Student Population at Western Washington

By race/ethnicity, 10,094 White, 277 Black, and 844 Asian students out of a total of 14,710 are attending at Western Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western Washington University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 50.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Western Washington has 128 students under 18 years old and 16 students over 65 years old. There are 13,099 students under 25 years old, and 1,611 students over 25 years old out of 14,710 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 128 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. Western Washington has 12,778 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 974 students aged 25 and over.

It has 321 graduate students aged under 25 and 637 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 Western Washington University, 226 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,421 students are enrolled in some online courses.

195 students who live in Washington or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 31 students live in another State or outside of the United States.