Located on a 160-acre campus in the center of Topeka, the capital of Kansas, Washburn University provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education by combining the most effective modes of educating: accomplished faculty, small class sizes, state of the art technology, modern learning techniques and unique opportunities available through an interactive campus and community relationship.

Since 1941, Washburn University has been continuously accredited or approved by the Higher Learning Commission: A Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504.

Academic programs:  Washburn offers more than 200 programs leading to certification, associate, bachelor, master’s and juris doctor degrees through the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Applied Studies, Business, Law and Nursing. 

Classes: 44 percent of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students.

Student/faculty ratio: 16:1

Faculty:  84 percent of full-time faculty hold doctorates or the highest degree in their discipline.

Financial aid: More than $52 million in financial aid is available to students annually. Scholarships awarded from university resources are $5.8 million.

Endowment funding of approximately $113 million ranks Washburn second in the state on a per-student basis among the public institutions.

National recognition: Washburn is rated sixth in the Midwest among public master’s level universities in the 2007 America’s Best Colleges rankings issued by U.S. News and World Report. This is the seventh consecutive year that Washburn has earned a top 10 rating.

Internships:   Each year 1,000 students participate in internship opportunities at more than 125 sites in WU’s capital city location.

Athletics: Ten athletic teams compete on the NCAA Division II level in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Conference. Sports are baseball, basketball (men and women), football, golf, soccer (women), softball, tennis (men and women) and volleyball.

Graduates: More than 1,200 degrees and certificates are awarded annually.

Also on campus: 

• Recent additions to the campus include a Student Recreation & Wellness Center; an art building; Washburn Village, a 192-bed apartment-style housing complex; and Carole Chapel.  A major project to renovate Stoffer Science Hall will be completed in 2008.
• The Mulvane Art Museum is the oldest accredited art museum west of the Mississippi River. The museum's permanent collection, though international in scope, emphasizes the work of artists of Kansas and the Midwest.
•  Washburn is home to KTWU, the first public television station in Kansas.
• Crane Observatory houses an 1898 Warner & Swasey refracting telescope.
• The Kuehne Bell Tower features a quartet of bells once housed in the clock tower of Thomas Gymnasium, which was destroyed during a 1966 tornado.