Eastern Washington University College Portrait
Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, WA 99004
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- Students
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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EWU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 22 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 60% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 87% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 411 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 45% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 13% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 98% |
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Campus-based Housing
63% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
20% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Eastern Washington University is located in the city of Cheney and has a site located campus in the city of Spokane. Eastern Washington University and the Cheney community offer the students a safe place to live. Eastern Washington University Police Department has twelve commissioned officers who are on duty 24 hours. They have the same authority as any other police officer and all the officers have graduated from the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission’s Basic Academy or its equivalencies. The officers receive specialized training annually. Several have B.A. degrees and others are taking classes. They enforce all federal, state and local laws and ordinances and promote community involvement, both on the campus and in the Cheney community. Eastern takes many common sense precautions for the safety of its constituents and expects the students and staff to do the same. Thefts, assaults and other crimes sometimes occur on the campus and in the surrounding communities. However, our crime rate is significantly lower than at other public universities. Through education and crime prevention programs and by working together, we help students, faculty and staff in taking responsibility for their safety. For your safety and the protection of your property, walk with a friend at night, making sure your room is locked at all times and do not leave your backpack unattended. Some of the safety programs offered by the University Police are personal safety, rape awareness, and Operation I.D. classes. We offer drug and alcohol use/abuse and other crime-related prevention programs within the residence halls and to Greek organizations (fraternities and sororities). To the employees we offer office safety evaluations and training on how to deal with unruly patrons. There is a service available to provide safety escorts after dark for students, faculty and staff. By working with the Student Affairs Office, residence hall staff and Athletic Department in the education of students, most incidents on campus can be avoided.
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
- Size and Setting
- Medium four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate comprehensive