Enrollment Trends at CWU

The student population at Central Washington University is 9,257 (8,743 undergraduate and 514 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,030 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CWU is 94.45% which is decreased by 1,680 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 350 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,498 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,456 where 9,257 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,680 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 350 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in CWU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Washington University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,287	10,423	5,167	5,256	864	385	479
2014-15	11,799 512	10,964 541	5,309 142	5,655 399	835 -29	343 -42	492 13
2015-16	11,993 194	11,112 148	5,421 112	5,691 36	881 46	365 22	516 24
2016-17	11,971 -22	11,119 7	5,419 -2	5,700 9	852 -29	327 -38	525 9
2017-18	12,901 930	12,080 961	5,739 320	6,341 641	821 -31	327 0	494 -31
2018-19	12,342 -559	11,419 -661	5,482 -257	5,937 -404	923 102	346 19	577 83
2019-20	11,658 -684	11,111 -308	5,286 -196	5,825 -112	547 -376	203 -143	344 -233
2020-21	11,174 -484	10,518 -593	4,873 -413	5,645 -180	656 109	265 62	391 47
2021-22	10,176 -998	9,566 -952	4,496 -377	5,070 -575	610 -46	228 -37	382 -9
2022-23	9,257 -919	8,743 -823	4,131 -365	4,612 -458	514 -96	204 -24	310 -72
Average	11,456	10,706	5,132	5,573	750	299	451

Central Washington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,706 where 8,743 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 Central Washington University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,423	8,996	4,476	4,520	1,427	691	736
2014-15	10,964	8,753	4,293	4,460	2,211	1,016	1,195
2015-16	11,112	9,103	4,479	4,624	2,009	942	1,067
2016-17	11,119	9,482	4,650	4,832	1,637	769	868
2017-18	12,080	10,446	4,997	5,449	1,634	742	892
2018-19	11,419	10,040	4,866	5,174	1,379	616	763
2019-20	11,111	9,977	4,774	5,203	1,134	512	622
2020-21	10,518	9,235	4,253	4,982	1,283	620	663
2021-22	9,566	8,373	3,937	4,436	1,193	559	634
2022-23	8,743	7,619	3,625	3,994	1,124	506	618
Average	10,706	10,706	4,435	4,767	10,706	697	806

Central Washington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 750 where 514 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 Central Washington University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	864	462	217	245	402	168	234
2014-15	835	461	205	256	374	138	236
2015-16	881	503	232	271	378	133	245
2016-17	852	509	214	295	343	113	230
2017-18	821	466	199	267	355	128	227
2018-19	923	528	214	314	395	132	263
2019-20	547	121	43	78	426	160	266
2020-21	656	225	93	132	431	172	259
2021-22	610	238	87	151	372	141	231
2022-23	514	184	77	107	330	127	203
Average	750	750	158	212	750	141	239

Central Washington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.07%. The percentage was 64.42% 10 years ago and CWU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Washington University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	57	601	308	1,290	43	7,271	600
2014-15	65	532	365	1,430	137	7,327	710
2015-16	92	544	409	1,548	73	7,102	732
2016-17	76	463	438	1,695	79	6,778	759
2017-18	76	504	490	2,005	94	6,938	935
2018-19	67	462	459	1,952	106	6,289	905
2019-20	63	512	459	1,978	109	5,934	920
2020-21	73	526	473	1,956	108	5,698	955
2021-22	68	480	466	1,808	102	5,250	916
2022-23	58	402	451	1,774	80	4,913	757
Average	70	503	432	1,744	93	6,350	819

Central Washington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,498 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Washington University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,799	1,506	1,957	8,336
2015-16	11,993	1,638	2,178	8,177
2016-17	11,971	1,743	2,307	7,921
2017-18	12,901	1,855	2,915	8,131
2018-19	12,342	3,180	7,872	1,290
2019-20	11,658	2,971	7,747	940
2020-21	11,174	7,145	3,688	341
2021-22	10,176	2,921	4,411	2,844
2022-23	9,257	2,498	3,896	2,863
Average	11,475	2,829	4,108	4,538

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