a sealed official transcript to the address above.

Unofficial transcripts are also acceptable.

Every WSU student has an official WSU e-mail address that is available to them. People at WSU will use this official WSU e-mail address to correspond with you.

Once accepted to WSU and after making your advance payment on tuition you will receive an email notification regarding the creation of your WSU student email account. This notification should arrive within two business days of making your advance payment and will contain your new e-mail address and provide instructions for activating your WSU student e-mail account.

Note: It is important to activate your WSU e-mail account as soon as possible. This e-mail address will automatically be set as your primary e-mail account. You won’t want to miss out on important communication!