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Eastern Washington University Overview

Eastern Washington University is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The surrounding location of Cheney is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Eastern Washington University Known For?

1,972 Undergraduate Awards
$32,067 Avg Cost After Aid
96% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at EWU is the doctor's degree.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 68% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from EWU with a bachelor's degree make about $57,897 a year. That's 42% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Eastern Washington University?

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Contact details for EWU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 526 5Th Street, Cheney, WA 99004-2496
Phone: 509-359-6200
Website: www.ewu.edu

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How Do I Get Into EWU?

You can apply to EWU online at: www.ewu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for EWU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into EWU?

96% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
With an acceptance rate of 96%, EWU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 95%, and the acceptance rate for women is 97%.

Can I Afford Eastern Washington University?

$32,067 Net Price
39% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of EWU is $32,067. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At EWU, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $6,393 a year. That adds up to $25,572 over four years for those students.

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Eastern Washington University Undergraduate Student Diversity

8,685 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 10,292 undergraduate students at EWU, with 8,685 being full-time and 1,607 being part-time.

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There are also 2,057 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 8,685 full-time undergraduates at EWU, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Eastern Washington University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 270
Black or African American 314
Hispanic or Latino 1,530
White 4,632
International Students 227
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,712

Geographic Diversity

Washington students aren't the only ones who study at Eastern Washington University. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at EWU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Japan, and China.

Eastern Washington University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 81 0 354 0 435
General Education 0 9 0 290 0 299
Educational Administration 0 0 155 0 0 155
Social Work 2 50 0 100 0 152
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 11 69 4 57 0 141
Accounting 0 65 6 66 0 137
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 127 10 0 0 137
General Biology 0 100 0 9 0 109
General Psychology 0 108 0 1 0 109
Public Health 0 18 17 66 0 101
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 93 0 0 0 93
Computer Information Systems 0 77 1 7 0 85
Communication & Media Studies 13 65 0 6 0 84
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 8 0 29 39 76
Finance & Financial Management 0 61 0 0 0 61
Interdisciplinary Studies 0 60 0 0 0 60
Criminology 0 54 0 0 0 54
Communication Sciences 0 29 0 23 0 52
Marketing 0 51 0 0 0 51
Computer Software & Applications 0 50 1 0 0 51
Dental Support Services 0 46 0 4 0 50
History 0 13 0 37 0 50
Human Development & Family Studies 4 26 8 10 0 48
General Engineering Technology 0 44 0 0 0 44
Nursing 0 39 0 0 0 39
Mechanical Engineering 0 38 0 0 0 38
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 35 1 0 0 36
Child Development & Psychology 0 36 0 0 0 36
Writing Studies 0 6 0 26 0 32
Music 0 11 0 20 0 31
Special Education 0 20 10 0 0 30
Mental & Social Health Services 6 8 5 11 0 30
Human Resource Management 0 28 0 0 0 28
Health & Physical Education 4 0 21 3 0 28
General English Literature 0 19 0 7 0 26
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 9 17 0 0 26
Health Sciences & Services 0 24 0 0 0 24
Political Science & Government 0 24 0 0 0 24
Electrical Engineering 0 23 0 0 0 23
Natural Resources Conservation 0 23 0 0 0 23
Chemistry 0 23 0 0 0 23
Design & Applied Arts 20 2 0 0 0 22
Fine & Studio Arts 0 22 0 0 0 22
Behavioral Science 7 0 0 13 0 20
Geological & Earth Sciences 1 18 0 0 0 19
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 16 0 0 0 16
Geography & Cartography 14 0 2 0 0 16
Sociology 0 16 0 0 0 16
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 16 0 0 0 16
Urban & Regional Planning 0 9 0 5 0 14
Philosophy 3 10 0 0 0 13
Teaching English or French 6 2 4 0 0 12
Instructional Media Design 0 0 11 0 0 11
International Business 0 10 0 0 0 10
Romance Languages 1 9 0 0 0 10
Economics 0 10 0 0 0 10
Recreation Administration 0 9 0 0 0 9
International Relations & National Security 0 8 0 0 0 8
Drama & Theater Arts 0 7 0 0 0 7
Public Administration 0 0 0 6 0 6
Management Information Systems 0 5 0 0 0 5
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 5 0 5
Statistics 0 5 0 0 0 5
Journalism 0 4 0 0 0 4
Mechanical Engineering Technology 0 4 0 0 0 4
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 4 0 0 0 4
Anthropology 0 4 0 0 0 4
Arts & Media Management 0 4 0 0 0 4
Applied Mathematics 0 0 0 3 0 3
Environmental Geosciences 3 0 0 0 0 3
Physics 0 3 0 0 0 3
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 2 0 0 2
Ethnic Studies 0 2 0 0 0 2
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 2 0 0 0 2
Mathematics 0 2 0 0 0 2
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 2 0 0 0 0 2
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 1 0 0 1
Education Philosophy 0 1 0 0 0 1
Climate Science 0 0 1 0 0 1
Archeology 1 0 0 0 0 1
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0 0
Engineering Technology (Other) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Social Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 98 1,874 277 1,158 39 3,446

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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