by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Washington State University landed the #185 spot.
In addition, Wazzu took the #5 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Washington.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, Wazzu came in at #204.
Wazzu also ranked #5 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Washington.
The total graduate student population at Wazzu is made up of 53.3% women and 46.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 23.9% of the graduate students who attend Wazzu are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Wazzu. Around 16.0% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,076 | $26,526 |
| Fees | $1,664 | $1,664 |
Master's degree recipients from Wazzu earn an average salary of $65,357 during the early years of their career. That's about 12% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Wazzu, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $100,052. That's about 33% higher than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Washington State University.
Contact details for Wazzu are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | French Administration Building, Pullman, WA 99164-5910 |
| Phone: | 509-335-3564 |
| Website: | https://wsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/WSUAdmissions |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 31.1% of the graduate students at Wazzu took at least one online course. Roughly 29.0% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
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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