Western Washington University Student Population and Demographics

Western Washington Student Population

There are 14,710 students including 13,752 undergraduate and 958 graduate students at Western Washington University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 13,112 full-time and 1,598 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,292 male and 8,418 female students.

Western Washington University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 226 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Washington University has a total enrollment of 14,710 with a gender distribution of 42.77% male (6,292 students) and 57.23% female (8,418 students). There are 5,929 male and 7,823 female students in undergraduate school and 363 male and 595 female students are attending graduate school at Western Washington University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,710	6,292	8,418
Undergraduate	13,752	5,929	7,823
Graduate	958	363	595
Full-time	13,112	5,517	7,595
Part-time	1,598	775	823

[Chart] Western Washington University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Washington University has 13,112 full-time and 1,598 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,420 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,332 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 692 students are full-time and 266 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Washington University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,710	13,112	1,598
Undergraduate	13,752	12,420	1,332
Graduate	958	692	266
Men	6,292	5,517	775
Women	8,418	7,595	823

[Chart] Western Washington University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Washington University, 226 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,421 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,710 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,453 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 194 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,710	13,752	958
Online Exclusively	226	159	67
In Some Online Classes	1,421	1,294	127
Not In Online Classes	13,063	12,299	764

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Washington University. There are 81 American Indian/Native American, 10,094 White, 277 Black/African American, 844 Asian, 1,641 Hispanic, 36 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 692 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Washington University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,710	6,292	8,418
American Indian/Native American	81	34	47
Asian	844	375	469
Black/African American	277	126	151
Hispanic	1,641	642	999
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	11	25
White	10,094	4,337	5,757
Two More	1,213	504	709
Race Un-Known	352	188	164

[Chart] Western Washington UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Western Washington University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,710	13,752	958
Under 18	128	128	0
Age 18-19	5,184	5,184	0
Age 20-21	5,083	5,050	33
Age 22-24	2,704	2,416	288
Age 25-29	880	586	294
Age 30-34	300	184	116
Age 35-39	142	83	59
Age 40-49	184	79	105
Age 50-64	89	34	55
Over 64	16	8	8
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Washington University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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