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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Topeka, KS
Population 230,000
Website http://www.wuacc.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,900 (84%)
Days Without Precipitation 265 (83%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,055
Men / Women 35% / 65%
From State 95%
From Region 0%
Athletes 16.3%

Racial/Ethnic

White 59%
Hispanic 16%
Black 9%
Mixed 7%
International 7%
Native American 1%
Asian 1%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 48.4% 48.4% 2012 Men: 43.4% 43.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2014 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2015 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2018 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2019 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2011 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2015 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2019 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2011 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2012 Black: 2.2% 2.2% 2013 Black: 5.4% 5.4% 2014 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2015 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2016 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2017 Black: 7.8% 7.8% 2018 Black: 4.7% 4.7% 2019 Black: 4.6% 4.6% 2020 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Black: 5.2% 5.2% 2022 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2023 Black: 5.7% 5.7% 2024 Black: 7.0% 7.0% 2011 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2012 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2013 Hispanic: 4.5% 4.5% 2014 Hispanic: 5.0% 5.0% 2015 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2016 Hispanic: 6.3% 6.3% 2017 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2018 Hispanic: 9.1% 9.1% 2019 Hispanic: 8.5% 8.5% 2020 Hispanic: 9.7% 9.7% 2021 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2022 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2023 Hispanic: 17.2% 17.2% 2024 Hispanic: 13.5% 13.5% 2011 White: 56.4% 56.4% 2012 White: 54.1% 54.1% 2013 White: 61.0% 61.0% 2014 White: 63.6% 63.6% 2015 White: 64.2% 64.2% 2016 White: 62.1% 62.1% 2017 White: 68.4% 68.4% 2018 White: 69.9% 69.9% 2019 White: 39.2% 39.2% 2020 White: 56.7% 56.7% 2021 White: 71.3% 71.3% 2022 White: 68.8% 68.8% 2023 White: 65.1% 65.1% 2024 White: 66.2% 66.2% 2011 International: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2013 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 International: 1.1% 1.1% 2015 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2017 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2018 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2020 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2021 International: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2023 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2024 International: 2.8% 2.8%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2021 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2021 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 Asian: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2024 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2025 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2021 Black: 6.3% 6.3% 2022 Black: 7.1% 7.1% 2023 Black: 8.0% 8.0% 2024 Black: 8.4% 8.4% 2025 Black: 8.8% 8.8% 2020 Hispanic: 12.0% 12.0% 2021 Hispanic: 12.6% 12.6% 2022 Hispanic: 12.3% 12.3% 2023 Hispanic: 13.3% 13.3% 2024 Hispanic: 14.1% 14.1% 2025 Hispanic: 15.8% 15.8% 2020 White: 66.8% 66.8% 2021 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2022 White: 64.9% 64.9% 2023 White: 61.8% 61.8% 2024 White: 60.8% 60.8% 2025 White: 58.5% 58.5% 2020 International: 4.7% 4.7% 2021 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 International: 4.8% 4.8% 2023 International: 5.5% 5.5% 2024 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2025 International: 6.8% 6.8%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Washburn University 682 32% / 68% 4% $63,704 73 95%
Computer Science 12 — 92% / 8% 8% $86,346 93 100%
Chemistry — — — — $65,689 76 —
Forensic Chemistry 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $65,479 75 —
Mathematics 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $61,793 69 —
Physics 4 — 75% / 25% 75% $64,586 74 —
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $62,652 71 —
Biology 11 — 36% / 64% 0% $69,537 80 95%
Environmental Biology 4 +1 100% / 0% 0% $54,553 54 —
Molecular Biology 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $64,007 73 —
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 14 +2 21% / 79% 0% $68,025 79 97%
Kinesiology 36 — 42% / 58% 11% $54,411 53 97%
Medical Laboratory Science 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $80,480 89 —
Mental and Social Health Services — — — — $47,016 32 —
Nursing 127 — 13% / 87% 2% $82,988 91 94%
Accounting 15 +3 53% / 47% 0% $74,494 85 97%
Business 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $68,279 79 —
Business Administration 18 +9 44% / 56% 0% $72,182 83 100%
Business Analytics 7 +2 43% / 57% 29% $72,468 83 —
Business Economics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $64,787 74 —
Entrepreneurship 3 +6 67% / 33% 0% $67,921 78 —
Finance 29 +21 69% / 31% 7% $75,961 86 91%
Health Care Administration 43 — 16% / 84% 0% $59,350 65 100%
Health Services Administration 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,328 68 —
Health and Medical Administrative Services — — — — $59,350 65 —
International Business 5 +6 80% / 20% 40% $72,756 83 —
Managerial Economics 6 +3 67% / 33% 0% $73,302 84 —
Marketing 17 +15 65% / 35% 6% $69,025 80 100%
Anthropology 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $52,356 48 —
Communication 9 — 22% / 78% 11% $55,096 55 96%
English 8 — 25% / 75% 12% $43,431 21 76%
French 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $53,695 51 —
General Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
History 8 — 38% / 62% 0% $58,765 63 80%
Human Services 14 — 7% / 93% 0% $52,312 47 —
Interdisciplinary Studies — — — — $54,555 54 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 41 — 44% / 56% 2% — — —
Mass Communication 24 — 29% / 71% 12% $55,096 55 96%
Philosophy 1 +4 0% / 100% 0% $48,609 36 —
Political Science 10 — 80% / 20% 0% $61,446 69 —
Psychology 36 — 14% / 86% 6% $49,622 40 88%
Public Administration 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,200 66 —
Religion/Religious Studies 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,042 50 —
Science, Technology and Society 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $51,040 44 —
Social Work 19 — 11% / 89% 0% $53,496 51 97%
Sociology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $52,872 49 —
Spanish 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,752 52 —
Elementary Education 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $53,362 50 96%
English Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,555 48 94%
French Language Teacher Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
STEM Education 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Social Studies Teacher Education — — — — $52,555 48 94%
Art 12 — 25% / 75% 8% $32,509 5 94%
Art Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $52,555 48 94%
Art History 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $32,254 5 —
Music 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $36,455 9 —
Music Education 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $52,555 48 94%
Music Performance 4 — 75% / 25% 25% $36,402 9 —
Theater 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Corrections 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $54,853 54 96%
Criminal Justice 13 — 38% / 62% 0% $54,853 54 96%
Criminalistics and Criminal Science 39 — 5% / 95% 0% $48,812 37 100%
Forensic Science — — — — $48,812 37 100%
Legal Research — — — — $56,843 59 —
Legal Studies 11 — 36% / 64% 0% $54,568 54 —
Security Management 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $54,853 54 96%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,448
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $22,287
Est. In-State Cost $13,516
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,830
ROI Percentile 73th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 68%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 53%
Transfer-Out Rate 26%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 37.9% 37.9% 2012 Graduated: 33.7% 33.7% 2013 Graduated: 36.6% 36.6% 2014 Graduated: 34.0% 34.0% 2015 Graduated: 34.8% 34.8% 2016 Graduated: 34.4% 34.4% 2017 Graduated: 38.9% 38.9% 2018 Graduated: 44.2% 44.2% 2019 Graduated: 45.5% 45.5% 2020 Graduated: 51.2% 51.2% 2021 Graduated: 51.4% 51.4% 2022 Graduated: 54.2% 54.2% 2023 Graduated: 52.6% 52.6% 2024 Graduated: 53.0% 53.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 34.1% 34.1% 2012 Men: 25.9% 25.9% 2013 Men: 28.2% 28.2% 2014 Men: 30.4% 30.4% 2015 Men: 28.6% 28.6% 2016 Men: 26.3% 26.3% 2017 Men: 34.0% 34.0% 2018 Men: 36.1% 36.1% 2019 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2020 Men: 46.3% 46.3% 2021 Men: 43.4% 43.4% 2022 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2023 Men: 46.8% 46.8% 2024 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2011 Women: 40.8% 40.8% 2012 Women: 39.6% 39.6% 2013 Women: 42.1% 42.1% 2014 Women: 36.9% 36.9% 2015 Women: 39.0% 39.0% 2016 Women: 39.5% 39.5% 2017 Women: 43.6% 43.6% 2018 Women: 50.4% 50.4% 2019 Women: 49.6% 49.6% 2020 Women: 54.9% 54.9% 2021 Women: 57.1% 57.1% 2022 Women: 58.2% 58.2% 2023 Women: 57.2% 57.2% 2024 Women: 58.4% 58.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2012 Black: 11.8% 11.8% 2013 Black: 11.1% 11.1% 2014 Black: 24.3% 24.3% 2015 Black: 10.7% 10.7% 2016 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2017 Black: 12.1% 12.1% 2018 Black: 18.4% 18.4% 2019 Black: 8.3% 8.3% 2020 Black: 25.0% 25.0% 2021 Black: 23.1% 23.1% 2022 Black: 31.2% 31.2% 2023 Black: 27.7% 27.7% 2024 Black: 31.4% 31.4% 2011 Hispanic: 34.6% 34.6% 2012 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 Hispanic: 36.7% 36.7% 2014 Hispanic: 16.7% 16.7% 2015 Hispanic: 40.5% 40.5% 2016 Hispanic: 24.5% 24.5% 2017 Hispanic: 26.4% 26.4% 2018 Hispanic: 24.7% 24.7% 2019 Hispanic: 39.4% 39.4% 2020 Hispanic: 43.8% 43.8% 2021 Hispanic: 51.9% 51.9% 2022 Hispanic: 48.5% 48.5% 2023 Hispanic: 49.6% 49.6% 2024 Hispanic: 52.0% 52.0% 2011 White: 53.2% 53.2% 2012 White: 49.1% 49.1% 2013 White: 50.4% 50.4% 2014 White: 40.9% 40.9% 2015 White: 37.9% 37.9% 2016 White: 40.2% 40.2% 2017 White: 46.3% 46.3% 2018 White: 51.0% 51.0% 2019 White: 47.9% 47.9% 2020 White: 54.4% 54.4% 2021 White: 55.4% 55.4% 2022 White: 58.6% 58.6% 2023 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2024 White: 57.6% 57.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 28.4% 194 29% / 71% 4% $52,938 49 91%
Health Sciences 26.4% 180 19% / 81% 4% $76,067 86 95%
Business & Economics 21.7% 148 48% / 52% 5% $68,832 79 98%
Professional 9.7% 66 18% / 82% 0% $51,236 44 99%
Arts 4.3% 29 31% / 69% 7% $39,631 13 94%
Life & Natural Sciences 2.6% 18 56% / 44% 0% $65,135 75 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.6% 18 50% / 50% 17% $63,028 72 —
Education 2.5% 17 6% / 94% 0% $53,247 50 96%
Computer Science 1.8% 12 92% / 8% 8% $86,346 93 100%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Acceptance: 95.5% 95.5% 2011 Yield: 51.5% 51.5% 2012 Yield: 47.9% 47.9%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 1,817 1,817 2012 Applicants: 1,916 1,916 2011 Admitted: 1,817 1,817 2012 Admitted: 1,830 1,830 2011 Enrolled: 935 935 2012 Enrolled: 876 876

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 80.0% 80.0% 2012 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.