Enrollment Trends at EWU

The student population at Eastern Washington University is 10,910 (7,604 undergraduate and 3,306 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,677 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at EWU is 69.70% which is decreased by 3,756 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,079 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,808 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 607.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,297 where 10,910 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.70% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.30% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,756 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,079 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in EWU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,587	11,360	5,095	6,265	1,227	420	807
2013-14	12,791 204	11,678 318	5,372 277	6,306 41	1,113 -114	364 -56	749 -58
2014-15	13,453 662	12,411 733	5,666 294	6,745 439	1,042 -71	305 -59	737 -12
2015-16	12,361 -1,092	11,300 -1,111	5,193 -473	6,107 -638	1,061 19	344 39	717 -20
2016-17	12,279 -82	11,217 -83	5,207 14	6,010 -97	1,062 1	316 -28	746 29
2017-18	12,607 328	11,473 256	5,296 89	6,177 167	1,134 72	316 0	818 72
2018-19	12,633 26	11,408 -65	5,261 -35	6,147 -30	1,225 91	337 21	888 70
2019-20	12,410 -223	10,756 -652	4,838 -423	5,918 -229	1,654 429	444 107	1,210 322
2020-21	12,349 -61	10,292 -464	4,470 -368	5,822 -96	2,057 403	606 162	1,451 241
2021-22	10,892 -1,457	8,217 -2,075	3,497 -973	4,720 -1,102	2,675 618	820 214	1,855 404
2022-23	10,910 18	7,604 -613	3,302 -195	4,302 -418	3,306 631	1,004 184	2,302 447
Average	12,297	10,701	4,836	5,865	1,596	480	1,116

Eastern Washington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,701 where 7,604 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,360	9,557	4,322	5,235	1,803	773	1,030
2013-14	11,678	9,715	4,490	5,225	1,963	882	1,081
2014-15	12,411	10,061	4,617	5,444	2,350	1,049	1,301
2015-16	11,300	10,163	4,697	5,466	1,137	496	641
2016-17	11,217	10,032	4,679	5,353	1,185	528	657
2017-18	11,473	10,060	4,674	5,386	1,413	622	791
2018-19	11,408	9,910	4,551	5,359	1,498	710	788
2019-20	10,756	9,498	4,257	5,241	1,258	581	677
2020-21	10,292	8,685	3,753	4,932	1,607	717	890
2021-22	8,217	7,203	3,049	4,154	1,014	448	566
2022-23	7,604	6,683	2,870	3,813	921	432	489
Average	10,701	10,701	4,178	5,055	10,701	658	810

Eastern Washington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,596 where 3,306 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,227	862	304	558	365	116	249
2013-14	1,113	829	274	555	284	90	194
2014-15	1,042	770	242	528	272	63	209
2015-16	1,061	783	268	515	278	76	202
2016-17	1,062	758	249	509	304	67	237
2017-18	1,134	785	229	556	349	87	262
2018-19	1,225	975	275	700	250	62	188
2019-20	1,654	1,267	339	928	387	105	282
2020-21	2,057	1,123	297	826	934	309	625
2021-22	2,675	1,992	597	1,395	683	223	460
2022-23	3,306	2,351	679	1,672	955	325	630
Average	1,596	1,596	341	795	1,596	138	322

Eastern Washington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.93%. The percentage was 67.01% 10 years ago and EWU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern Washington University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	158	398	442	1,366	46	8,435	464
2013-14	153	375	429	1,469	35	8,500	531
2014-15	167	395	432	1,772	37	8,667	604
2015-16	145	367	425	1,546	37	8,093	660
2016-17	137	354	410	1,653	38	7,675	696
2017-18	140	347	390	1,842	35	7,478	801
2018-19	118	366	408	1,936	39	7,347	816
2019-20	119	366	419	1,912	57	7,159	850
2020-21	133	390	415	1,990	57	6,709	789
2021-22	122	347	385	1,751	49	6,344	692
2022-23	126	307	474	1,770	67	6,648	675
Average	138	365	421	1,728	45	7,550	689

Eastern Washington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,808 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 607.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern Washington University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,453	397	1,467	11,589
2015-16	12,361	371	1,687	10,303
2016-17	12,279	440	1,992	9,847
2017-18	12,607	533	2,466	9,608
2018-19	12,633	583	2,907	9,143
2019-20	12,410	967	2,858	8,585
2020-21	12,351	11,566	690	95
2021-22	10,892	2,387	3,626	4,879
2022-23	10,910	2,808	3,342	4,760
Average	12,211	2,228	2,337	7,645

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