A total of 231,934 students are enrolled in Washington colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Washington colleges and universites, 24,118 students are 18 years old or younger(10.40%), 52,764 students are 18 or 19 years old (22.75%), 44,134 students are between 20 and 22 years old (19.03%), 31,752 students are between 22 and 24 years old (13.69%), and 26,831 students are between 25 and 29 years old (11.57%).
31,238 students are between 30 and 39 years old (13.47%), 13,519 students are between 40 and 49 years old (5.83%), 7,358 students are 50 years old or older (3.17%).
In Washington 4-year colleges and universites, 22,412 students are 18 years old or younger(5.12%), 50,419 students are 18 or 19 years old (11.53%), 42,477 students are between 20 and 22 years old (9.71%), 30,364 students are between 22 and 24 years old (6.94%), 25,085 students are between 25 and 29 years old (5.73%), 28,479 students are between 30 and 39 years old (6.51%), 12,395 students are between 40 and 49 years old (2.83%), 6,869 students are 50 years old or older (1.57%)
In Washington community colleges, there are 3,856 students are younger than 20 years old (15.55%), 2,716 students are between 20 and 24 years old (10.95%), 1,597 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.44%), and 4,213 students are 30 years old or older (16.99%).
In Washington trade schools, there are 195 students are younger than 20 years old (11.72%), 329 students are between 20 and 24 years old (19.77%), 149 students are between 25 and 29 years old (8.95%), and 159 students are 30 years old or older (9.56%).
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 231,934 | 24,118 (10.40%) |
52,764 (22.75%) |
44,134 (19.03%) |
31,752 (13.69%) |
26,831 (11.57%) |
31,238 (13.47%) |
13,519 (5.83%) |
7,358 (3.17%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 437,402 | 22,412 (5.12%) |
50,419 (11.53%) |
42,477 (9.71%) |
30,364 (6.94%) |
25,085 (5.73%) |
28,479 (6.51%) |
12,395 (2.83%) |
6,869 (1.57%) |
| Community Colleges | 24,802 | 1,705 (6.87%) |
2,151 (8.67%) |
1,474 (5.94%) |
1,242 (5.01%) |
1,597 (6.44%) |
2,636 (10.63%) |
1,096 (4.42%) |
481 (1.94%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,664 | 1 (0.06%) |
194 (11.66%) |
183 (11.00%) |
146 (8.77%) |
149 (8.95%) |
123 (7.39%) |
28 (1.68%) |
8 (0.48%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Washington colleges. A total of 231,934 students have enrolled in Washington colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fosbre Academy of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 85 | - | 15 (17.65%) |
24 (28.24%) | 11 (12.94%) |
21 (24.71%) |
11 (12.94%) |
2 (2.35%) | 1 (1.18%) |
| Aveda Institute Portland-Vancouver CampusPrivate, Less than 2-year | 113 | - | 27 (23.89%) |
26 (23.01%) | 23 (20.35%) |
18 (15.93%) |
14 (12.39%) |
3 (2.65%) | 2 (1.77%) |
| Studio Beauty SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 88 | - | 14 (15.91%) |
17 (19.32%) | 16 (18.18%) |
19 (21.59%) |
16 (18.18%) |
5 (5.68%) | 1 (1.14%) |
| Whitworth University-Adult Degree ProgramsPrivate, 4-year | 177 | - | 1 (0.56%) |
2 (1.13%) | 12 (6.78%) |
28 (15.82%) |
76 (42.94%) |
36 (20.34%) | 22 (12.43%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-SpokanePrivate, Less than 2-year | 185 | - | 44 (23.78%) |
37 (20.00%) | 29 (15.68%) |
29 (15.68%) |
38 (20.54%) |
5 (2.70%) | 3 (1.62%) |
| Northwest School of Wooden Boat BuildingPrivate, 2-4 year | 62 | - | 4 (6.45%) |
5 (8.06%) | 6 (9.68%) |
7 (11.29%) |
24 (38.71%) |
9 (14.52%) | 7 (11.29%) |
| Pacific Northwest University of Health SciencesPrivate, 4-year | 620 | - | - | 5 (0.81%) | 100 (16.13%) |
369 (59.52%) |
134 (21.61%) |
11 (1.77%) | 1 (0.16%) |
| Faith International UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 335 | - | 2 (0.60%) |
11 (3.28%) | 24 (7.16%) |
50 (14.93%) |
68 (20.30%) |
67 (20.00%) | 110 (32.84%) |
| The Seattle School of Theology & PsychologyPrivate, 4-year | 283 | - | - | 2 (0.71%) | 15 (5.30%) |
78 (27.56%) |
113 (39.93%) |
54 (19.08%) | 21 (7.42%) |
| Cascadia CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,844 | 525 (28.47%) |
551 (29.88%) |
299 (16.21%) | 205 (11.12%) |
127 (6.89%) |
91 (4.93%) |
32 (1.74%) | 14 (0.76%) |
| Yakima Valley CollegePublic, 4-year | 3,279 | 610 (18.60%) |
743 (22.66%) |
530 (16.16%) | 401 (12.23%) |
389 (11.86%) |
430 (13.11%) |
119 (3.63%) | 57 (1.74%) |
| Whitworth UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,415 | 20 (0.83%) |
799 (33.08%) |
953 (39.46%) | 312 (12.92%) |
114 (4.72%) |
122 (5.05%) |
68 (2.82%) | 27 (1.12%) |
| Whitman CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,493 | 22 (1.47%) |
665 (44.54%) |
589 (39.45%) | 196 (13.13%) |
13 (0.87%) |
3 (0.20%) |
2 (0.13%) | 2 (0.13%) |
| Whatcom Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 3,340 | 700 (20.96%) |
694 (20.78%) |
524 (15.69%) | 456 (13.65%) |
319 (9.55%) |
401 (12.01%) |
160 (4.79%) | 82 (2.46%) |
| Western Washington UniversityPublic, 4-year | 14,747 | 64 (0.43%) |
5,166 (35.03%) |
4,841 (32.83%) | 2,986 (20.25%) |
906 (6.14%) |
522 (3.54%) |
164 (1.11%) | 98 (0.66%) |
| Wenatchee Valley CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,529 | 629 (24.87%) |
662 (26.18%) |
304 (12.02%) | 226 (8.94%) |
233 (9.21%) |
291 (11.51%) |
112 (4.43%) | 69 (2.73%) |
| Washington State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 27,539 | 340 (1.23%) |
7,230 (26.25%) |
7,870 (28.58%) | 4,976 (18.07%) |
3,285 (11.93%) |
2,595 (9.42%) |
914 (3.32%) | 329 (1.19%) |
| Walla Walla UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,432 | 65 (4.54%) |
459 (32.05%) |
434 (30.31%) | 288 (20.11%) |
63 (4.40%) |
69 (4.82%) |
38 (2.65%) | 15 (1.05%) |
| Walla Walla Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,662 | 227 (8.53%) |
528 (19.83%) |
346 (13.00%) | 265 (9.95%) |
324 (12.17%) |
520 (19.53%) |
295 (11.08%) | 156 (5.86%) |
| Tacoma Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 5,502 | 964 (17.52%) |
1,061 (19.28%) |
687 (12.49%) | 626 (11.38%) |
747 (13.58%) |
862 (15.67%) |
380 (6.91%) | 175 (3.18%) |
| Spokane Falls Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 3,795 | 628 (16.55%) |
916 (24.14%) |
607 (15.99%) | 407 (10.72%) |
478 (12.60%) |
459 (12.09%) |
182 (4.80%) | 116 (3.06%) |
| Spokane Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 6,502 | 523 (8.04%) |
923 (14.20%) |
725 (11.15%) | 833 (12.81%) |
999 (15.36%) |
1,423 (21.89%) |
536 (8.24%) | 515 (7.92%) |
| South Puget Sound Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,788 | 982 (25.92%) |
768 (20.27%) |
444 (11.72%) | 351 (9.27%) |
387 (10.22%) |
487 (12.86%) |
253 (6.68%) | 116 (3.06%) |
| Skagit Valley CollegePublic, 4-year | 3,860 | 495 (12.82%) |
720 (18.65%) |
480 (12.44%) | 410 (10.62%) |
513 (13.29%) |
818 (21.19%) |
275 (7.12%) | 143 (3.70%) |
| Shoreline Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,418 | 499 (11.29%) |
831 (18.81%) |
643 (14.55%) | 561 (12.70%) |
567 (12.83%) |
849 (19.22%) |
347 (7.85%) | 117 (2.65%) |
| Seattle UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 7,121 | 49 (0.69%) |
1,712 (24.04%) |
1,609 (22.60%) | 1,136 (15.95%) |
1,213 (17.03%) |
950 (13.34%) |
309 (4.34%) | 117 (1.64%) |
| Seattle Pacific UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,118 | 27 (0.87%) |
947 (30.37%) |
989 (31.72%) | 464 (14.88%) |
277 (8.88%) |
224 (7.18%) |
133 (4.27%) | 57 (1.83%) |
| Seattle Central CollegePublic, 4-year | 4,476 | 483 (10.79%) |
963 (21.51%) |
676 (15.10%) | 673 (15.04%) |
667 (14.90%) |
668 (14.92%) |
240 (5.36%) | 106 (2.37%) |
| South Seattle CollegePublic, 4-year | 4,901 | 350 (7.14%) |
646 (13.18%) |
582 (11.88%) | 657 (13.41%) |
874 (17.83%) |
1,217 (24.83%) |
399 (8.14%) | 118 (2.41%) |
| Saint Martin's UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,609 | 25 (1.55%) |
481 (29.89%) |
437 (27.16%) | 176 (10.94%) |
135 (8.39%) |
181 (11.25%) |
110 (6.84%) | 46 (2.86%) |
| Renton Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 3,072 | 121 (3.94%) |
271 (8.82%) |
269 (8.76%) | 376 (12.24%) |
612 (19.92%) |
912 (29.69%) |
367 (11.95%) | 141 (4.59%) |
| University of Puget SoundPrivate, 4-year | 2,023 | 24 (1.19%) |
665 (32.87%) |
818 (40.43%) | 284 (14.04%) |
136 (6.72%) |
70 (3.46%) |
21 (1.04%) | 5 (0.25%) |
| Peninsula CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,583 | 216 (13.64%) |
239 (15.10%) |
132 (8.34%) | 147 (9.29%) |
189 (11.94%) |
336 (21.23%) |
150 (9.48%) | 168 (10.61%) |
| Olympic CollegePublic, 4-year | 4,905 | 845 (17.23%) |
889 (18.12%) |
605 (12.33%) | 513 (10.46%) |
692 (14.11%) |
808 (16.47%) |
343 (6.99%) | 210 (4.28%) |
| North Seattle CollegePublic, 4-year | 4,675 | 374 (8.00%) |
675 (14.44%) |
395 (8.45%) | 374 (8.00%) |
563 (12.04%) |
1,269 (27.14%) |
700 (14.97%) | 313 (6.70%) |
| Lower Columbia CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,435 | 523 (21.48%) |
481 (19.75%) |
266 (10.92%) | 206 (8.46%) |
233 (9.57%) |
382 (15.69%) |
237 (9.73%) | 107 (4.39%) |
| Lake Washington Institute of TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 3,150 | 273 (8.67%) |
426 (13.52%) |
339 (10.76%) | 385 (12.22%) |
438 (13.90%) |
778 (24.70%) |
351 (11.14%) | 159 (5.05%) |
| Bates Technical CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,133 | 224 (5.42%) |
548 (13.26%) |
382 (9.24%) | 324 (7.84%) |
636 (15.39%) |
1,276 (30.87%) |
487 (11.78%) | 241 (5.83%) |
| Bastyr UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 728 | - | 1 (0.14%) |
12 (1.65%) | 115 (15.80%) |
277 (38.05%) |
201 (27.61%) |
76 (10.44%) | 43 (5.91%) |
| Highline CollegePublic, 4-year | 4,684 | 1,019 (21.75%) |
970 (20.71%) |
645 (13.77%) | 537 (11.46%) |
517 (11.04%) |
569 (12.15%) |
264 (5.64%) | 161 (3.44%) |
| Green River CollegePublic, 4-year | 6,252 | 1,535 (24.55%) |
1,531 (24.49%) |
960 (15.36%) | 652 (10.43%) |
565 (9.04%) |
599 (9.58%) |
247 (3.95%) | 163 (2.61%) |
| Grays Harbor CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,475 | 276 (18.71%) |
329 (22.31%) |
178 (12.07%) | 116 (7.86%) |
125 (8.47%) |
245 (16.61%) |
117 (7.93%) | 85 (5.76%) |
| Gonzaga UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 7,253 | 91 (1.25%) |
2,371 (32.69%) |
2,271 (31.31%) | 826 (11.39%) |
461 (6.36%) |
616 (8.49%) |
424 (5.85%) | 193 (2.66%) |
| Glen Dow Academy of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 100 | 1 (1.00%) |
27 (27.00%) |
16 (16.00%) | 15 (15.00%) |
19 (19.00%) |
16 (16.00%) |
6 (6.00%) | - |
| Pierce College DistrictPublic, 4-year | 8,635 | 1,713 (19.84%) |
1,472 (17.05%) |
939 (10.87%) | 800 (9.26%) |
1,003 (11.62%) |
1,435 (16.62%) |
752 (8.71%) | 521 (6.03%) |
| Everett Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 6,054 | 1,101 (18.19%) |
1,567 (25.88%) |
937 (15.48%) | 625 (10.32%) |
590 (9.75%) |
697 (11.51%) |
339 (5.60%) | 197 (3.25%) |
| Edmonds CollegePublic, 4-year | 5,753 | 988 (17.17%) |
1,138 (19.78%) |
715 (12.43%) | 563 (9.79%) |
544 (9.46%) |
1,000 (17.38%) |
492 (8.55%) | 313 (5.44%) |
| Eastern Washington UniversityPublic, 4-year | 10,910 | 589 (5.40%) |
2,219 (20.34%) |
2,250 (20.62%) | 2,011 (18.43%) |
1,321 (12.11%) |
1,406 (12.89%) |
780 (7.15%) | 320 (2.93%) |
| Cornish College of the ArtsPrivate, 4-year | 443 | 6 (1.35%) |
173 (39.05%) |
145 (32.73%) | 85 (19.19%) |
19 (4.29%) |
9 (2.03%) |
4 (0.90%) | 2 (0.45%) |
| Columbia Basin CollegePublic, 4-year | 6,192 | 1,061 (17.14%) |
1,467 (23.69%) |
892 (14.41%) | 740 (11.95%) |
748 (12.08%) |
821 (13.26%) |
266 (4.30%) | 197 (3.18%) |
| Clover Park Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,788 | 198 (7.10%) |
359 (12.88%) |
288 (10.33%) | 363 (13.02%) |
430 (15.42%) |
594 (21.31%) |
316 (11.33%) | 240 (8.61%) |
| Clark CollegePublic, 4-year | 6,593 | 1,440 (21.84%) |
1,560 (23.66%) |
861 (13.06%) | 689 (10.45%) |
669 (10.15%) |
806 (12.23%) |
360 (5.46%) | 208 (3.15%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-RichlandPrivate, Less than 2-year | 261 | - | 67 (25.67%) |
63 (24.14%) | 52 (19.92%) |
43 (16.48%) |
28 (10.73%) |
7 (2.68%) | 1 (0.38%) |
| Centralia CollegePublic, 4-year | 2,277 | 500 (21.96%) |
460 (20.20%) |
251 (11.02%) | 162 (7.11%) |
192 (8.43%) |
318 (13.97%) |
166 (7.29%) | 221 (9.71%) |
| Central Washington UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,257 | 6 (0.06%) |
2,143 (23.15%) |
2,747 (29.67%) | 2,236 (24.15%) |
937 (10.12%) |
759 (8.20%) |
293 (3.17%) | 136 (1.47%) |
| Big Bend Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,736 | 355 (20.45%) |
455 (26.21%) |
274 (15.78%) | 168 (9.68%) |
156 (8.99%) |
193 (11.12%) |
81 (4.67%) | 54 (3.11%) |
| Bellingham Technical CollegePublic, 4-year | 1,632 | 83 (5.09%) |
249 (15.26%) |
225 (13.79%) | 271 (16.61%) |
294 (18.01%) |
319 (19.55%) |
128 (7.84%) | 63 (3.86%) |
| Bellevue CollegePublic, 4-year | 10,617 | 2,329 (21.94%) |
2,440 (22.98%) |
1,561 (14.70%) | 1,276 (12.02%) |
1,173 (11.05%) |
1,100 (10.36%) |
485 (4.57%) | 253 (2.38%) |