Eastern Washington University is an American public, coeducational university located in Cheney, Washington.
Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided into four colleges: Arts and Letters; Business and Public Administration; Science, Health and Engineering; and Social & Behavioral Sciences and Social Work.
As of the year 2011, Eastern Washington University enrolled over 12,000 graduate and undergraduate students for the fall semester.
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