Student Population at GWU

By race/ethnicity, 10,748 White, 2,699 Black, and 3,288 Asian students out of a total of 25,374 are attending at George Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

George Washington University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, GWU has 190 students under 18 years old and 42 students over 65 years old. There are 14,517 students under 25 years old, and 10,822 students over 25 years old out of 25,374 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 189 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. GWU has 10,850 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 796 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at GWU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 37 students are older than 65. It has 3,667 graduate students aged under 25 and 10,026 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At George Washington University, 3,989 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,955 students are enrolled in some online courses.

191 students who live in District of Columbia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,798 students live in another State or outside of the United States.