Eastern Washington University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University operates as a public institution located in Cheney, Washington (town: fringe), with a total reported enrollment of 6,222 students of which 13,224 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Eastern Washington University is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 90.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $13,886, with published in-state tuition of $8,586 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 45.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.4%. Graduates earn a median of $57,897 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,469 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 506500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 68.3% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.