Washington State University

Washington State University was established by the Washington Legislature on March 28, 1890, less than five months after statehood was declared on November 11, 1889. After an extended search for a location, the state's new land-grant college opened in Pullman on January 13, 1892. The year 1897 saw the first graduating class of seven men and women.[6] The school changed names from Washington Agricultural College and School of Science to State College of Washington in 1905, and then to Washington State University in 1959.