Office of Planning & Budgeting

OPB News and Announcements


January 16, 2024

Announcing a new organization: Finance, Planning & Budgeting

Effective January 16, 2024, UW Finance and the Office of Planning & Budgeting have united as one team. Sarah Norris Hall will serve as Senior Vice President of Finance, Planning & Budgeting (FPB). This organizational chart reflects the new organization with leadership updates and high-level reporting structures. FPB Org Chart FPB org chart text only Message…


January 12, 2024

UW finance, planning and budgeting merge to better serve faculty, staff and students

Photo collage of Jessica Bertram, Sarah Norris Hall and Jason Campbell

From 1/12/24 UW News President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Tricia Serio announced an organizational and leadership restructuring in the areas of finance, planning and budgeting aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of these areas’ service to the University community. The changes, which take effect Tuesday, Jan. 16, come after an external review determined…


February 3, 2022

UW Fast Facts 2022 – Now Available!

An updated version of UW Fast Facts is now available. You can find it on the UW Fast Facts page and in the Quick Links bar on the right. The page also includes links to an html-only version of Fast Facts, as well as tagged PDFs. A special thank you to OPB’s Institutional Data &…


March 12, 2021

Legislative Session Update

This week marks the halfway point of the 2021 “long” biennial legislative session. We are currently tracking 316 bills and looking ahead towards a busy remainder of session. Major policy topics this year have included diversity, equity, and inclusion; climate and sustainability; and health care. We have posted a full list of bills the University…


January 21, 2021

UW Fast Facts 2021 – Now Available!

A redesigned version of UW Fast Facts is now available. You can find it on the UW Fast Facts page and in the Quick Links bar on the right. This year, we have incorporated a number of new dashboards to provide a more complete picture of where we are as a University. A special thank you to…


April 3, 2019

OPBlog: Introduction

Hi! My name is Jessie Friedmann, and I joined OPB in January as the Policy & Communications Analyst. I have my Bachelor’s degree in Policy, Planning & Development from USC, and my Master’s degree from the UW School of Social Work, with a concentration in Administration & Policy. I have worked in local, state, and…


January 31, 2019

OPB Brief on Published Price vs. Net Price – 2019 update

The 2019 update of the Published Price vs. Net Price brief is now available on our briefs page, and reflects the newest available data.  The brief includes sector-wide data on trends in published price and net price for public and private four-year colleges and institutions, a description of how declining state investment in higher education has spurred…


January 7, 2019

UW Fast Facts 2019 – Now Available!

The 2019 edition of UW Fast Facts is now available. You can find it on the OPB website under the UW Data tab, and in the Quicklinks bar on the right. You can also access it directly at UW Fast Facts. A special thank you to OPB’s Institutional Analysis team, the Marketing & Communications team, and to our…


November 13, 2018

OPBlog: Introduction

Hello! My name is Barbara Reichart and I am the 2018-19 Legislative and Policy Analysis Intern for the Office of Planning & Budgeting (OPB). I am currently a graduate student at the Evans School of Public Policy & Governance seeking a Masters in Public Administration. Prior to joining the University of Washington community, I worked…


June 8, 2018

UW’s Adopted FY19 Operating Budget and Tuition Rates

On June 7, the Board of Regents adopted the UW’s Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) Operating Budget. The budget includes final 2018-19 tuition rates and expected revenue and proposed expenditures by budget area. Annual and quarterly tuition and fee schedules have been posted. Supplementary documents can be found on OPB’s Annual Budgets page. In conjunction with the…



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