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Kansas Colleges by the Numbers
27 college profiles in our Kansas directory. Available measures vary by school. Open a profile to check each figure’s year, student group and source.
State overview and medians
In the Fall 2024 filings for Kansas, 1 listed school reported requiring test scores and 8 reported not considering them. 2 had no recorded policy. Check each school's current admissions requirements. Kansas has 27 college profiles in this directory; available measures vary by school — from University of Kansas at 21,217 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. Among the listed schools with reported rates, the lowest historical acceptance rate is at Sterling College at 48.2% admitted; the highest is at Manhattan Christian College at 100%.
Reported tuition (in-state for public schools) 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 of reported school-level earnings in the reference group, not the median income of all college students.
Each Kansas profile names its data years and student groups. Check these before comparing Kansas schools.
Kansas medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median annual earnings, 10 years after entry | 6-year graduation: first-time, full-time entrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81.7% | $33,000 | $52,113 | 47.7% |
Medians across 28 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Kansas; the directory below lists 27 published profiles. These are medians of school-level figures, not medians across all students. Missing measures are excluded from each median.
All Kansas colleges in our data
Admissions and score ranges: Fall 2024. Tuition is published price, not total attendance cost; public-school prices are in-state. Scroll the table sideways for more measures.
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT section sums / ACT | Tuition | Undergrads | Annual earnings, 10 years after entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker University | Baldwin City | 94.2% | — | $35,300 | 1,100 | $63,855 |
| Barclay College | Haviland | 51% | not considered | $24,590 | 168 | $36,355 |
| Benedictine College | Atchison | 98.1% | 1140–1380 | $36,350 | 2,272 | $53,175 |
| Bethany College | Lindsborg | 56% | not considered | $33,000 | 569 | $49,694 |
| Bethel College-North Newton | North Newton | 93.5% | — | $35,014 | 504 | $49,898 |
| Central Christian College of Kansas | McPherson | 52.7% | not considered | $21,000 | 380 | $44,468 |
| Cleveland University-Kansas City | Overland Park | — | 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% | 970–1140 | $5,923 | 9,733 | $48,928 |
| Friends University | Wichita | 55.2% | 960–1090 | $34,192 | 1,048 | $52,113 |
| Haskell Indian Nations University | Lawrence | 90.4% | not considered | $600 | 978 | $37,043 |
| Kansas Christian College | Overland Park | — | — | $11,720 | 143 | — |
| Kansas State University | Manhattan | 81.7% | 1060–1260 | $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 18–24 | $19,126 | 146 | $48,860 |
| McPherson College | McPherson | 76.8% | 960–1200 | $37,310 | 872 | $52,084 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe | 78.8% | 950–1090 | $37,174 | 983 | $62,972 |
| Newman University | Wichita | 74% | not considered | $35,500 | 851 | $55,041 |
| Ottawa University-Ottawa | Ottawa | 83% | 750–1000 | $35,880 | 870 | $55,552 |
| Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | 89.4% | ACT 17–24 | $8,400 | 4,210 | $50,579 |
| Southwestern College | Winfield | 75.6% | not considered | $39,822 | 924 | $55,646 |
| Sterling College | Sterling | 48.2% | — | $33,700 | 538 | $45,846 |
| Tabor College | Hillsboro | 64.6% | — | $36,200 | 494 | $54,058 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence | 93.5% | 1070–1300 | $12,102 | 21,217 | $61,945 |
| University of Saint Mary | Leavenworth | 86.6% | 806–1028 | $35,380 | 925 | $59,483 |
| Washburn University | Topeka | — | — | $9,945 | 4,562 | $49,774 |
| Wichita State University | Wichita | 93.9% | 905–1240 | $9,684 | 10,780 | $51,532 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" describes that historical cycle. SAT endpoints sum section percentiles and are not total-score percentiles or admission cutoffs. A dash means the measure is unavailable in this source, not zero. School profiles explain missing and withheld values.
Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release. The summary snapshot does not verify the exact observation years for earnings; it must not be read as current pay. Annual earnings cover federally aided students who worked and were not enrolled when measured, 10 years after entry, and may be shared across institutions. See each profile for its source limitations. Retrieved 2026-09-01.