Graduate Programs at Washburn University

Graduate School Overview

Washburn University (referred to as Washburn) is a Public, 4 years school located in Topeka, KS. It is classified as a Master's College and University (medium programs) school by Carnegie Classification and its highest level of offering is Doctor's degree- professional practice.

The school is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1913 - Current[Estimated Date]).

Washburn Directory Information
School Name	Washburn University (Washburn)
Address	1700 SW College Avenue, Topeka, KS 66621-0001
Phone	785-670-1010
Web	https://www.washburn.edu
Online Application	https://www.washburn.edu/admissions/apply.html
Financial Info	https://www.washburn.edu/admissions/paying-for-college/financial-aid/index.html

The 2023 graduate school tuition & fees at Washburn University is $9,900 for Kansas residents and $19,580 for out-of-state students. The school has 727 graduate students where it has a total enrollment of 5,460 including undergraduate students.

It offers total 115 graduate programs through Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice). Among them, 30 programs are available online classes.

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$19,580 $9,900 for Kansas Residents
Student Population	727
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	115 graduate programs (30 programs available online learning)
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

The graduate tuition & fees at Washburn University is $9,900 for Kansas residents and $19,580 for out-of-state students for the academic year 2022-2023. The tuition per credit hour is $440 for Kansas residents and $880 for out-of-state students.

Washburn University offers the alternative tuition plans.

Washburn University offers the distance education programs. All course works for completing a degree program can be done through online exclusively for graduate programs. In addition, the distance learning courses are offered for students who are not enrolled online exclusively.

On its campus, remedial services, academic/career services, employment services for students, placement services for completers are provided for their students.

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	30 Online Programs Available
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army) Study abroad Weekend/evening college Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Remedial services Academic/career services Employment services for students Placement services for completers

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of Washburn University is $9,900 for Kansas residents and $19,580 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.37% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	Kansas Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$8,888	$110	$17,930	$110
2019-2020	$9,306	$110	$18,788	$110
2020-2021	$9,416	$110	$19,096	$110
2021-2022	$9,526	$110	$19,206	$110
2022-2023	$9,790	$110	$19,470	$110

The graduate school tuition & fees of Washburn is average compared to public graduate schools in Kansas. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,603 and the Kansas graduate tuition is $19,074 (public) / $11,029 (private).

The next table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
Washburn University	$9,900	$19,580
All Graduate Schools	$16,007	$19,603
Public	$11,484	$20,787
Private	$19,674
Kansas Graduate Schools	$10,249	$12,651
Public	$8,793	$19,074
Private	$11,029

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $13,259 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at Washburn University. On-campus living costs are decreased by -2.10% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $13,976. Off-campus living costs are decreased by -0.38% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$9,144	$3,600	$10,993	$3,600
2019-2020	$9,399	$3,600	$11,132	$3,600
2020-2021	$9,715	$3,600	$12,030	$3,600
2021-2022	$9,838	$3,314	$10,716	$3,314
2022-2023	$10,040	$2,836	$10,757	$3,219

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $440 for Kansas residents and $880 for other students at Washburn University. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.38% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	Kansas Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$399	$810
2019-2020	$418	$849
2020-2021	$428	$868
2021-2022	$428	$868
2022-2023	$440	$880

Graduate Programs at Washburn

Washburn University offers 24 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 319 students have completed their study at Washburn University.

Offered Degrees at Washburn University
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	16	4	139
Doctor's degree - other	2	1	120
Post Bachelor's Degree	4	4	23
Post Master's Degree	2	0	37
Total	24	9	319

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at Washburn University by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing program with 41 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 60 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Law program with 100 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at Washburn University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	41	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	31	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✔	17	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✔	17	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✔	10	-

Popular Master's Programs at Washburn University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✔	60	$40,700
Social Work	✔	39	$40,700
Business Administration and Management	✕	31	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	26	-
Organizational Communication	✕	13	-

Popular Doctorate Programs at Washburn University
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Law	✕	100	-
Law	✕	98	-
Nursing Practice	✔	20	-
Nursing Practice	✔	20	-

Washburn University offers 24 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered both in online and on-site education. Last year total 319 students have completed their graduate studies.

139 students have earned/completed Master's program.
120 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
23 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
37 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	11 completers	-
Organizational Communication	✕	11	-
Education [+]	✕	19 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	0	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	8	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	9	-
Legal Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	✕	4	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	0	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	✕	5	-
Psychology [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Psychology	✕	10	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✔ (1 completers)	8 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	✔	8	-
Human Services [+]	✔ (1 completers)	39 completers	-
Social Work	✔	39	$40,700
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	10 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✔	10	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✔	0	$97,000
Business [+]	✕	33 completers	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	26	-
Accounting	✕	7	-
	Total	139

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Legal Studies [+]	✕	100 completers	-
Law	✕	100	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔	20 completers	-
Nursing Practice	✔	20	-
	Total	120

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (3 completers)	23 completers	-
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	✔	6	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	✔	17	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	✔	0	-
Business [+]	✔	0 completers	-
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	✔	0	-
	Total	23

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	6 completers	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	6	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	31 completers	-
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	✕	31	-
	Total	37

Graduate Student Population at Washburn

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 829 students enrolled into Washburn University graduate schools where it has total 5,460 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 499 full-time and 330 part-time graduate students. By gender, 277 male and 552 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	829	277	552
Full-time	499	208	291
Part-tme	330	69	261

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 263 White (31.72%), 33 Black/African American (3.98%), 34 Hispanic (4.10%), 7 Asian (0.84%), and 492 students with other races. 17 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	829	277	552
American Indian/Native American	4	1	3
Asian	7	1	6
Black/African American	33	9	24
Hispanic	34	11	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	263	81	182
Two More	14	7	7
Un-Known	456	157	299
Non-resident Alien	17	10	7

Washburn University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 193 graduate students (23.28% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 231 graduate students (27.86% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	829
Enrolled Online Exclusively	193
Enrolled Some Online Courses	231
Not in Online Courses	405

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at Washburn University. 266 students are aged 20 to 24 (32.09% of total students), 1 students are aged below 20 (0.12%), 68 students are aged above 50 (8.20%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Washburn University.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	829	277	552
Age 18-19	1	1	0
Age 20-21	19	6	13
Age 22-24	247	94	153
Age 25-29	199	88	111
Age 30-34	111	37	74
Age 35-39	74	17	57
Age 40-49	110	22	88
Age 50-64	64	11	53
Over 64	4	1	3

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