Azimuth places the return pillar at the 61st percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,774, at the 38th percentile.
That is $527 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Graduates earn about $8,155 more than the model expects for similar students.
That puts the gap at the 79th percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,774.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,381. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $772.
Washburn University graduates have a schoolwide earnings midpoint: federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $56,774 four years after completion. Azimuth places this earnings measure in the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, using an earnings cohort of 1,491 completers.
That median is an institutional midpoint, not a forecast for any particular field or person. The typical scenario, based on the program mix, matches that median.
Graduates earn about $8,155 more than the model expects for similar students. An estimated 26.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment.
Among federally aided graduates of Washburn University who are working and not enrolled, the median four years after completion is $56,774, in the 38th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That sits $527 below the $57,301 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks the university #566 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $8,155 more than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings beyond expectations sits at the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $6,774.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain adds $1,381. Within the measured factors, the STEM component subtracts $772.
The program mix centers on health and business fields. Estimated earnings scenarios from the program mix span $43,773 at the lower end and $78,919 at the upper end.
An estimated 26.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.
Fields account for a wide modeled earnings spread at Washburn University. The downside scenario is $43,773 and the upside scenario is $78,919; these are earnings scenarios from the program mix, not observed groups of graduates.
Among fields, Engineering-Related Fields has median earnings of $80,436 four years after completion, Nursing has $79,109, and Computer and Information Sciences has $78,778. Those program medians show why the modeled range is broad.
Washburn University pairs lower federal borrowing for completers with a favorable modeled earnings comparison, while its average net price is above the comparable figure. Among borrowers who completed, median federal student loan debt is $18,127.
The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $21,229, and the university’s figure is below it by $3,102. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $206 a month if repaid over ten years.
Average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $15,280, and aid covers about 29% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. Graduates earn about $8,155 more than the model expects for similar students.
Lower borrowing and higher-than-expected earnings point the same way, though the average net price is above peers.