Central Washington University Student Population

How many students at CWU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 10,811 students have enrolled in Central Washington University with 10,317 undergraduate and 494 graduate students.

By gender, 4,795 male and 6,016 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,377 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,856 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

Student Population by Gender

Central Washington University has a total of 10,811 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 10,317 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 494 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,795 male and 6,016 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,024 White, 420 Black, and 473 Asian students out of a total of 10,811 are attending at Central Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Central Washington University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 62.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, CWU has 2,155 students under 18 years old and 51 students over 65 years old. There are 8,923 students under 25 years old, and 1,887 students over 25 years old out of 10,811 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,155 students are younger than 18 and 50 students are older than 65. CWU has 8,736 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,580 students aged 25 and over.

It has 187 graduate students aged under 25 and 307 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Central Washington University, 2,377 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,856 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,264 students who live in Washington or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 113 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,317 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 811 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.86%.712 students have transferred in as full-time status and 99 students transferred in as part-time status.