George Washington University Student Population and Demographics

GWU Student Population

There are 25,374 students including 11,677 undergraduate and 13,697 graduate students at George Washington University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 18,694 full-time and 6,680 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,655 male and 15,719 female students.

George Washington University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,989 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

George Washington University has a total enrollment of 25,374 with a gender distribution of 38.05% male (9,655 students) and 61.95% female (15,719 students). There are 4,203 male and 7,474 female students in undergraduate school and 5,452 male and 8,245 female students are attending graduate school at George Washington University.

Student Population By Gender
George Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	25,374	9,655	15,719
Undergraduate	11,677	4,203	7,474
Graduate	13,697	5,452	8,245
Full-time	18,694	7,188	11,506
Part-time	6,680	2,467	4,213

[Chart] George Washington University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

George Washington University has 18,694 full-time and 6,680 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,808 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 869 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 7,886 students are full-time and 5,811 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
George Washington University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	25,374	18,694	6,680
Undergraduate	11,677	10,808	869
Graduate	13,697	7,886	5,811
Men	9,655	7,188	2,467
Women	15,719	11,506	4,213

[Chart] George Washington University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At George Washington University, 3,989 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,955 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 25,374 students.

In undergraduate schools, 844 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,100 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
George Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	25,374	11,677	13,697
Online Exclusively	3,989	416	3,573
In Some Online Classes	1,955	428	1,527
Not In Online Classes	19,430	10,833	8,597

[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 31 American Indian/Native American, 10,748 White, 2,699 Black/African American, 3,288 Asian, 2,647 Hispanic, 21 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 948 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
George Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	25,374	9,655	15,719
American Indian/Native American	31	18	13
Asian	3,288	1,193	2,095
Black/African American	2,699	773	1,926
Hispanic	2,647	924	1,723
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	21	11	10
White	10,748	3,909	6,839
Two More	1,030	341	689
Race Un-Known	1,237	607	630

[Chart] George Washington UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
George Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	25,374	11,677	13,697
Under 18	190	189	1
Age 18-19	3,513	3,512	1
Age 20-21	5,312	5,230	82
Age 22-24	5,502	1,919	3,583
Age 25-29	5,225	352	4,873
Age 30-34	2,188	184	2,004
Age 35-39	1,277	107	1,170
Age 40-49	1,451	102	1,349
Age 50-64	639	46	593
Over 64	42	5	37
Age Un-Known	35	31	4

[Chart] George Washington University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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