Facts at a Glance
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E a s t e r n Wa s h i n g to n U n i v e r s i t y
2008-2009
What’s “big” to you? Is it becoming a teacher? A dental hygienist? Or
maybe you want to create the next hot video game?
We promise to identify what’s big to you.
Then, we’ll provide the personal connections, unique opportunities
and learning environment built from more than 125 years of academic
excellence to help you realize your “something big.”
The
Basics
Student population:
43% male,
57% female
Diversity: 22%
Students receiving
financial assistance:
72% (totaling
$86 million)
International
students: 1.8% (the
largest numbers
from Japan, Taiwan,
Mexico, Canada,
Korea, China)
Goodto-Know
Facts
EWU participates
in NCAA Division 1
Big Sky Conference
athletics with six men’s
and eight women’s
intercollegiate teams.
Freshman
Facts
EWU offers more than
100 fields of study, 10
master’s degrees, seven
graduate certificates, 55
graduate programs and
one applied doctorate.
The University offers
programs and student
services at the
Riverpoint Campus in
Spokane and also offers
programs statewide at
Bellevue, Everett, Kent,
Mount Vernon, Seattle,
Shoreline, Tacoma,
Vancouver
and Yakima
Averages of all
incoming freshman:
3.2 GPA, 977 SAT,
21 ACT
Entering freshman
retention rate (first
time/full time): 73%
Enrollment: (fall 2008)
9,897 headcount
(state-funded) students;
10,809 (including
self-support and all
funding sources)
School colors are red
and white, we’re the
Eagles and our mascot
is named Swoop
New undergraduates
who are transfers: 41%
(2-year and 4-year)
Student-to-faculty
ratio: 19:1
Resident
undergraduate tuition:
$1,567 (per quarter)
Spokane, Washington’s
second largest city, is
just 16 miles away. Ski
resorts, lakes and other
outdoor recreation
are nearby.
EWU has the edge on today’s hot-market
disciplines: It’s the first and only of Washington’s
public comprehensive universities to offer an
electrical engineering degree and the only
accredited public institution in the region that
offers a bachelor’s degree in 3-D animation
and gaming.
Diversity: 26.1%
Percent living on
campus: 67%
Percentage of the
freshman class who
will be the first in
their families to earn
a college degree: 50%
There’s room to
roam – the campus
covers 300 acres
in a parklike setting
with rolling wheat
fields just steps
from campus.
Other
Cool
Facts
Unique among the
state’s regional
universities, EWU offers
a Greek system with
seven fraternities and
eight sororities.
Fun
Facts
Eastern was home
to the Associated
Press’ Western Region
Election Center for
the Nov. 4 general
election, collecting
returns from 20
states – the only
university in the
nation to serve
as an AP election
tabulation center.
EWU Dining Services
sold 14,679 monster
cookies in the
past year.
Eastern’s $26.3 million recreation center
opened in spring 2008.
Eastern’s brand new
$26.3 million Recreation
Center features
everything from rock
climbing to ice skating
with some of the best
food on campus. And
its environmentally
friendly design earned a
LEED gold certification
from the U.S. Green
Building Council.
Student Population
from Washington Counties
Whatcom 78
San Juan
Skagit 69
9
Clallam 41
Island
40 Snohomish
303
Jefferson 7
Kitsap
King
151
710
Mason
Grays
20
Harbor
42
Thurston Pierce
445
147
Pacific
Lewis 45
17
Wahkiakum
Cowlitz
6
49
Skamania
3
Clark
225
Okanogan 147
Chelan
131
Kittitas
38
Yakima
289
Klickitat
13
Douglas
76
Grant
213
Pend
Oreille
Ferry
35
19
Stevens
232
Lincoln
91
Adams
62
Spokane
4,112
Data compiled by the Office
of Institutional Research,
Demography and
Assessment and
University Marketing and
Communications.
All statistics based on
latest available data as of
November 2008.
Whitman
118
Franklin
Garfield
105
6
Walla Columbia
Benton
Walla
8 Asotin
422
116
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