Student Population at CWI

Total Enrollment

9,920 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

9,920

Online Enrollment

2,319

Men Students

4,343

Women Students

5,577

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 9,920 students have enrolled at College of Western Idaho (all undergraduate).

By gender, 4,343 male and 5,577 female students are attending College of Western Idaho. By attendance status, there are 2,287 full-time students and 7,633 part-time students.

The number of students at College of Western Idaho is very large compared to Public, 2-4 Years Colleges in Idaho.

College of Western Idaho offers online degree/certificate programs and 2,319 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between College of Western Idaho and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,343 male and 5,577 female students attending CWI. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.78 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 CWI.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at CWI
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,920	2,287	7,633
Men	4,343	1,192	3,151
Women	5,577	1,095	4,482

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,757 White students (68.11%) and 1,810 Hispanic students (18.25%) at College of Western Idaho(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at College of Western Idaho.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at College of Western Idaho
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	81	34	47
Asian	169	77	92
Black or African American	194	83	111
Hispanic	1,810	714	1,096
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	10	18
White	6,757	3,030	3,727
Two or More Races	292	137	155
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	498	230	268
Total	9,920	4,343	5,577

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 7,665 students whose age under twenty five and 1,306 students whose age is over thirty years old at College of Western Idaho.

Especially, 3,734 students are younger than eighteen and 9 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at College of Western Idaho.

Population by Student Age at College of Western Idaho
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,920	4,343	5,577
Under 18	3,734	1,666	2,068
18-19	1,704	851	853
20-21	1,216	549	667
22-24	1,011	442	569
25-29	949	386	563
30-34	557	210	347
35-39	326	110	216
40-49	305	91	214
50-64	109	33	76
65 and over	9	5	4
Total	9,920	4,343	5,577

Online Student Population

At College of Western Idaho, 4,568 students (46.05% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,319 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, 2,211 students live in Idaho where College of Western Idaho is located in and 54 students have enrolled from other states.