Cost and net price
| In-state tuition and fees | $9,655 |
| Out-of-state tuition and fees | $28,362 |
| Average cost of attendance | $32,722 |
| Books and supplies | $900 |
| Room and board, on campus | $16,814 |
| Average net price, all aided students | $21,201 |
| Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000 | $15,410 |
| Average net price, family income over $110,000 | $29,759 |
Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.
Admissions and enrollment
- Admission rate
- 91%
- SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
- Data unavailable
- ACT composite range, middle 50%
- Data unavailable
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 7,833
- Graduate enrollment
- 494
- Students receiving Pell grants
- 31%
- Student to faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.
Graduation, earnings, and debt
| Completion within 150% of normal time | 51% |
| Completion within normal time | 34% |
| First-year retention (full-time) | 70% |
| Median federal debt, graduates | $19,170 |
| Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years) | $218 |
| Median Parent PLUS debt, completers | $25,102 |
| Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry | 75% |
Measure definitions and cohorts
- Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
- Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.
Programs and program-level outcomes
Highest early earnings among programs at Central Washington University
141 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.
Undergraduate certificate (1)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods CIP 13.12 | $53,235 | $21,500 |
Associate's degree (1)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Bachelor's degree (90)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online | 72 | $61,578 | $20,775 |
| Agricultural Business and Management CIP 01.01 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Data unavailable | Suppressed for privacy |
| Air Transportation CIP 49.01 · Some credentials fully online | 71 | $49,584 | $22,750 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions CIP 51.09 · Some credentials fully online | 11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services CIP 51.08 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| American Sign Language CIP 16.16 · No credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Anthropology CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online | 30 | $32,774 | $25,000 |
| Apparel and Textiles CIP 19.09 · No credentials fully online | 10 | $45,554 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Applied Mathematics CIP 27.03 · No credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Area Studies CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management CIP 50.10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Behavioral Sciences CIP 30.17 · No credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education CIP 13.02 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Biology, General CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online | 69 | $46,821 | $19,500 |
| Botany/Plant Biology CIP 26.03 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online | 279 | $52,372 | $19,500 |
| Business Operations Support and Assistant Services CIP 52.04 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Business/Commerce, General CIP 52.01 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Chemistry CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online | 18 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services CIP 51.02 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Communication and Media Studies CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online | 21 | $45,724 | $18,350 |
| Computer Science CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online | 76 | $68,297 | $24,333 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online | 130 | $58,585 | $23,332 |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician CIP 15.10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Construction Management CIP 52.20 · No credentials fully online | 25 | $85,715 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online | 129 | $45,688 | $18,669 |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services CIP 12.05 · No credentials fully online | 10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Dance CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Data Analytics CIP 30.71 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Data Science CIP 30.70 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Design and Applied Arts CIP 50.04 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online | 16 | $32,623 | $22,500 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics CIP 16.03 · No credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Economics CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online | 18 | $58,023 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Education, General CIP 13.01 · Some credentials fully online | 9 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.03 · No credentials fully online | 11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.17 · No credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| English Language and Literature, General CIP 23.01 · All credentials fully online | 15 | Suppressed for privacy | $25,666 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations CIP 52.07 · No credentials fully online | 6 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General CIP 19.01 · Some credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online | 26 | $32,728 | $20,500 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services CIP 52.08 · Some credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Fine and Studio Arts CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online | 49 | $35,446 | $19,854 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services CIP 19.05 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Geography and Cartography CIP 45.07 · Some credentials fully online | 11 | $44,634 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online | 12 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics CIP 16.05 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Gerontology CIP 30.11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| History CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online | 22 | $36,672 | $24,914 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management CIP 52.09 · No credentials fully online | 21 | $33,789 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online | 14 | Suppressed for privacy | $24,250 |
| Human Services, General CIP 44.00 · All credentials fully online | 48 | $41,768 | $17,709 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.06 · No credentials fully online | 9 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Insurance CIP 52.17 · All credentials fully online | 9 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Journalism CIP 09.04 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | $22,500 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services CIP 16.01 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Mathematics CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online | 3 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.08 · No credentials fully online | 25 | $66,844 | $22,696 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other CIP 30.99 · Some credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Music CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online | 30 | Suppressed for privacy | $23,899 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online | 15 | $51,013 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Natural Sciences CIP 30.18 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Nutrition Sciences CIP 30.19 · No credentials fully online | 17 | $39,403 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management CIP 31.03 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies CIP 31.01 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies, General CIP 38.00 · No credentials fully online | 8 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Physical Sciences, General CIP 40.01 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Physics CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online | 19 | Suppressed for privacy | $22,777 |
| Political Science and Government CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online | 18 | $44,604 | $19,945 |
| Psychology, General CIP 42.01 · All credentials fully online | 260 | $41,215 | $18,360 |
| Public Health CIP 51.22 · Some credentials fully online | 26 | $45,204 | $24,489 |
| Public Policy Analysis CIP 44.05 · No credentials fully online | 6 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online | 12 | $48,313 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.07 · Some credentials fully online | 28 | $86,594 | $18,500 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online | 10 | $35,153 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Religion/Religious Studies CIP 38.02 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies CIP 23.13 · Some credentials fully online | 44 | $34,114 | $23,499 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics CIP 16.09 · Some credentials fully online | 17 | $24,524 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics CIP 16.04 · Some credentials fully online | 3 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Social Sciences, General CIP 45.01 · All credentials fully online | 44 | $44,974 | $24,178 |
| Sociology CIP 45.11 · Some credentials fully online | 66 | $46,865 | $20,003 |
| Special Education and Teaching CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | $24,097 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations CIP 52.19 · No credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online | 69 | $40,537 | $18,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online | 196 | $50,475 | $20,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online | 126 | $55,882 | $20,500 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology CIP 26.07 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Post-baccalaureate certificate (1)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods CIP 13.12 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Master's degree (36)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online | 10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Behavioral Sciences CIP 30.17 · No credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Biology, General CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online | 6 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Chemistry CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online | 19 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Computer Science CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online | 50 | $77,182 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online | 5 | $48,285 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Education, General CIP 13.01 · Some credentials fully online | 52 | $72,492 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Educational Administration and Supervision CIP 13.04 · Some credentials fully online | 7 | $67,406 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design CIP 13.05 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General CIP 15.00 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| English Language and Literature, General CIP 23.01 · All credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General CIP 19.01 · Some credentials fully online | 3 | $69,661 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Fine and Studio Arts CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online | 9 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services CIP 51.07 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| History CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online | 10 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Mathematics CIP 27.01 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other CIP 30.99 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Music CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online | 44 | $73,824 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online | 11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Natural Resources and Conservation, Other CIP 03.99 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Nutrition Sciences CIP 30.19 · No credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Administration CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Health CIP 51.22 · Some credentials fully online | 7 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians CIP 15.07 · Some credentials fully online | 1 | $104,672 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Research and Experimental Psychology CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online | 5 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies CIP 23.13 · Some credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Special Education and Teaching CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online | 33 | $64,506 | Suppressed for privacy |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services CIP 13.11 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy | |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online | 1 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Graduate certificate (11)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting and Related Services CIP 52.03 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Education, General CIP 13.01 · Some credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Human Resources Management and Services CIP 52.10 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Public Health CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online | 0 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Security Science and Technology CIP 43.04 · No credentials fully online | 2 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Special Education and Teaching CIP 13.10 · All credentials fully online | 3 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online | 4 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas CIP 13.13 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (1)
| Program (CIP) | Graduates (recent year) | Median earnings, 1 yr | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology CIP 42.28 | Suppressed for privacy | Suppressed for privacy |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 234827, OPEID 003771. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.