Graduate Programs at Central Washington University

Graduate School Overview

Central Washington University (referred to as CWU) is a Public, 4 years school located in Ellensburg, WA.

The school is accredited by Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (4/1/1918 - Current).

CWU Directory Information
School Name	Central Washington University (CWU)
Address	400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone	509-963-1111
Web	https://www.cwu.edu
Online Application	https://www.cwu.edu/programs/online-learning
Financial Info	https://www.cwu.edu/financial-aid

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees of CWU is $12,892 for Washington residents and $27,263 for out-of-state students. The school has 514 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 9,257 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 312 graduate programs through Master's and Post-Master Certificate. Among them, 63 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$27,263 $12,892 for Washington Residents
Student Population	514
Offered Degrees/Programs	Master's and Post-Master Certificate
Number of Programs	312 graduate programs (63 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	14 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at CWU is $12,892 for Washington residents and $27,263 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $347 for Washington residents and $812 for out-of-state students.

CWU offers the alternative tuition plansprepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan, including prepaid payment plan, tuition payment plan.

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
Washington Residents	$12,892
Out-of-State	$27,263
Tuition per Credit Hour
Washington Residents	$347
Out-of-State	$812

CWU offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers, on-campus daycare for students' children are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	63 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Central Washington University is $12,892 for Washington residents and $27,263 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 3.31% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Washington Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$9,214	$1,902	$21,583	$1,902
2019-2020	$9,582	$1,955	$22,449	$1,955
2020-2021	$9,822	$1,969	$23,007	$1,969
2021-2022	$10,098	$2,029	$23,652	$2,029
2022-2023	$10,401	$2,029	$24,361	$2,029
2023-2024	$10,721	$2,171	$25,092	$2,171

The graduate school tuition & fees of CWU is average compared to public graduate schools in Washington. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the Washington graduate tuition is $29,846 (public) / $22,045 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Central Washington University	$12,892	$27,263
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
Washington Graduate Schools	$18,799	$24,306
Public	$15,456	$29,846
Private	$22,045

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $20,346 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at CWU.

On-campus living costs are increased by 22.81% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,773. Off-campus living costs are increased by 8.77% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$11,115	$3,012	$8,835	$3,012
2019-2020	$12,637	$2,922	$8,100	$2,922
2020-2021	$13,787	$2,922	$9,276	$2,922
2021-2022	$13,938	$2,922	$9,741	$2,922
2022-2023	$13,645	$2,922	$9,741	$2,922
2023-2024	$16,314	$4,032	$9,741	$4,032

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $360 for Washington residents and $839 for other students at Central Washington University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 3.33% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Washington Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$307	$719
2019-2020	$319	$748
2020-2021	$327	$767
2021-2022	$337	$767
2022-2023	$347	$812
2023-2024	$360	$839

Graduate Programs at CWU

Central Washington University offers 75 graduate programs for Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 355 students have completed their study at Central Washington University.

Offered Degrees at Central Washington University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	70	19	347
Post Master's Degree	5	2	8
Total	75	21	355

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Central Washington University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration program with 5 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Music Teacher Education program with 67 completers.

Post-graduate Certificate
Master's

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Central Washington University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	5	-
Education	✔	2	-
Accounting	✔	1	-
Information Technology	✔	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✔	-	-

Popular Master's Programs at Central Washington University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Music Teacher Education	✕	67	-
Education	✔	34	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✔	30	$45,000
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	✔	28	-
Information Technology	✔	26	-

Central Washington University offers 75 programs through Master's and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 355 students have completed their graduate studies.

347 students have earned/completed Master's program.
8 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's
Post-Master's

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	7 completers	-
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (other)	✕	6	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	✕	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	33 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Technology	✔	26	-
Computer Science	✕	3	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✔	4	-
Education [+]	✔ (5 completers)	129 completers	-
Education	✔	34	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✔	5	$59,200
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✔	13	-
Special Education and Teaching	✔	1	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth (other)	✕	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Music Teacher Education	✕	67	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✔	-	-
Technical Teacher Education	✕	7	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	✕	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	✕	-	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	2	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✔ (1 completers)	28 completers	-
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	✔	28	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	15 completers	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✔	15	-
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	✕	-	-
Family Systems	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✔ (2 completers)	6 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✔	-	-
Creative Writing	✔	4	-
General Literature	✕	2	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	-	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	11 completers	-
Cultural Resource Management and Policy Analysis	✕	-	-
Behavioral Sciences	✕	7	-
Nutrition Sciences	✕	4	-
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	✔	-	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✔ (2 completers)	36 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✔	30	$45,000
Sport and Fitness Administration/Management	✔	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	✕	6	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Chemistry	✕	2	-
Geology/Earth Science	✕	2	-
Psychology [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Experimental Psychology	✕	2	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	4	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	-	-
School Psychology	✕	11	-
Applied Behavior Analysis	✕	1	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	16 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✔	16	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Anthropology (other)	✕	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	4	-
Photography	✕	1	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	-	-
Painting	✕	-	-
Sculpture	✕	-	-
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics	✕	-	-
Metal and Jewelry Arts	✕	-	-
Music	✕	-	-
Music Performance	✕	4	-
Music Theory and Composition	✕	2	-
Conducting	✕	2	-
Music Pedagogy	✕	1	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	1 completers	-
Public Health	✔	1	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✔	-	-
Business [+]	✔ (2 completers)	23 completers	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations (other)	✔	19	-
Accounting	✔	4	$51,800
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	3 completers	-
History	✕	3	-
	Total	347

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Information Technology	✕	-	-
Education [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Education	✔	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✔	6 completers	-
Accounting	✔	1	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	✕	5	-
	Total	8

Graduate Student Population at CWU

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 514 students enrolled into Central Washington University graduate schools where it has total 9,257 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 184 full-time and 330 part-time graduate students. By gender, 204 male and 310 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	514	204	310
Full-time	184	77	107
Part-tme	330	127	203

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 166 White (32.30%), 11 Black/African American (2.14%), 40 Hispanic (7.78%), 12 Asian (2.33%), and 285 students with other races. 28 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	514	204	310
American Indian/Native American	1	1	0
Asian	12	3	9
Black/African American	11	7	4
Hispanic	40	14	26
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	166	69	97
Two More	20	10	10
Un-Known	234	88	146
Non-resident Alien	28	11	17

Central Washington University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 201 graduate students (39.11% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 168 graduate students (32.68% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	514
Enrolled Online Exclusively	201
Enrolled Some Online Courses	168
Not in Online Courses	145

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Central Washington University. 159 students are aged 20 to 24 (30.93% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.19%), 35 students are aged above 50 (6.81%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Central Washington University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	514	204	310
Age 18-19	1	1	0
Age 20-21	24	9	15
Age 22-24	135	50	85
Age 25-29	141	62	79
Age 30-34	84	43	41
Age 35-39	44	17	27
Age 40-49	50	11	39
Age 50-64	35	11	24

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