How many students at GWU? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 25,568 students have enrolled in George Washington University with 11,387 undergraduate and 14,181 graduate students.

By gender, 9,745 male and 15,823 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,542 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

4,508 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,747 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

George Washington University has a total of 25,568 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 11,387 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 14,181 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 9,745 male and 15,823 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total25,56811,38714,181
Men9,7454,1405,605
Women15,8237,2478,576
George Washington University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,338 White, 2,624 Black, and 3,255 Asian students out of a total of 25,568 are attending at George Washington University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American301317
Asian3,2551,2052,050
Black2,6247871,837
Hispanic2,5889171,671
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders271116
White11,3384,1977,141
Two or more races1,028350678
Race Unknown1,010416594
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American624
Asian1,6745891,085
Black922248674
Hispanic1,478523955
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders936
White5,4892,0213,468
Two or more races610211399
Race Unknown26295167
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American241113
Asian1,581616965
Black1,7025391,163
Hispanic1,110394716
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders18810
White5,8492,1763,673
Two or more races418139279
Race Unknown748321427
George Washington University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, GWU has 197 students under 18 years old and 42 students over 65 years old. There are 14,279 students under 25 years old, and 11,249 students over 25 years old out of 25,568 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 196 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. GWU has 10,510 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 842 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at GWU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 36 students are older than 65. It has 3,769 graduate students aged under 25 and 10,407 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819715938
18-193,7722,4521,320
20-214,8203,0731,747
22-245,4903,4921,998
25-295,4143,3132,101
30-342,2451,246999
35-391,320739581
40-491,599917682
50-64629377252
Over 65422517
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819615937
18-193,7712,4511,320
20-214,7363,0261,710
22-241,8071,092715
25-29344209135
30-3417610274
35-391266066
40-491368551
50-64543321
Over 65642
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18101
18-19110
20-21844737
22-243,6832,4001,283
25-295,0703,1041,966
30-342,0691,144925
35-391,194679515
40-491,463832631
50-64575344231
Over 65362115
George Washington University 2024 Student Population by Age chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartGeorge Washington University 2024 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 George Washington University, 4,508 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,747 students are enrolled in some online courses.

234 students lived in District of Columbia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,274 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students25,5684,5081,747
Undergraduate11,387491252
Graduate14,1814,0171,495
Online Student Population by Locality
District of Columbia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2344,20668
Undergraduate134780
Graduate2213,72868
George Washington University 2024 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,387 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 590 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.18%.456 students have transferred in as full-time status and 134 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time9,930
Transfer-in Full-time456
Regular Part-time867
Transfer-in Part-time134

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