by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Eastern Washington University was awarded 11 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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College Factual ranked EWU as #904 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
EWU is also ranked #16 out of 50 schools in Washington.
With an acceptance rate of 96%, Eastern Washington University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Eastern Washington University, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Eastern Washington University is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Eastern Washington University is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 26% for first-time, full-time students at EWU, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Eastern Washington University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,292 undergraduates at EWU with 8,685 being full-time and 1,607 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,350 | $6,972 | $10,071 | $16,137 | $20,221 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of EWU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. 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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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 360 | $45,138 |
| General Education | 287 | NA |
| Social Work | 195 | $39,102 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 157 | $41,914 |
| Accounting | 137 | $52,665 |
| General Biology | 125 | $33,793 |
| General Psychology | 123 | $34,594 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 109 | $37,782 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 104 | NA |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 101 | $25,379 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,150 students took at least one online class at Eastern Washington University. This is an increase from the 6,013 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,150 | 2,808 |
| 2021-2022 | 6,013 | 2,387 |
| 2020-2021 | 12,256 | 11,566 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,490 | 583 |
Learn more about online learning at Eastern Washington University.
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Footnotes
*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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