Washburn University Career Outcomes & Earnings

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.

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.

Four-year earnings should be read alongside further study: an estimated 26.4% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because the earnings measure includes completers who are working and not enrolled, people continuing their education are outside that earnings snapshot.

Washburn University pairs a large higher-earning health field with programs whose four-year earnings sit at a more moderate level. Nursing, its largest program, has median earnings of $79,109 four years after completion and 152 degrees awarded.

Azimuth ranks this field #259 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions and #2 in Kansas. Engineering-Related Fields reports $80,436 with 8 degrees awarded, while Kinesiology and Physical Education records $57,079 across 48 degrees awarded.

Communication and Media Studies is lower at $46,497 and 44 degrees awarded. The spread shows that earnings vary considerably across the fields represented among the university's larger and higher-earning programs.

Health Professions accounts for 30.7% of bachelor’s degrees awarded, so health-focused study is central to Washburn University’s program mix. The university has 15 bachelor’s field with an Azimuth national rank.

Azimuth ranks Nursing #259 nationally within its field; it awarded 152 degrees, and its completers had median earnings of $79,109 four years after completion. Among other large programs, Health and Medical Administrative Services awarded 52 degrees and had median earnings of $66,325 four years after completion.

Computer and Information Sciences awarded 18 degrees, with median earnings of $78,778 at that point, while Finance awarded 36 degrees and reached $76,175. The larger health programs and the higher-earning computing and finance options show distinct paths within the program mix.