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Kansas Colleges by the Numbers
24 four-year Kansas colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 24, with Kansas medians up top.
Not one of Kansas's listed schools still requires test scores; 6 — Barclay College among them — don't consider scores at all. Kansas has 24 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from University of Kansas at 21,217 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Sterling College at 48.2% admitted; the most open is Manhattan Christian College at 100%.
Published in-state tuition runs from $600 at the cheapest campus to $39,822 at the most expensive — a $39,222 spread inside Kansas alone. Kansas's ten-year earnings benchmark of $52,113 sits 3% below the national median for college-goers.
Each Kansas school links to its profile — admissions, cost, earnings. To see where you stand in Kansas, bring your saved calculator numbers.
Kansas medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median earnings (10 yr) | 6-yr graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80.2% | $33,000 | $52,113 | 47.7% |
Medians across 28 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Kansas; the table below lists the 24 with complete admissions records.
All Kansas colleges in our data
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT middle 50% | Tuition (in) | Undergrads | Median earnings (10 yr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker University | Baldwin City | 94.2% | ACT 13–21 | $35,300 | 1,100 | $63,855 |
| Barclay College | Haviland | 51% | not considered | $24,590 | 168 | $36,355 |
| Benedictine College | Atchison | 98.1% | 1117–1310 | $36,350 | 2,272 | $53,175 |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg | 56% | — | $33,000 | 569 | $49,694 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | North Newton | 93.5% | — | $35,014 | 504 | $49,898 |
| Cleveland University-Kansas City | Overland Park | 69.2% | not considered | $14,400 | 95 | $52,304 |
| Emporia State University | Emporia | 97.7% | ACT 18–24 | $7,106 | 2,239 | $47,601 |
| Fort Hays State University | Hays | 90.3% | 970–1200 | $5,923 | 9,733 | $48,928 |
| Friends University | Wichita | 55.2% | 915–1090 | $34,192 | 1,048 | $52,113 |
| Haskell Indian Nations University | Lawrence | 90.4% | not considered | $600 | 978 | $37,043 |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan | 81.7% | 1040–1260 | $11,221 | 15,142 | $57,262 |
| Kansas Wesleyan University | Salina | 71.9% | not considered | $34,630 | 956 | $51,152 |
| Manhattan Christian College | Manhattan | 100% | ACT 14–26 | $19,126 | 146 | $48,860 |
| McPherson College | McPherson | 76.8% | 936–1126 | $37,310 | 872 | $52,084 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe | 78.8% | 928–1118 | $37,174 | 983 | $62,972 |
| Newman University | Wichita | 74% | not considered | $35,500 | 851 | $55,041 |
| Ottawa University-Ottawa | Ottawa | 83% | 880–1140 | $35,880 | 870 | $55,552 |
| Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | 89.4% | ACT 18–24 | $8,400 | 4,210 | $50,579 |
| Southwestern College | Winfield | 75.5% | not considered | $39,822 | 924 | $55,646 |
| Sterling College | Sterling | 48.2% | — | $33,700 | 538 | $45,846 |
| Tabor College | Hillsboro | 64.6% | 830–1130 | $36,200 | 494 | $54,058 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence | 93.5% | 1050–1290 | $12,102 | 21,217 | $61,945 |
| University of Saint Mary | Leavenworth | 86.6% | 926–1093 | $35,380 | 925 | $59,483 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita | 94% | 970–1250 | $9,684 | 10,780 | $51,532 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.
Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.