Graduate School Tuition at Washburn University

Washburn University is a four-years, public school located in Topeka, KS. It offers 25 graduate programs - 17 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 4 Post-bachelor's, and 2 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $10,388 for Kansas residents and $20,068 for others. A total of 727 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,460 students at Washburn.

Washburn offers online graduate programs and 155 out of 727 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

The Master's Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse program has the highest salary ($97,000) after graduation and the Doctorate Law program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $48,800 average salary.

Washburn have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at School of Law. In addition, you can find Washburn's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

Washburn University is a four-years, public school located in Topeka, Kansas. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,388 for Kansas residents and $20,068 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-five (25) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	Washburn University
Type	four-years, public
Address	1700 SW College Avenue, Topeka, KS
Graduate School Students	829 students 155 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$10,388 Out-of-State$20,068
Student to Faculty	13:1 (7.69%)
Number of Offered Graduate Programs	Total 25 Graduate Programs 17 Master's, 2 Doctorate, 6 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Washburn University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.

For Kansas residents, the tuition & fees are $10,388 and $20,068 for non-Kansas residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $467 for Kansas residents and $907 for out-of-state students.

2024 Tuition & Fees

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$10,274	$19,954
Fees	$114	$114
Cost per Credit	$467	$907
Books & Supplies	$970
Room & Board	$10,759 (On-Campus) / $10,931 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$2,480 (On-Campus) / $3,149 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$24,597	$34,277
Off-Campus Total	$25,438	$35,118

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$9,416	$9,526	$9,636	$9,900	$10,388
Out-of-State	$18,898	$19,206	$19,316	$19,580	$20,068

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Washburn University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 25 major areas - 17 Master's , 2 Doctorate , 4 Post-Bachelor', 2 Post-Master'.

124 students have been conferred Master's degree and 141 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	124	141	35	44
Men	41	57	7	6
Women	83	84	28	38

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling		NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	25	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Organizational Communication	9	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Advanced Legal Research/Studies	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Physical Education/Fitness		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Social Work	47	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$40,700	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	9	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	$97,000	-	-

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	22	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Accounting	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	42
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED		NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology/Technician	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing	-	-	-

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,657 students enrolled in Washburn University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 829 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.

By gender, it has 277 male and 552 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 499 full-time and 330 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 155 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 263 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	829	499	330
Men Students	277	208	69
Women Students	552	291	261

By race/ethnicity 263 White, 33 Black, and 7 Asian students are attending at Washburn University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
	Total	Men	Women
Total	829	277	552
American Indian or Native American	4	1	3
Asian	1	6	33
Black	33	9	24
Hispanic	34	11	23
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	263	81	182
Tow or More Races	14	7	7
Race Unknown	456	157	299

13 students are younger than 22 and 156 students are older than 65. The school has 385 students aged between 22 and 30 and 173 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	829
21 & Under	13
22-24	219
25-29	166
30-34	109
35-39	64
40 & Over	156

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.

At Washburn, 155 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 263 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	727
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	155
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	263
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	309

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	155
Kansas Resident	101
Other State In U.S.	35
Outside of U.S.	3

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