Offered Programs at CWU
Offered Degrees/Programs
BS, MS, Post-Grad.
Offered Through Online Classes
BS, MS, Post-Grad.
Total Number of Programs
312
Total Number of Online Programs
63
Total Number of Completers
2,968
Central Washington University offers 312 programs through Bachelor's, Master's, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 201 Bachelor's, 70 Master's, 5 Post-MS Certificate programs
It also offers its programs via online learning and 63 programs are available through Bachelor's, Master's, and Post Graduate Certificate . By degree types, it offers 33 Bachelor's, 19 Master's, 2 Post-MS Certificate program in the virtual environment.
For the academic year 2022-2023, total 2,968 students have completed their degree/programs and graduated from Central Washington University.
The following table summarizes the offered degrees and programs with number of programs and number of completers.
By degrees/certificates, 2,612 Bachelor's, 347 Master's, and 8 Post-MS Certificate were awareded by CWU.
Number of Programs Number of Online Programs Number of Completers Bachelor's 201 33 2,612 Master's 70 19 347 Post-MS Certificate 5 2 8 Total 312 63 2,968
The following table shows the best programs at Central Washington University based on earning after completing the program by degree types.
Certificate Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation
Bachelor Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Construction Management $67,100 Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician $64,100 Computer Science $48,300 Computer and Information Sciences $45,100 Special Education and Teaching $44,600
Master Program - Highest Earning After Graduation
Field of Study Median Earning after Graduation Educational Leadership and Administration $59,200 Accounting $51,800 Health and Physical Education/Fitness $45,000
The following table lists the popular programs at Central Washington University based on number of completers for each offered programs in 2022-2023.
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Psychology 181 $30,900 Business Administration and Management 124 $38,700 Sociology 74 $32,000 Social Sciences 67 $36,400 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew 56 -
Program Name Completers Earning after Graduation Health and Physical Education/Fitness 30 $45,000 Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician 28 - Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 16 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences 15 - Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 13 -
The follwing tabs shows all major programs offered at CWU by awared level. You can check online avaiability, number of completers, and average earning after graduation for each major by expanding the major program.
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation
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4 completers $27,500 Environmental Studies ✕ 4 - Environmental Science ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
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2 completers - Asian Studies/Civilization ✕ 0 - Pacific Area/Pacific Rim Studies ✕ 1 - Women's Studies ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism
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59 completers $31,500 Communication ✕ 23 - Speech Communication and Rhetoric ✕ 0 $31,500 Mass Communication/Media Studies ✕ 0 - Journalism ✕ 0 - Broadcast Journalism ✕ 6 - Radio and Television ✕ 0 - Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia ✕ 9 - Public Relations/Image Management ✕ 21 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
✔ (5 completers)173 completers $45,100 Computer and Information Sciences ✕ 0 $45,100 Information Technology ✔ 45 - Computer Science ✕ 60 $48,300 Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design ✔ 4 - Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration ✕ 0 - System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager ✔ 4 - Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance ✔ 42 - Web/Multimedia Management and Webmaster ✕ 0 - Information Technology Project Management ✔ 18 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Personal and Culinary Services
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4 completers - Culinary Arts and Related Services (other) ✕ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (2 completers)386 completers - Education ✔ 3 - Special Education and Teaching ✔ 0 $44,600 Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 238 - Secondary Education and Teaching ✕ 0 - Early Childhood Education and Teaching ✕ 4 - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods ✕ 4 - Art Teacher Education ✕ 2 - Business Teacher Education ✕ 0 - English/Language Arts Teacher Education ✕ 11 - Foreign Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Health Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education ✕ 11 - Sales and Marketing Operations/Marketing and Distribution Teacher Education ✕ 1 - Mathematics Teacher Education ✕ 27 - Music Teacher Education ✕ 21 - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching ✕ 25 - Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education ✕ 17 - Social Science Teacher Education ✕ 3 - Trade and Industrial Teacher Education ✕ 2 - Biology Teacher Education ✕ 1 - Chemistry Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Drama and Dance Teacher Education ✕ 0 - French Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 - German Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 - History Teacher Education ✕ 16 - Spanish Language Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Earth Science Teacher Education ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering
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0 completers - Engineering Physics/Applied Physics ✕ 0 - Mechanical Engineering ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
✔ (1 completers)64 completers - Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician ✕ 8 - Industrial Technology/Technician ✕ 9 - Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician ✕ 0 - Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician ✔ 28 $64,100 Quality Control Technology/Technician ✕ 0 - Industrial Safety Technology/Technician ✕ 0 - Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician ✕ 19 - Construction Engineering Technology/Technician ✕ 0 - Computer Engineering Technology/Technician ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
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30 completers - Foreign Languages and Literatures ✕ 0 - Chinese Language and Literature ✕ 0 - Japanese Language and Literature ✕ 10 - Russian Language and Literature ✕ 1 - German Language and Literature ✕ 0 - French Language and Literature ✕ 5 $39,600 Spanish Language and Literature ✕ 9 - Sign Language Interpretation and Translation ✕ 5 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
✔ (1 completers)42 completers - Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences ✔ 4 - Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies ✕ 0 - Human Nutrition ✕ 6 - Foodservice Systems Administration/Management ✕ 0 - Family Systems ✕ 4 - Child Development ✕ 13 - Apparel and Textile Marketing Management ✕ 15 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies
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0 completers - Pre-Law Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
✔ (3 completers)62 completers - English Language and Literature ✔ 13 - Writing ✔ 0 - Creative Writing ✔ 49 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities
✔ (1 completers)19 completers - Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies ✔ 19 - General Studies ✕ 0 - Humanities/Humanistic Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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62 completers $26,000 Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 22 $26,000 Biomedical Sciences ✕ 14 - Biochemistry ✕ 0 - Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology ✕ 11 - Microbiology ✕ 0 - Exercise Physiology ✕ 0 - Ecology ✕ 9 - Environmental Biology ✕ 6 - Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Mathematics and Statistics
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9 completers - Mathematics ✕ 0 - Applied Mathematics ✕ 9 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
✔ (1 completers)7 completers - Gerontology ✕ 0 - Museology/Museum Studies ✕ 0 - Behavioral Sciences ✕ 6 - Natural Sciences ✕ 0 - Nutrition Sciences ✕ 0 $31,500 Data Science, General ✕ 0 - Business Analytics ✕ 0 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✔ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
✔ (2 completers)101 completers - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies ✕ 0 - Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management ✕ 4 $35,700 Health and Physical Education/Fitness ✔ 0 $27,900 Sport and Fitness Administration/Management ✔ 34 - Kinesiology and Exercise Science ✕ 63 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Philosophy and Religious Studies
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11 completers - Philosophy and Religious Studies ✕ 11 - Philosophy ✕ 0 - Religion/Religious Studies ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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37 completers - Chemistry ✕ 7 - Environmental Chemistry ✕ 0 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 14 - Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (other) ✕ 4 - Physics ✕ 12 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
✔ (1 completers)181 completers $30,900 Psychology ✔ 181 $30,900
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (1 completers)128 completers $36,200 Corrections ✕ 0 - Criminal Justice/Safety Studies ✔ 128 - Criminal Justice/Police Science ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
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3 completers - Public Policy Analysis ✕ 3 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
✔ (3 completers)231 completers $36,400 Social Sciences ✔ 67 $36,400 Anthropology ✕ 33 $22,400 Anthropology (other) ✕ 0 - Economics ✕ 6 $36,000 Economics (other) ✕ 2 - Geography ✔ 10 $32,900 Geographic Information Science and Cartography ✕ 3 - Geography (other) ✕ 6 - Political Science and Government ✕ 30 $34,700 Sociology ✔ 74 $32,000
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Transportation and Materials Moving
✔ (1 completers)107 completers $39,300 Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology ✕ 0 $39,300 Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew ✕ 56 - Aviation/Airway Management and Operations ✔ 51 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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151 completers - Visual and Performing Arts ✕ 0 - Dance ✕ 3 - Graphic Design ✕ 25 - Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts ✕ 9 $20,600 Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology ✕ 7 - Playwriting and Screenwriting ✕ 0 - Acting ✕ 3 - Directing and Theatrical Production ✕ 0 - Musical Theatre ✕ 6 - Film/Cinema/Video Studies ✕ 11 $25,800 Cinematography and Film/Video Production ✕ 22 - Photography ✕ 0 - Art/Art Studies ✕ 11 $23,500 Fine/Studio Arts ✕ 8 - Drawing ✕ 0 - Painting ✕ 0 - Sculpture ✕ 0 - Ceramic Arts and Ceramics ✕ 0 - Metal and Jewelry Arts ✕ 0 - Music ✕ 17 - Music Performance ✕ 23 - Music Theory and Composition ✕ 2 - Keyboard Instruments ✕ 1 - Voice and Opera ✕ 3 - Jazz/Jazz Studies ✕ 0 - Stringed Instruments ✕ 0 - Percussion Instruments ✕ 0 - Music Management ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (2 completers)99 completers - Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) ✔ 18 - Pre-Dentistry Studies ✕ 1 - Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies ✕ 19 - Pre-Pharmacy Studies ✕ 1 - Pre-Nursing Studies ✕ 12 - Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other) ✕ 1 - Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling ✕ 0 - Public Health ✔ 17 $33,800 Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene ✕ 0 - Public Health Education and Promotion ✕ 16 - Public Health (other) ✕ 0 - Dietetics/Dietitian ✕ 14 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (8 completers)574 completers - Business Administration and Management ✔ 124 $38,700 Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management ✔ 39 - Office Management and Supervision ✔ 0 - Organizational Leadership ✕ 42 - Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) ✔ 52 - Accounting ✔ 102 $43,900 Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry ✔ 0 - Business/Managerial Economics ✕ 9 - Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies ✕ 0 - Finance ✕ 47 - Financial Planning and Services ✕ 1 - Hospitality Administration/Management ✕ 8 - Tourism and Travel Services Management ✕ 4 - Restaurant/Food Services Management ✕ 0 - Meeting and Event Planning ✕ 11 - Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration ✕ 14 - Management Information Systems ✕ 0 - Actuarial Science ✕ 8 - Marketing/Marketing Management ✕ 50 - Insurance ✔ 8 - Retailing and Retail Operations ✔ 8 - Fashion Merchandising ✕ 0 - Special Products Marketing Operations ✕ 9 - Construction Management ✕ 38 $67,100
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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19 completers -
History ✕ 19 - Total 2,612
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation
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7 completers - Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other) ✕ 6 - Natural Resources Management and Policy ✕ 0 - Natural Resources and Conservation (other) ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
✔ (2 completers)33 completers - Computer and Information Sciences ✕ 0 - Information Technology ✔ 26 - Computer Science ✕ 3 - Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance ✔ 4 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (5 completers)129 completers - Education ✔ 34 - Educational Leadership and Administration ✔ 5 $59,200 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration ✔ 13 - Special Education and Teaching ✔ 1 - Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services ✕ 0 - Elementary Education and Teaching ✕ 0 - Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other) ✕ 0 - English/Language Arts Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Mathematics Teacher Education ✕ 0 - Music Teacher Education ✕ 67 - Physical Education Teaching and Coaching ✕ 0 - Reading Teacher Education ✔ 0 - Technical Teacher Education ✕ 7 - Drama and Dance Teacher Education ✕ 0 - School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist ✕ 0 - Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Engineering Technology
✔ (1 completers)28 completers - Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician ✔ 28 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Work and Family Studies
✔ (1 completers)15 completers - Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences ✔ 15 - Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies ✕ 0 - Family Systems ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
English Language and Literature
✔ (2 completers)6 completers - English Language and Literature ✔ 0 - Creative Writing ✔ 4 - General Literature ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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3 completers - Biology/Biological Sciences ✕ 3 - Biomedical Sciences ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
✔ (1 completers)11 completers - Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis ✕ 0 - Behavioral Sciences ✕ 7 - Nutrition Sciences ✕ 4 - Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
✔ (2 completers)36 completers - Health and Physical Education/Fitness ✔ 30 $45,000 Sport and Fitness Administration/Management ✔ 0 - Kinesiology and Exercise Science ✕ 6 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Physical Sciences
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4 completers - Chemistry ✕ 2 - Geology/Earth Science ✕ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Psychology
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18 completers - Experimental Psychology ✕ 2 - Counseling Psychology ✕ 4 - Industrial and Organizational Psychology ✕ 0 - School Psychology ✕ 11 - Applied Behavior Analysis ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting
✔ (1 completers)16 completers - Criminal Justice/Safety Studies ✔ 16 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Human Services
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0 completers - Public Administration ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Social Sciences
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0 completers - Anthropology (other) ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Visual and Performing Arts
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14 completers - Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts ✕ 4 - Photography ✕ 1 - Art/Art Studies ✕ 0 - Fine/Studio Arts ✕ 0 - Painting ✕ 0 - Sculpture ✕ 0 - Ceramic Arts and Ceramics ✕ 0 - Metal and Jewelry Arts ✕ 0 - Music ✕ 0 - Music Performance ✕ 4 - Music Theory and Composition ✕ 2 - Conducting ✕ 2 - Music Pedagogy ✕ 1 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
✔ (2 completers)1 completers - Public Health ✔ 1 - Community Health and Preventive Medicine ✔ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ (2 completers)23 completers - Business Administration, Management and Operations (other) ✔ 19 - Accounting ✔ 4 $51,800 Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
History
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3 completers -
History ✕ 3 - Total 347
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences
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0 completers - Information Technology ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Education
✔ (1 completers)2 completers - Education ✔ 2 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
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0 completers - Community Health and Preventive Medicine ✕ 0 -
Program Available Online Number of Completers Average Earning after graduation
Business
✔ 6 completers -
Accounting ✔ 1 - Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration ✕ 5 - Total 8
