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Washburn Institute of Technology

Topeka, Kansas Public 2-year Midsize city

Overview

Washburn Institute of Technology is a public two-year institution in Topeka, Kansas. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 1,341 students in fall 2024.

Washburn Institute of Technology offers certificates across 35 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Welding Technology, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management, and Electrician. It awarded 1,064 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 79% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
1,341
Students enrolled
79%
First-year retention
1,064
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
35
Programs and majors
17:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

Certificate

Programs and majors offered 35

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Mechanic and Repair Technologies 7
Precision Production 3
Construction Trades 3
Business, Management and Marketing 2
Engineering Technologies 2
Culinary, Cosmetology and Personal Services 2
Computer and Information Sciences 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Communications Technologies 1
Health Professions 9
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Legal Professions and Studies 1
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Visual and Performing Arts 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
79%
First-year retention, part-time students
73%
Student-to-faculty ratio
17:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Certificates under 1 year
664
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
400

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,341
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,341
Full-time, fall 2024
76%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,911
Full-time, 2024-25
70%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
41%
Men
59%
White
58%
Hispanic or Latino
16%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
8%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
5%
Students taking some online courses
3%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
President
JuliAnn Mazachek
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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