@MYOS1634 , FYI from Washington’s Honors Program website:
“The University Honors Program provides a rigorous environment for highly motivated students looking for an interdisciplinary educational experience. Bringing selected faculty into close contact with dedicated students in an atmosphere of small, challenging classes allows the Honors Program to combine the intimacy of a small, interdisciplinary liberal arts college with the strengths of an excellent public research university. Interdisciplinary, College, and Departmental Honors annually enroll approximately 1500 undergraduates, with about two-thirds of the students in Interdisciplinary/College Honors and the remaining one-third in Departmental Honors.”
Washington’s Honors Program offers about 30 to 35 “official” Honors courses per quarter each fall, winter and spring quarter, and most have around 10 to 30 students. In addition, almost any course (including study abroad classes) with fewer than 50 students can be taken as an “ad hoc” Honors course, where the student works with the professor to create a plan of additional study in order to pursue a course or study abroad program in more depth.
At Washington, OOS tuition, room and board is about $45,000. If you are admitted to the Honors Program, you will probably receive a Purple and Gold Scholarship ($5,500 to $8,500 per year for four years), which would lower your tuition, room and board to around $36,500 to $39,500 per year.