2024 – 2025 Student Impacts Across WSU Campuses

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The Carson College is becoming the top choice for business education in the Pacific Northwest.

2,771

BUSINESS UNDERGRADUATES

1,399

TOTAL DEGREES CONFERRED

BACHELOR’S 1,046
MASTER’S 346
DOCTORAL 7

(Subject to change as 2025 degree processing continues.)

996

GRADUATE STUDENTS

31%

OF CARSON COUGS ARE FIRST-GENERATION

2024 JOB SALARY DATA

$70,000

AVERAGE SALARY FOR WSU BUSINESS GRADUATES

(Source: WSU Undergraduate Placement Survey)

$63,907 AVERAGE SALARY FOR BUSINESS UNDERGRADUATES IN THE US

(Source: National Association of Colleges and Employers)

354

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

$1,058,206 TOTAL SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS AWARDED

Category: Creating Pathways, Dividend Magazine, Fall 2025