Washburn Institute
of Technology
Public Community College in Topeka, KS. Median 10-year earnings $49,774.
Students who entered Washburn Institute of Technology land at a median of $49,774 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $18,127, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
At 41%, the acceptance rate makes Washburn Institute of Technology a school worth applying to with alternatives in hand. Only 670 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 77% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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The federal six-year graduation rate is not published here — typically because the entering cohort this measure follows is too small or too atypical to report. Treat completion as unknown rather than assuming either direction. First-year retention is 79% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. The student-faculty ratio is 17:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. At 1,187 undergraduates, expect a small, closely-held student body.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 490 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $11,906 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($7,114 versus $14,051), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 65% of students receive grant aid, averaging $4,161 — common but not automatic. Only 20% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 167 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $7,114 |
| $30–48k | $9,496 |
| $48–75k | $8,645 |
| $75–110k | $10,082 |
| $110k+ | $14,051 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 96 of these 490 students, totalling $469,156 — an average of $4,887 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Shawnee County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026