George Washington University Student Population and Demographics

GWU Student Population

There are 27,017 students including 11,763 undergraduate and 15,254 graduate students at George Washington University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 17,502 full-time and 9,515 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,219 male and 16,798 female students. George Washington University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 5,311 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

George Washington University has a total enrollment of 27,017 with a gender distribution of 37.82% male (10,219 students) and 62.18% female (16,798 students). There are 4,293 male and 7,470 female students in undergraduate school and 5,926 male and 9,328 female students are attending graduate school at George Washington University.

Student Population By Gender
George Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,017	10,219	16,798
Undergraduate	11,763	4,293	7,470
Graduate	15,254	5,926	9,328
Full-time	17,502	6,762	10,740
Part-time	9,515	3,457	6,058

[Chart] George Washington University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

George Washington University has 17,502 full-time and 9,515 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,141 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,622 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 7,361 students are full-time and 7,893 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
George Washington University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	27,017	17,502	9,515
Undergraduate	11,763	10,141	1,622
Graduate	15,254	7,361	7,893
Men	10,219	6,762	3,457
Women	16,798	10,740	6,058

[Chart] George Washington University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At George Washington University, 5,311 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,557 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 27,017 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,151 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,717 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
George Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,017	11,763	15,254
Online Exclusively	5,311	847	4,464
In Some Online Classes	1,557	304	1,253
Not In Online Classes	20,149	10,612	9,537

[Chart] George Washington University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at George Washington University. There are 53 American Indian/Native American, 12,508 White, 2,786 Black/African American, 2,955 Asian, 2,991 Hispanic, 39 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 898 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
George Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	27,017	10,219	16,798
American Indian/Native American	53	27	26
Asian	2,955	1,059	1,896
Black/African American	2,786	832	1,954
Hispanic	2,991	980	2,011
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	39	13	26
White	12,508	4,775	7,733
Two More	914	282	632
Race Un-Known	1,461	616	845

[Chart] George Washington UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at George Washington University.

Age Distribution
George Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	27,017	11,763	15,254
Under 18	204	204	0
Age 18-19	2,910	2,907	3
Age 20-21	5,124	5,060	64
Age 22-24	5,759	2,065	3,694
Age 25-29	6,056	567	5,489
Age 30-34	2,770	320	2,450
Age 35-39	1,639	204	1,435
Age 40-49	1,617	193	1,424
Age 50-64	741	85	656
Over 64	41	7	34
Age Un-Known	156	151	5

[Chart] George Washington University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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