Student Population at Central Washington University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,257	8,743	514

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,257 students have enrolled in Central Washington University with 8,743 undergraduate and 514 graduate students.

By gender, 4,335 male and 4,922 female students are attending the school.

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

2,498 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,896 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

Central Washington University has a total of 9,257 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,743 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 514 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,335 male and 4,922 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,257	8,743	514
Men	4,335	4,131	204
Women	4,922	4,612	310

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,913 White, 451 Black, and 402 Asian students out of a total of 9,257 are attending at Central 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	24	34
Asian	402	196	206
Black	451	229	222
Hispanic	1,774	765	1,009
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	80	38	42
White	4,913	2,334	2,579
Two or more races	757	370	387
Race Unknown	549	253	296

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	57	23	34
Asian	390	193	197
Black	440	222	218
Hispanic	1,734	751	983
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	78	37	41
White	4,747	2,265	2,482
Two or more races	737	360	377
Race Unknown	315	165	150

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	12	3	9
Black	11	7	4
Hispanic	40	14	26
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	166	69	97
Two or more races	20	10	10
Race Unknown	234	88	146

Student Age Distribution

By age, CWU has 6 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 7,132 students under 25 years old, and 2,125 students over 25 years old out of 9,257 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 6 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. CWU has 6,972 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,771 students aged 25 and over.

It has 160 graduate students aged under 25 and 354 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	6	3	3
18-19	2,143	1,170	973
20-21	2,747	1,454	1,293
22-24	2,236	1,096	1,140
25-29	937	476	461
30-34	484	266	218
35-39	275	168	107
40-49	293	187	106
50-64	129	98	31
Over 65	7	4	3

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	6	3	3
18-19	2,142	1,170	972
20-21	2,723	1,439	1,284
22-24	2,101	1,011	1,090
25-29	796	397	399
30-34	400	225	175
35-39	231	141	90
40-49	243	148	95
50-64	94	74	20
Over 65	7	4	3

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 Central Washington University, 2,498 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,896 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,354 students lived in Washington or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 144 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	9,257	2,498	3,896
Undergraduate	8,743	2,297	3,728
Graduate	514	201	168

Online Student Population by Locality
	Washington Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,354	118	26
Undergraduate	2,169	105	23
Graduate	185	13	3

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,743 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 951 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.88%.815 students have transferred in as full-time status and 136 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,804
Transfer-in Full-time	815
Regular Part-time	988
Transfer-in Part-time	136

Student Population at Central Washington University

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