Student Population at CWI

Total Enrollment

11,015 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

11,015

Online Enrollment

2,529

Men Students

4,784

Women Students

6,231

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,015 students have enrolled at College of Western Idaho (all undergraduate).

By gender, 4,784 male and 6,231 female students are attending College of Western Idaho. By attendance status, there are 2,591 full-time students and 8,424 part-time students.

The number of students at College of Western Idaho is relatively small compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Idaho.

College of Western Idaho offers online degree/certificate programs and 2,529 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares CWI's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Idaho.

The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Idaho average (13,348 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
College of Western Idaho	11,015	11,015
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Public, 4-Years Colleges	11,396	9,810
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205
Public, 4-Years Colleges in Idaho	13,348	11,422

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,784 male and 6,231 female students attending CWI. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.77 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	11,015	2,591	8,424
Men	4,784	1,337	3,447
Women	6,231	1,254	4,977

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 7,147 White students (64.88%) and 2,086 Hispanic students (18.94%) 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	26	55
Asian	213	95	118
Black or African American	173	79	94
Hispanic	2,086	814	1,272
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	19	17
White	7,147	3,175	3,972
Two or More Races	467	236	231
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	710	301	409
Total	11,015	4,784	6,231

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 8,630 students whose age under twenty five and 1,366 students whose age is over thirty years old at College of Western Idaho.

Especially, 4,303 students are younger than eighteen and 13 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	11,015	4,784	6,231
Under 18	4,303	1,951	2,352
18-19	1,877	845	1,032
20-21	1,286	559	727
22-24	1,164	475	689
25-29	1,019	475	544
30-34	529	202	327
35-39	345	113	232
40-49	339	115	224
50-64	140	45	95
65 and over	13	4	9
Total	11,015	4,784	6,231

Online Student Population

At College of Western Idaho, 5,064 students (45.97% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,529 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, 2,472 students live in Idaho where College of Western Idaho is located in and 55 students have enrolled from other states.