Eastern Washington University Student Population

How many students at EWU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Eastern Washington University has a total enrollment of 10,492 students, including 6,952 undergraduate and 3,540 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,223 male students (40.2%) and 6,269 female students (59.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 6,525 White students (62.2%) and 1,744 Hispanic students (16.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,952 undergraduate students (66.3%) and 3,540 graduate students (33.7%).
• Class Delivery: 3,572 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 3,080 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Master's College and University (larger programs) - which average 10,123 - EWU's body is almost same.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 4,223 male (40.25%) and 6,269 female (59.75%) students are attending Eastern Washington University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 67.36.

By class level, 6,952 (66.26%) are undergraduate students and 3,540 (33.74%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.47% are male and 56.53% are female, while among graduate students, 33.93% are male and 66.07% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,525 White, 535 Black, and 407 Asian students out of a total of 10,492 are attending at Eastern Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Eastern Washington University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 57.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, EWU has 630 students under 18 years old and 22 students over 65 years old. There are 6,525 students under 25 years old, and 3,966 students over 25 years old out of 10,492 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 630 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. EWU has 5,879 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,072 students aged 25 and over.

It has 646 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,894 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 Eastern Washington University, 3,572 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,080 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,512 students who live in Washington or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,060 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,952 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 643 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.25%.587 students have transferred in as full-time status and 56 students transferred in as part-time status.