by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Central Washington University landed the #301 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
CWU also ranked #10 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Washington.
Women make up 59.6% of the total graduate student body at CWU while men make you 40.4%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 19.4% of the graduate students who attend CWU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. CWU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 3.8% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,098 | $23,652 |
| Fees | $2,029 | $2,029 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at CWU is $54,429. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 7% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Central Washington University.
Contact details for CWU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 400 East University Way, Ellensburg, WA 98926 |
| Phone: | 509-963-1111 |
| Website: | www.cwu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/cwu.wildcats |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/CentralWashU |
Around 71.0% of CWU graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 46.4% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
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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