by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Wichita State University landed the #528 spot.
WSU also ranked #4 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Kansas.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, WSU came in at #520.
In addition, WSU took the #5 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kansas.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 63.6% of the total graduate students at WSU are women and 36.4% are men.
About 18.3% of the graduate students who attend WSU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 14.5% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,544 | $13,615 |
| Fees | $1,708 | $1,708 |
Master's degree recipients from WSU earn an average salary of $52,976 during the early years of their career. That's about 9% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from WSU is $85,542. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 14% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Wichita State University.
Contact details for WSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1845 N. Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0124 |
| Phone: | 316-978-3456 |
| Website: | www.wichita.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/wichita.state |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wichitastate |
In 2020-2021, 46.5% of the graduate students at Wichita State University took at least one class online. For that same period, 27.0% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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