UW has never had that high percentage of Chinese students; from the demographics report:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washington.edu&#x2F;omad&#x2F;files&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;2015-01-09-UW-State-of-Diversity.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washington.edu&#x2F;omad&#x2F;files&#x2F;2015&#x2F;02&#x2F;2015-01-09-UW-S...</a><p>So they (Asians, other) are at 21.5% in 2014&#x2F;15. Note that international has its own separate slice, at 14.7%, that isn&#x27;t broken down. So...that means all that 21.5% are American, possibly of Chinese descent, which is far away from Chinese nationals.<p>UW is a commuter school, I think 75% of the students live at home even. So if you were living on campus, your view of the demographics would be a bit skewed. Incidentally, in 2013, UW admitted a class of 6,255, 687 of which were Chinese, roughly 10%, which still isn&#x27;t shabby:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washington.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;14&#x2F;uw-fall-2013-enrollment-largest-freshman-class-ever&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.washington.edu&#x2F;news&#x2F;2013&#x2F;10&#x2F;14&#x2F;uw-fall-2013-enrol...</a>