Student Population at GWU

The following chart compares GWU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia.

GWU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 23,427 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in District of Columbia average (6,265 students).

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

By gender, there are 9,655 male and 15,719 female students attending GWU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.61 to 1 and the ratio is than 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 GWU.

By age, there are 14,517 students whose age under twenty five and 5,597 students whose age is over thirty years old at George Washington University.

Especially, 190 students are younger than eighteen and 42 students are older than sixty five.

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

At George Washington University, 5,944 students (23.43% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,989 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, 191 students live in District of Columbia where George Washington University is located in and 3,626 students have enrolled from other states.