unitid 234827 · Ellensburg, WA · public 4-year · town (distant)
Central Washington University
- enrollment 2023
- 19,286
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
72nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
7,833
65th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 4-years
completion
54%
finish within 150% time
66th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,816
84th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$18,476
after aid, aided students
86th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$61,580
after entry, Title IV students
76th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
49th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,846 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $42,459
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,417
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 3.2× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology, General. | 274 | $50,290 | $19,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 211 | $62,318 | $20,205 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 191 | $65,927 | $20,000 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 140 | $61,698 | $21,954 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 116 | $62,919 | $23,377 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 115 | $73,436 | $17,650 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 96 | $43,355 | $17,848 |
| Computer Science. | 77 | $106,796 | $19,467 |
| Sociology. | 74 | $57,042 | $25,000 |
| Education, General. | 68 | — | — |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies. | 67 | — | $23,224 |
| Air Transportation. | 67 | $86,851 | $19,500 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.