Student Population at CWU

The following chart compares CWU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Washington.

CWU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 9,056 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Washington average (7,968 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Central Washington University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,795 male and 6,016 female students attending CWU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.80 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at CWU.

By age, there are 8,923 students whose age under twenty five and 1,066 students whose age is over thirty years old at Central Washington University.

Especially, 2,155 students are younger than eighteen and 51 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Central Washington University.

At Central Washington University, 6,233 students (57.65% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,377 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,264 students live in Washington where Central Washington University is located in and 101 students have enrolled from other states.