Total Student Population Comparison
The total student population of Colleges in Washington is 335,369 with 186,965 female students and 148,404 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between Colleges in Washington.
Among the Colleges in Washington, University of -Seattle Campus has the most enrolled students of 56,997, while Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology has the least number of students of 34 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.
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Undergraduate Student Population
The total undergraduate population of Colleges in Washington is 297,032 with 163,759 female students and 133,273 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between Colleges in Washington.
Among the Colleges in Washington, University of -Seattle Campus has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 40,684, while Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology has the least number of undergraduate students of 34.
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Graduate Student Population
The total graduate population of Colleges in Washington is 38,337 with 23,206 female students and 15,131 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between Colleges in Washington.
Among the Colleges in Washington, University of -Seattle Campus has the most enrolled graduate students of 16,313, while Seattle Film Institute has the least number of graduate students of 20.
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| Name | Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central University | 494 | 175 | 319 | |
| City University of Seattle | 820 | 329 | 491 | |
| Eastern University | 3,540 | 1,201 | 2,339 | |
| The Evergreen State College | 214 | 84 | 130 | |
| Gonzaga University | 2,189 | 812 | 1,377 | |
| Heritage University | 122 | 20 | 102 | |
| Bastyr University | 695 | 85 | 610 | |
| Northwest University | 378 | 129 | 249 | |
| Pacific Lutheran University | 351 | 93 | 258 | |
| University of Puget Sound | 270 | 62 | 208 | |
| Saint Martin's University | 201 | 73 | 128 | |
| Seattle Pacific University | 485 | 138 | 347 | |
| Seattle University | 3,111 | 1,022 | 2,089 | |
| Walla Walla University | 113 | 24 | 89 | |
| State University | 4,230 | 1,709 | 2,521 | |
| University of -Seattle Campus | 16,313 | 7,331 | 8,982 | |
| Western University | 958 | 363 | 595 | |
| Whitworth University | 447 | 152 | 295 | |
| Antioch University-Seattle | 697 | 123 | 574 | |
| University of -Bothell Campus | 586 | 314 | 272 | |
| University of -Tacoma Campus | 758 | 338 | 420 | |
| Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine | 50 | 11 | 39 | |
| The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology | 243 | 61 | 182 | |
| Faith International University | 188 | 92 | 96 | |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | 68 | 43 | 25 | |
| Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences | 665 | 294 | 371 | |
| Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education | 131 | 37 | 94 | |
| Seattle Film Institute | 20 | 16 | 4 | |
| Beauty Academy | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| The Art Institute of Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Bellevue | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Paroba College of Cosmetology | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Glen Dow Academy of Hair Design | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| International Air and Hospitality Academy | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Spokane Valley | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Highlights Beauty Schools | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| BJ's Beauty & Barber College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Altierus Career College Everett | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Seattle Vocational Institute | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Professional Beauty School | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| ITT Technical Institute-Everett | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Cortiva Institute-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| University of Phoenix- | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Argosy University-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Pierce College-Puyallup | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Altierus Career College-Tacoma | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Sanford-Brown College-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Inland Massage Institute | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Sunnyside Beauty Academy | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Pinchot University | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Cortiva Institute-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Montessori Education Institute of the Pacific Northwest | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Tint School of Makeup & Cosmetology-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Fosbre Academy of Hair Design | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Altura College | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| State UniversityNorth Puget Sound Everett Campus | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Moody Bible Institute - | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Shoreline Community College - CNC Machinists Program , Georgetown SSC | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Shoreline Community College - Dental Hygiene | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Golden Gate University-Seattle | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Moody Bible Institute - Spokane | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Columbia College - Naval Station Everett/Marysville | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Columbia College - Whidbey Island | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Shoreline Community College - CNC Machinists Program , Georgetown SSC | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Shoreline Community College - Dental Hygiene | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| State University-Vancouver | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| State University-Spokane | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| State University-Tri Cities | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| State UniversityEverett Campus | Enrollment information is not available. | |||
| Total | 38,337 | 15,131 | 23,206 | |
Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment
The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between Colleges in Washington. In undergraduate programs, out of total 291,222 students, 62,768 students (21.55%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 70,706 students (24.28%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 37,602 students, 7,058 students (18.77%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 3,590 students (9.55%) have learned from at least one online course.
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| Name | Undergraduate | Graduate | |||||
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| Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | Total | Online Exclusively | Some Online Classes | ||
| Washington State University - Everett Campus | Washington State University - Everett Campus does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Bellevue College | 12,485 | 4,863 (38.95%) |
3,869 (30.99%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Bellingham Technical College | 2,047 | 435 (21.25%) |
465 (22.72%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Big Bend Community College | 1,857 | 552 (29.73%) |
745 (40.12%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Central Washington University | 10,317 | 2,145 (20.79%) |
3,740 (36.25%) | 494 | 232 (46.96%) |
116 (23.48%) | |
| Centralia College | 2,244 | 710 (31.64%) |
672 (29.95%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| City University of Seattle | 1,187 | 1,030 (86.77%) |
56 (4.72%) | 820 | 460 (56.10%) |
246 (30.00%) | |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Richland | Paul Mitchell the School-Richland does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Clark College | 7,463 | 3,267 (43.78%) |
2,305 (30.89%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Clover Park Technical College | 3,408 | 407 (11.94%) |
821 (24.09%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Columbia Basin College | 7,510 | 2,271 (30.24%) |
2,454 (32.68%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Cornish College of the Arts | 505 | - | 44 (8.71%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Divers Institute of Technology | Divers Institute of Technology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Eastern Washington University | 6,952 | 879 (12.64%) |
2,702 (38.87%) | 3,540 | 2,693 (76.07%) |
378 (10.68%) | |
| Edmonds College | 6,549 | 2,519 (38.46%) |
2,054 (31.36%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Everett Community College | 6,698 | 2,772 (41.39%) |
2,079 (31.04%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| The Evergreen State College | 2,276 | 402 (17.66%) |
349 (15.33%) | 214 | 2 (0.93%) |
34 (15.89%) | |
| Pierce College District | 8,137 | 3,808 (46.80%) |
2,426 (29.81%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Gonzaga University | 5,281 | - | 316 (5.98%) | 2,189 | 653 (29.83%) |
287 (13.11%) | |
| Grays Harbor College | 1,577 | 615 (39.00%) |
392 (24.86%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Green River College | 7,967 | 2,683 (33.68%) |
2,648 (33.24%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Shoreline | Toni & Guy Hairdressing Academy-Shoreline does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Heritage University | 815 | 20 (2.45%) |
361 (44.29%) | 122 | 36 (29.51%) |
45 (36.89%) | |
| Highline College | 5,592 | 2,081 (37.21%) |
1,915 (34.25%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Bastyr University | 39 | - | - | 695 | 146 (21.01%) |
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| Bates Technical College | 4,083 | 658 (16.12%) |
713 (17.46%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology | 3,564 | 883 (24.78%) |
931 (26.12%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Lower Columbia College | 2,724 | 1,028 (37.74%) |
1,080 (39.65%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| BJ's Beauty & Barber College | BJ's Beauty & Barber College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| North Seattle College | 5,569 | 2,092 (37.57%) |
1,049 (18.84%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northwest University | 675 | 6 (0.89%) |
137 (20.30%) | 378 | 6 (1.59%) |
1 (0.26%) | |
| Olympic College | 5,784 | 1,365 (23.60%) |
2,249 (38.88%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Perry Technical Institute | 1,072 | - | 138 (12.87%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Pacific Lutheran University | 2,446 | 1 (0.04%) |
222 (9.08%) | 351 | 10 (2.85%) |
32 (9.12%) | |
| Peninsula College | 2,153 | 936 (43.47%) |
593 (27.54%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| University of Puget Sound | 1,594 | - | - | 270 | - | - | |
| Renton Technical College | 2,824 | 912 (32.29%) |
711 (25.18%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Saint Martin's University | 1,189 | 17 (1.43%) |
388 (32.63%) | 201 | 8 (3.98%) |
36 (17.91%) | |
| South Seattle College | 5,210 | 833 (15.99%) |
733 (14.07%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Seattle Central College | 5,396 | 1,850 (34.28%) |
1,544 (28.61%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Seattle Pacific University | 1,776 | 4 (0.23%) |
301 (16.95%) | 485 | 49 (10.10%) |
129 (26.60%) | |
| Seattle University | 4,078 | 15 (0.37%) |
693 (16.99%) | 3,111 | 549 (17.65%) |
222 (7.14%) | |
| Shoreline Community College | 4,477 | 1,774 (39.62%) |
998 (22.29%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Skagit Valley College | 4,028 | 1,231 (30.56%) |
1,119 (27.78%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| South Puget Sound Community College | 4,871 | 2,213 (45.43%) |
1,591 (32.66%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Spokane Community College | 6,813 | 2,144 (31.47%) |
1,430 (20.99%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Spokane Falls Community College | 4,319 | 1,657 (38.37%) |
1,577 (36.51%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Stylemaster College of Hair Design | Stylemaster College of Hair Design does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Tacoma Community College | 6,199 | 1,776 (28.65%) |
1,930 (31.13%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Walla Walla Community College | 2,967 | 793 (26.73%) |
752 (25.35%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Walla Walla University | 1,313 | 8 (0.61%) |
145 (11.04%) | 113 | 8 (7.08%) |
41 (36.28%) | |
| Washington State University | 21,455 | 3,090 (14.40%) |
3,313 (15.44%) | 4,230 | 889 (21.02%) |
115 (2.72%) | |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 40,684 | 670 (1.65%) |
7,467 (18.35%) | 16,313 | 986 (6.04%) |
1,237 (7.58%) | |
| Wenatchee Valley College | 3,067 | 886 (28.89%) |
990 (32.28%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Western Washington University | 13,752 | 159 (1.16%) |
1,294 (9.41%) | 958 | 67 (6.99%) |
127 (13.26%) | |
| Whatcom Community College | 3,674 | 1,332 (36.25%) |
1,056 (28.74%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Whitman College | Whitman College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Whitworth University | 1,867 | - | 25 (1.34%) | 447 | 43 (9.62%) |
67 (14.99%) | |
| Yakima Valley College | 3,809 | 1,119 (29.38%) |
1,173 (30.80%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Antioch University-Seattle | 74 | 16 (21.62%) |
58 (78.38%) | 697 | - | 87 (12.48%) | |
| Pima Medical Institute-Seattle | 471 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Northwest College of Art & Design | Northwest College of Art & Design does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 5,472 | 90 (1.64%) |
1,051 (19.21%) | 586 | 20 (3.41%) |
34 (5.80%) | |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | 4,207 | 140 (3.33%) |
1,307 (31.07%) | 758 | 36 (4.75%) |
62 (8.18%) | |
| Northwest Indian College | 636 | 280 (44.03%) |
266 (41.82%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| KaiStar | KaiStar does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Northwest HVAC/R Training Center | Northwest HVAC/R Training Center does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Carrington College-Spokane | 353 | 89 (25.21%) |
79 (22.38%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Cascadia College | 2,380 | 592 (24.87%) |
828 (34.79%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine | Seattle Institute of East Asian Medicine does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology | No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered | 243 | - | 219 (90.12%) | |||
| Faith International University | 276 | 207 (75.00%) |
56 (20.29%) | 188 | 42 (22.34%) |
55 (29.26%) | |
| DigiPen Institute of Technology | 1,016 | 1 (0.10%) |
219 (21.56%) | 68 | 1 (1.47%) |
18 (26.47%) | |
| Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett | Evergreen Beauty and Barber College-Everett does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Pima Medical Institute-Renton | 456 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology | Victoria's Academy of Cosmetology does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences | Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle | Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building | Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Summit Salon Academy | Summit Salon Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Paul Mitchell the School-Spokane | Paul Mitchell the School-Spokane does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Whitworth University-Adult Degree Programs | 145 | 35 (24.14%) |
49 (33.79%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Academy of Interactive Entertainment | 47 | - | - | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Studio Beauty School | Studio Beauty School does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Aveda Institute Portland-Vancouver Campus | Aveda Institute Portland-Vancouver Campus does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Northwest University-Center for Online and Extended Education | 1,221 | 406 (33.25%) |
- | 131 | 122 (93.13%) |
2 (1.53%) | |
| International Beauty Education Center | International Beauty Education Center does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Seattle Film Institute | Seattle Film Institute does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Elite Cosmetology, Barber & Spa Academy | Elite Cosmetology, Barber & Spa Academy does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Centralia Beauty College | Centralia Beauty College does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Pacific Northwest Christian College | 130 | 1 (0.77%) |
38 (29.23%) | No Graduate Level Courses Offered | |||
| Zorganics Institute of Beauty and Wellness | Zorganics Institute of Beauty and Wellness does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Great Northern University | Great Northern University does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| UEI College-Tacoma | UEI College-Tacoma does not offer online courses. | ||||||
| Average | 291,222 | 62,768 (21.55%) |
70,706 (24.28%) |
37,602 | 7,058 (18.77%) |
3,590 (9.55%) | |
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