Central Washington University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 146 Title IV programs, 47 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 98 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing47 · 32.2%
- No Data98 · 67.1%
- Failing1 · 0.7%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Programmatic accreditations · 5
Action history · 9
- Apr 2025Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Apr 2025Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Nov 2024Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
- Jul 2019Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Dietetics (DIETI) - Dietetic Internship
- Jul 2019Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 3,511 students received $19.3M in Pell grants, alongside $38.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 3,061 borrowers who entered repayment, 58 (1.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Central Washington
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 8
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus25
Includes 14 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Race4
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- North Hall1 fireElectricalDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 8 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Central Washington vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Central Washington selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCentral Washington University | 54% | — | 10,811 | $14,715 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
| 43% | 90.7% | 10,492 | $13,091 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 93.2% | 14,710 | $18,680 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 65% | 90.6% | 6,058 | $10,898 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 63% | 82.5% | 4,965 | $10,017 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| 28% | 66.5% | 10,493 | $13,780 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs | |
| Peer group median | 59% | 90.6% | 10,493 | $13,436 |
Institutions like Central Washington
Explore the federal data for institutions in Central Washington's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
Eastern Washington University
Grad rate43%Admit rate90.7%Enrollment10,492Net price$13,091View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
Western Washington University
Grad rate65%Admit rate93.2%Enrollment14,710Net price$18,680View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Grad rate65%Admit rate90.6%Enrollment6,058Net price$10,898View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsWashington
University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
Grad rate63%Admit rate82.5%Enrollment4,965Net price$10,017View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger ProgramsAlaska
University of Alaska Anchorage
Grad rate28%Admit rate66.5%Enrollment10,493Net price$13,780View data
Central Washington Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Through collaboration with campus partners and data stewards, Institutional Effectiveness, Research, and Planning (IERP) provides accurate and timely information about the university’s students, faculty, and staff to inform strategic decisions by the university’s executive leadership and other academic and administrative units.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
Central Washington's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C18,442 applied → 7,894 admitted (93.5%) → 1,612 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 93.5% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rates are similar across genders (Men 89.3%, Women 91.6%).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Where grant aid comes from
H16% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H555% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $23,255 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I30% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~17% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D11,666 transfer applicants → 1,407 admitted (84.5%) → 782 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.
Source publications
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