Student Population at Western Washington University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
14,747	13,801	946

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 14,747 students have enrolled in Western Washington University with 13,801 undergraduate and 946 graduate students.

By gender, 6,265 male and 8,482 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

367 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,363 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Western Washington University has a total of 14,747 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,801 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 946 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,265 male and 8,482 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,747	13,801	946
Men	6,265	5,903	362
Women	8,482	7,898	584

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,096 White, 292 Black, and 869 Asian students out of a total of 14,747 are attending at Western Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	58	22	36
Asian	869	393	476
Black	292	134	158
Hispanic	1,566	586	980
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	27	9	18
White	10,096	4,319	5,777
Two or more races	1,359	559	800
Race Unknown	291	153	138

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	49	17	32
Asian	825	382	443
Black	279	127	152
Hispanic	1,479	560	919
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	27	9	18
White	9,434	4,052	5,382
Two or more races	1,294	539	755
Race Unknown	247	134	113

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	3	5
Asian	45	17	28
Black	24	8	16
Hispanic	106	44	62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	3	5
White	649	305	344
Two or more races	77	25	52
Race Unknown	11	5	6

Student Age Distribution

By age, Western Washington has 64 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 13,057 students under 25 years old, and 1,690 students over 25 years old out of 14,747 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 64 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. Western Washington has 12,764 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,037 students aged 25 and over.

It has 293 graduate students aged under 25 and 653 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	64	43	21
18-19	5,166	3,089	2,077
20-21	4,841	2,897	1,944
22-24	2,986	1,548	1,438
25-29	906	459	447
30-34	355	195	160
35-39	167	96	71
40-49	164	98	66
50-64	78	49	29
Over 65	20	8	12

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	64	43	21
18-19	5,166	3,089	2,077
20-21	4,819	2,883	1,936
22-24	2,715	1,370	1,345
25-29	620	286	334
30-34	216	120	96
35-39	88	43	45
40-49	76	43	33
50-64	24	15	9
Over 65	13	6	7

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Western Washington University, 367 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,363 students are enrolled in some online courses.

315 students lived in Washington or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 52 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	14,747	367	2,363
Undergraduate	13,801	244	2,198
Graduate	946	123	165

Online Student Population by Locality
	Washington Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	315	43	9
Undergraduate	224	12	8
Graduate	91	31	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,801 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 952 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.90%.867 students have transferred in as full-time status and 85 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	11,355
Transfer-in Full-time	867
Regular Part-time	1,494
Transfer-in Part-time	85

Student Population at Western Washington University

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