Top 2019 Rankings For Wichita State University
A more complete picture of where Wichita State University is the "best of the best" can be found on our 2019 Badges Awarded page.
All 2019 Rankings For Wichita State University
Learn more about our methodologies that drive these rankings.
Top Quality Overall
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 788 of 1779 |
| The Plains States | 81 of 196 |
| Kansas | 5 of 27 |
Best Colleges For The Money (all undergraduates)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 680 of 1510 |
| The Plains States | |
| Kansas | 7 of 23 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 713 of 1510 |
| The Plains States | |
| Kansas | 7 of 23 |
Best Colleges For The Money (undergraduates getting no aid)
better worse | |
| Nationwide | 210 of 1510 |
| The Plains States | 40 of 165 |
| Kansas | 4 of 23 |
Diversity
better worse | |
| Overall | 413 of 2238 |
| Ethnic | 791 of 2486 |
| Male / Female | 402 of 2486 |
| Location | 875 of 2238 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Ethnic Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 447 of 1426 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 338 of 1383 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | 377 of 851 |
| Best Value | 218 of 810 |
| Most Popular | 267 of 1990 |
| Most Focused | 922 of 1990 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Accounting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 169 of 1286 |
| Most Focused | 431 of 1286 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 315 of 711 |
| Most Popular | 434 of 1675 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Business/Managerial Economics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 65 of 211 |
| Most Focused | 73 of 211 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 68 of 234 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 182 of 664 |
| Most Focused | 287 of 664 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 167 of 416 |
Human Resource Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 127 of 377 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
International Business
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 125 of 375 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Management Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 92 of 347 |
| Most Focused | 132 of 347 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 216 of 766 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 398 of 1215 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 276 of 1027 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 120 of 1367 |
| Most Focused | 410 of 1366 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Curriculum & Instruction
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 1 of 5 |
| Most Focused | 1 of 5 |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 215 of 863 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 62 of 302 |
| Most Popular | 132 of 596 |
| Most Focused | 132 of 596 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 27 of 56 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 20 of 65 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Biomedical Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 49 of 161 |
| Most Popular | 54 of 283 |
| Most Focused | 48 of 283 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 83 of 264 |
| Most Popular | 112 of 350 |
| Most Focused | 101 of 350 |
| Highest Paid Grads | 133 of 274 |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 31 of 84 |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | 46 of 108 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Manufacturing Engineering
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 114 of 268 |
| Most Popular | 135 of 337 |
| Most Focused | 105 of 337 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Engineering Technologies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
General Engineering Technology
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 224 of 585 |
| Most Popular | 430 of 1355 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 567 of 1271 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Writing Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 142 of 367 |
| Most Focused |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Foreign Languages & Linguistics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 291 of 942 |
| Most Focused | 470 of 942 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Linguistics & Comparative Literature
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 69 of 300 |
| Most Focused | 59 of 300 |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 220 of 1678 |
| Most Focused | 804 of 1678 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 42 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 79 of 267 |
Communication Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 123 of 267 |
| Most Focused | 125 of 267 |
Dental Support Services
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 32 of 132 |
| Most Focused |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 65 of 605 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 285 of 1132 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 324 of 1251 |
| Most Focused |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 324 of 1251 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 264 of 1111 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 246 of 1084 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 159 of 1175 |
| Most Focused | 350 of 1175 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 159 of 1175 |
| Most Focused | 350 of 1175 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 414 of 1223 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 356 of 1171 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (Other)
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 99 of 898 |
| Most Focused | 274 of 898 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 83 of 835 |
| Most Focused | 234 of 835 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Philosophy
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 242 of 1156 |
| Most Focused | 479 of 1156 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 204 of 426 |
| Most Popular | 233 of 1099 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 158 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 191 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Physics
better worse | |
| Most Popular | 340 of 717 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 434 of 1502 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 391 of 1407 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 173 of 868 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 108 of 578 |
| Most Focused | 283 of 578 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 580 of 1319 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 185 of 428 |
| Most Focused | 208 of 428 |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 393 of 964 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 290 of 626 |
| Most Popular | 379 of 1522 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 313 of 654 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 326 of 1103 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
General Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | |
| Most Popular | 37 of 181 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked | |
| Best Value | 175 of 365 |
| Most Popular | 379 of 1036 |
| Most Focused | |
| Highest Paid Grads |
Men's Sports
better worse | |
| Men's Baseball (D1) | |
| Men's Basketball (D1) | 129 of 325 |
Women's Sports
better worse | |
| Women's Basketball (D1) | |
| Women's Softball (D1) | |
| Women's Volleyball (D1) | 123 of 308 |
Veterans
better worse | |
| Overall | 341 of 1820 |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Biology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 410 of 820 |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 257 of 853 |
Accounting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 347 of 749 |
Entrepreneurial Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Finance & Financial Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Human Resource Management
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
International Business
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Management Information Systems
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Marketing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 191 of 417 |
Communication & Journalism
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Communication & Media Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Teacher Education Subject Specific
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 130 of 309 |
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Computer Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Electrical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 107 of 269 |
Industrial Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 41 of 86 |
Mechanical Engineering
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
English Language & Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 212 of 602 |
General English Literature
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Health & Medical Administrative Services
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
History
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics & Statistics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Mathematics
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 228 of 476 |
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 224 of 465 |
Health & Physical Education
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 185 of 456 |
Physical Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Chemistry
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 206 of 435 |
Geological & Earth Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Public Administration & Social Service
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Work
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 284 of 640 |
Design & Applied Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Fine & Studio Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
General Visual & Performing Arts
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans |
Music
better worse | |
| Top Ranked Veterans | 180 of 370 |
Non-Traditional Students
better worse | |
| Overall | 234 of 1159 |
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Ethnic Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Business, Management & Marketing
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 195 of 653 |
| Top Ranked Online | 111 of 297 |
| Most Popular Online | 227 of 684 |
Business Administration & Management
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 267 of 591 |
| Top Ranked Online | 104 of 244 |
| Most Popular Online | 179 of 563 |
Business/Managerial Economics
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 2 of 10 |
Education
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 171 of 355 |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 18 of 187 |
Curriculum & Instruction
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 1 of 2 |
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Human Development & Family Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Health Professions
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 144 of 666 |
Dental Support Services
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online | 11 of 28 |
Nursing
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 152 of 473 |
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 117 of 371 |
Criminal Justice & Corrections
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 179 of 358 |
| Top Ranked Online | 57 of 135 |
| Most Popular Online | 112 of 343 |
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 135 of 303 |
| Top Ranked Online | 65 of 136 |
| Most Popular Online | 83 of 342 |
Liberal Arts General Studies
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | 133 of 312 |
| Top Ranked Online | 63 of 140 |
| Most Popular Online | 83 of 342 |
Philosophy & Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Religious Studies
better worse | |
| Most Popular Online |
Psychology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 75 of 238 |
General Psychology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 73 of 205 |
Social Sciences
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online | 57 of 170 |
Anthropology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online |
Political Science & Government
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | |
| Most Popular Online |
Sociology
better worse | |
| Best for Non-Traditional Students | |
| Top Ranked Online | 20 of 42 |
| Most Popular Online |
International Quality
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 448 of 1240 |
| Bangladesh | |
| Brazil | |
| Canada | |
| China | 412 of 835 |
| Colombia | |
| Egypt | |
| India | 225 of 643 |
| Indonesia | |
| Iran | |
| Japan | |
| Jordan | |
| Kenya | |
| Kuwait | |
| Malaysia | |
| Mexico | |
| Nepal | 130 of 350 |
| Nigeria | 162 of 426 |
| Pakistan | |
| Peru | |
| Russia | |
| Saudi Arabia | 177 of 555 |
| Singapore | |
| South Korea | |
| Spain | |
| Sri Lanka | |
| Taiwan | |
| Thailand | |
| Turkey | |
| Venezuela | |
| Vietnam |
International Value
better worse | |
| OVERALL | 72 of 1204 |
| Bangladesh | 23 of 258 |
| Brazil | 51 of 431 |
| Canada | 63 of 632 |
| China | 91 of 817 |
| Colombia | 40 of 261 |
| Egypt | 15 of 160 |
| India | 29 of 626 |
| Indonesia | 13 of 199 |
| Iran | 20 of 256 |
| Japan | 62 of 426 |
| Jordan | 10 of 133 |
| Kenya | 11 of 166 |
| Kuwait | 36 of 175 |
| Malaysia | 16 of 214 |
| Mexico | 57 of 291 |
| Nepal | 22 of 340 |
| Nigeria | 21 of 416 |
| Pakistan | 13 of 247 |
| Peru | 17 of 118 |
| Russia | 27 of 226 |
| Saudi Arabia | 22 of 545 |
| Singapore | 6 of 128 |
| South Korea | 120 of 576 |
| Spain | 21 of 277 |
| Sri Lanka | 13 of 157 |
| Taiwan | 45 of 347 |
| Thailand | 21 of 230 |
| Turkey | 38 of 268 |
| Venezuela | 49 of 219 |
| Vietnam | 29 of 452 |
