Student Population at Washington State

By race/ethnicity, 14,488 White, 790 Black, and 1,814 Asian students out of a total of 25,685 are attending at Washington State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Washington State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 64% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Washington State has 392 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 19,197 students under 25 years old, and 6,488 students over 25 years old out of 25,685 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 392 students are younger than 18 and 18 students are older than 65. Washington State has 18,199 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,256 students aged 25 and over.

It has 998 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,232 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 Washington State University, 3,979 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,428 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,297 students who live in Washington or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 682 students live in another State or outside of the United States.