Admission to University Of Washington is selective and competitive and is based on a holistic review of application materials. You need a 4‑year bachelor’s degree or equivalent—preferably in STEM, business, economics, math, or related quantitative fields. These excellent students come from diverse backgrounds, hold bachelor’s degrees, and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher. They possess an aptitude for communicating complex ideas and conducting rigorous quantitative analyses. Our ideal applicant is comfortable with math and statistics and has exposure to R, Python, Excel, and SQL.