A minimum of 120 semester hours of credit. Some baccalaureate degrees may require additional hours. See specific degree/major.

1. A cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0.
2. Forty-five hours of upper division work (300-400 numbered courses).
3. At least 12 hours in the major must be in the upper division courses.
4. 34-35 hours of general education courses, further described under General Education Requirements.
5. Courses required by a program must be earned with a ‘C’ or better.
6. A course required for a program may not be taken as A/Credit/Pass/Fail unless written permission is obtained from the head of the major department for that course and filed with the University Registrar’s Office.
7. Of the last 45 hours required to complete the bachelor's degree, at least 30 must be earned from Washburn University OR at least 90 of the total overall hours required to complete the degree must be earned from Washburn University. In both cases, at least 25% of the credit hours required to fulfill the major (and at least 12 hours of the upper division credits in the major) must be earned from Washburn University. Programs with professional accreditation standards may have more stringent requirements. The academic residency requirement will be waived in the case of formal articulation agreements.
8. At least 60 hours of the total credit hours required for the baccalaureate degree must be taken at a four year college or university.
9. A student may be awarded a degree after completing the requirements for that degree in effect when he/she first enrolled or, if he/she chooses, in effect in any subsequent year except that no degree shall be awarded based upon requirements not in effect within six years of the date of graduation.
10. A double major may be completed within the 120 hour total by meeting all the requirements of the two majors.
11. Any candidate for a second baccalaureate degree must meet the specific requirements for both degrees and present an additional 30 credit hours beyond the first baccalaureate degree.
12. For general elective credits for a baccalaureate degree, no more than a combined total of ten hours of credit in physical activity courses and music ensemble courses will count.
13. No more than 12 hours of correspondence work may be offered toward any degree. This applies to correspondence courses only and not to extension courses. Courses failed by a student in residence may not be repeated by correspondence. Normally, courses offered on campus may not be taken by correspondence.
14. While there is no specific limit to the total number of semester hours that may be taken on a non-graded basis such as A/Credit/Pass/ Fail, credit by examination, advanced placement, and/or military service, a minimum of 84 hours presented for graduation must be on a graded basis. For international students presenting transfer credit from an international tertiary institution accredited by the Ministry of Education (or its equivalent) in that country, a minimum of 60 hours presented for graduation must be on a graded basis since Washburn converts grades earned in these transfer courses to CR, P and NC.