by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Washburn University landed the #851 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Kansas, Washburn University came in at #10.
Washburn University was ranked #643 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, Washburn University took the #8 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kansas.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 66.4% of the total graduate students at Washburn University are women and 33.6% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Washburn University, around 11.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Washburn University. Around 2.6% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,526 | $19,206 |
| Fees | $110 | $110 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Washburn University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $58,847. That's roughly the same as the countrywide average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Washburn University, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $48,996. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 35% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Washburn University.
Contact details for Washburn University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1700 Sw College Avenue, Topeka, KS 66621-0001 |
| Phone: | 785-670-1010 |
| Website: | www.washburn.edu/ |
About 51.1% of the graduate students at Washburn University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 23.3% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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