WA · Medium public institution · Overall rank #316 nationally
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Azimuth places Eastern Washington University in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Who it’s a good fit for
Eastern Washington University is a public university in Cheney, Washington, where the degree mix is led by Business, Education, and Psychology. Mobility is the strongest , well above average.
Graduates out-earn what predicts for students like them. The model attributes the gap to the factors it measures, which add to expected earnings, while the unexplained remainder subtracts from them.
Return is around the average, so the adjusted result is stronger than the raw earnings picture alone would suggest. Affordability is well above average, and the net price for the lowest income band sits well below the published cost, while the highest band pays closer to it.
Pell students complete at a rate above the overall cohort. Mobility is well above average.
The admission rate is above the median for comparable schools, and most graduates are estimated to go into work rather than further study. A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the best-paid ones are in different fields.
Eastern Washington University rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]
Eastern Washington University, a public university in Cheney, Washington, enrolls 6,222 undergraduates. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, its overall standing falls in the upper quarter (79th percentile).
Eastern Washington University admits 90.8% of applicants, a rate measured against a peer median of 85.9% for comparable institutions of the same type and size. Of full-time students who begin as freshmen, 67.4% remain after the first year, compared with a peer median of 73.7%.
The six-year graduation rate for that first-time full-time cohort is 43.5%, while the comparable median is 49.1%. An estimated 34.1% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students, so many of those who study here did not start in the cohort tracked for graduation.
Mobility is the strongest pillar, sitting at the 86th percentile, and affordability is close behind at the 82nd percentile. Return is the weakest of the four, at the 48th percentile, with access between them at the 63rd percentile. The four pillars are spread across a wide band rather than clustering together.
Mobility and affordability give Eastern Washington University its clearest advantages, even as return is the part of the profile that sits closest to the middle. Among nonprofit four-year institutions, mobility stands in the 86th percentile, the university’s strongest pillar.
Affordability is in the 82nd percentile, access in the 63rd percentile, and return in the 48th percentile, its weakest pillar. The strong mobility and affordability results point in the same direction, while return is more moderate.
35.1% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, a measure of financial access. Azimuth ranks Eastern Washington University #537 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Pell recipients complete at 54.4%, 10.9 percentage points above the rate for the entering cohort as a whole. That Pell students finish ahead of the overall cohort is the central fact of the access story here.
Azimuth ranks the university #213 for mobility among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students.
For aid recipients, Eastern Washington University has an after-aid price that sits below the comparable-school midpoint. The standard cost of attendance is $24,478.
In-state tuition and fees are $8,586, with room and board at $15,574; out-of-state tuition and fees are $25,959. Its average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $13,886.
Average financial aid offsets $10,592 of the published price, although individual awards can differ. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price is $14,068; the university's average is $182 below that benchmark.
Azimuth places affordability in the 82nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The lower-than-peer net price and that affordability standing point in the same direction.
For aid recipients, Eastern Washington University has a published cost of attendance of $24,478 and an affordability standing that Azimuth ranks #249 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $9,547 for the lowest family-income band, $10,204 for the lower-middle band, $12,292 for the middle band, $17,596 for the upper-middle band, and $22,279 for the highest band; the spread between the lowest and highest bands is $12,732.
For the average aid recipient, financial aid savings average $10,592, and aid covers about 43% of the published cost. Across all aid recipients, the is $13,886, which is $182 below the peer median of $14,068 at comparable institutions (same type and size).
Published in-state tuition is $8,586, while out-of-state tuition is $25,959. Among federal-loan borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $19,500, $1,729 below the $21,229 peer median at comparable institutions (same type and size).
82.3% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans, and median Parent PLUS borrowing is $17,148. The median federal student debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.
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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$12,292
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Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.
Borrowing and repayment at Eastern Washington University
At Eastern Washington University, median federal student loan debt at completion is $19,500 for borrowers who completed. Federal loans are used by 82.3% of federal aid recipients, so the median describes borrowers rather than every graduate.
Against comparable institutions (same type and size), the university’s median is $1,729 below the $21,229 peer median. The university’s lower median and the borrower-debt range describe different parts of the borrowing picture.
For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $17,148.
At Eastern Washington University, the investment picture is shaped by earnings that sit near the middle of the pack and borrowing that runs below the peer median. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,781, at the 54th percentile.
They earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students, an outcome at the 63rd percentile. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the university's program mix, range from $48,656 in a downside case to $77,564 in an upside case, with $60,781 as the typical outcome.
Borrowers who finish leave with a median of $19,500 in federal loans, $1,729 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size). If repaid over ten years, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month.
Parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS borrowing of $17,148, a figure separate from student federal loan debt. For borrowers with median federal debt, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.
Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.
Estimated student payment · monthly
$222/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$218/mo
Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.
Payment assumptions
Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,781, at the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That is $3,480 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Graduates earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students. That places the gap at the 63rd percentile.
The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,028. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $2,872. Azimuth places the university at the 48th percentile for return.
At Eastern Washington University, federally aided completers who were working and not enrolled had median earnings of $60,781 four years after completion. The four-year earnings cohort includes 2,373 completers, and Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 54th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Graduates earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students. The typical earnings scenario is $60,781, with a downside scenario of $48,656 and an upside scenario of $77,564.
An estimated 32.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix. The scenarios show variation across modeled program mixes, while the earnings result is above the model’s expectation.
At Eastern Washington University, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $60,781 four years after completing a degree, in the 54th percentile. That median is $3,480 above the $57,301 median for comparable institutions, defined as the same type and size.
Azimuth ranks the university #770 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates here earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students, a measure of earnings beyond expectations.
That outcome sits in the 63rd percentile for among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $5,028.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $2,872. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $2,093 to the result.
The program mix includes large concentrations in education, psychology, business and health sciences, alongside smaller but higher-earning engineering, computer science and closely related technology fields. Earnings scenarios, estimated from the program mix, range from $48,656 on the downside to $77,564 on the upside for graduates.
An estimated 32.2% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Program mix leaves a broad spread in earnings scenarios. The downside earnings scenario is $48,656, the typical scenario is $60,781, and the upside scenario is $77,564.
These are scenarios estimated from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates. The modeled range shows that the institutional median does not describe every field.
Eastern Washington University pairs lower borrowing than its peer group with earnings that exceed the model's expectation. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $19,500.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $21,229; Eastern Washington University's figure is below it by $1,729. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.
For aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $13,886. It is below the $14,068 peer median by $182, and aid covers about 43% of the published cost for the average aid recipient.
Graduates earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students. Lower debt, a lower average net price, and above-expected earnings point the same way.
What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$5,028
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$2,872
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
+$2,156
These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, Eastern Washington University reported 6,340 first-year applicants and 5,983 admitted applicants, providing a count-based view of that admissions cycle. The federal admission rate of 90.8% sits above the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Applicants should place the university alongside other schools on an application list after reviewing its published academic information. સ્વ
Social Work has median earnings of $60,696 four years after completion and 51 degrees awarded. Azimuth ranks it #18 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions recorded $75,533 and 42 degrees awarded; Azimuth places it #7 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies had median earnings of $56,507 four years after completion across 95 degrees awarded, with an Azimuth rank of #5 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences had median earnings of $60,556 four years after completion across 101 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #15 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. The earnings picture varies across these fields, while national field ranks do not follow the same order.
The five largest programs at Eastern Washington University span education, psychology, and the sciences, and their earnings outcomes vary widely. Subject-Area Teacher Education awards the most degrees at 151 a year, with graduates earning a median of $57,915 four years after completion.
The highest-paid large program is Business Administration and Management, with 102 degrees awarded a year, ranked #225 nationally in its field, where completers earn $65,503. Azimuth ranks 23 of the university's programs nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions.
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies leads the group at #5 in its field, and it is also ranked #1 in Washington. With 95 degrees awarded a year, graduates earn a median of $56,507.
The highest earnings come from a program outside the five largest. Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn $95,817, from 80 degrees awarded a year.
Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering follow, with medians of $85,599 and $85,495 respectively.
Eastern Washington University awards bachelor's degrees across 23 programs with an Azimuth national rank and 35 with published four-year earnings data. The program mix is led by Business, which accounts for 18.0% of degrees awarded, followed by Education at 10.7% and Psychology at 10.1%.
The largest single programs are Subject-Area Teacher Education with 151 degrees awarded, Psychology with 121, and Biology with 114. The highest-ranked program is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, which Azimuth ranks #1 in Washington within its field.
It awards 95 degrees a year and graduates earn a median of $56,507 four years after completion. Dental Support Services and Allied Professions is also strong, ranking #7 nationally and #1 in Washington within its field, with 42 degrees awarded and median earnings of $75,533.
The highest-earning program is Computer and Information Sciences, where graduates earn a median of $95,817 four years out, from 80 degrees awarded. Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering follow, with median earnings of $85,599 and $85,495 from 39 and 50 degrees awarded, respectively.
Teacher Education stands out for its return, with a benchmark ratio of 1.18x against the national median for its field. The pattern is one of strength spread across several fields rather than concentrated in one.
The highest-ranked programs are not the largest, and the best-paid ones are mostly in engineering and computing. 22.7% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields, and the largest programs are not the highest-earning ones.
Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 151 degrees awarded
$57,915
Psychology, General 121 degrees awarded
$50,125
Biology, General 114 degrees awarded
$56,083
Business Administration, Management and Operations 102 degrees awarded
$65,503
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences 101 degrees awarded
$60,556
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General 95 degrees awarded
$56,507
Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.
How does Eastern Washington University serve students from different backgrounds?
Eastern Washington University is strongest on mobility, where Pell recipients’ completion rate is higher than the overall cohort’s and graduates exceed the model’s earnings expectation. The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 43.5%, compared with 54.4% for Pell recipients, above the overall rate by 10.9 percentage points.
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, Azimuth places mobility in the 86th percentile. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, are in the 63rd percentile. Graduates earn about $2,156 more than the model expects for similar students.
Eastern Washington University combines a 90.8% admission rate with several entry paths into its undergraduate population. The university has 6,222 undergraduates, including 35.1% who receive Pell Grants; an estimated 34.1% arrive as transfers or part-time students.
Among nonprofit four-year institutions, Azimuth rates its access pillar in the 63rd percentile. The admission pattern, Pell participation, and transfer presence describe a campus open to applicants entering through different routes.
Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.
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Comparison with Eastern Washington University
Measure
Eastern Washington University
Washington State University
Peer earnings · 4 years
$60,781
$73,467+$12,686 vs Eastern Washington University
Average annual net price
$13,886
$14,971+$1,085 vs Eastern Washington University · higher cost
Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.
Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.
Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.
Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.
Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.
Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.
Source fields: ADM_RATE
Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.
Source fields: C150_4
Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.
Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR
Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.
Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN
National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.
Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.
Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV
Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.
Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.
Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.
SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.
First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.
Source fields: RET_FT4
Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.
Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.
Source fields: PCTPELL
Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.
Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF
Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.
Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR