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University of Kansas is a public campus in Lawrence proper — federal locale codes class it as urban.

What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$10,908

family income
under $30k

$12,702

$30–48k

$16,097

$48–75k

$20,649

$75–110k

$21,310

over $110k

Average net price

$18,0592023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at University of Kansas has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $20,257 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $18,059.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$16,748
2009	$15,380
2010	$15,633
2011	$17,216
2012	$17,690
2013	$18,434
2014	$18,755
2015	$18,234
2016	$18,814
2017	$18,571
2018	$18,918
2019	$20,257
2020	$18,709
2021	$18,430
2022	$17,365
2023	$18,059

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$26,7512024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at University of Kansas rose from $18,482 (2009) to $26,751 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$18,482
2010	$19,904
2011	$20,505
2012	$21,572
2013	$21,971
2014	$23,049
2015	$23,733
2016	$23,687
2017	$24,824
2018	$24,996
2019	$25,892
2020	$26,204
2021	$25,021
2022	$24,888
2023	$25,215
2024	$26,751

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition (in-state vs out-of-state)

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

In-stateOut-of-state

Tuition — data
Year	In-state	Out-of-state
2000	$2,725	$9,493
2001	$2,884	$9,811
2002	$3,484	$10,687
2003	$4,101	$11,577
2004	$4,737	$12,691
2005	$4,824	$13,277
2006	$6,153	$15,123
2007	$6,600	$16,107
2008	$7,042	$17,119
2013	$10,107	$24,873
2014	$10,448	$25,731
2015	$10,825	$26,659
2016	$11,455	$28,239
2017	$10,824	$26,592
2018	$11,148	$27,358
2019	$11,166	$28,034
2020	$11,166	$28,034
2021	$11,166	$28,034
2022	$11,167	$28,035
2023	$11,700	$29,412

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

University of Kansas reports tuition of $12,102 for in-state students and $30,432 for out-of-state students. Check University of Kansas’s residency rules, attendance budget and aid offer. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

University of Kansas is a big school: 21,217 undergraduates at last count.

68.8% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at University of Kansas within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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68.8%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at University of Kansas rose from 53.8% (entered 1991) to 68.8% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	53.8%
1992 cohort	54.4%
1993 cohort	53.1%
1994 cohort	55.1%
1995 cohort	56.4%
1996 cohort	56.7%
1997 cohort	58.1%
1998 cohort	57.4%
1999 cohort	59.3%
2000 cohort	59%
2001 cohort	59.7%
2002 cohort	59.7%
2003 cohort	60.8%
2004 cohort	61.1%
2005 cohort	60.7%
2006 cohort	64%
2007 cohort	61.6%
2008 cohort	60%
2009 cohort	61.3%
2010 cohort	63.4%
2011 cohort	63.1%
2012 cohort	64.8%
2013 cohort	66.5%
2014 cohort	63.1%
2015 cohort	66%
2016 cohort	67.3%
2017 cohort	68.8%
2018 cohort	68.8%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$13,174	$4,783
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$12,873	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$12,510	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$12,416	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$12,414	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$12,361	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$12,128	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$12,585	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$13,625	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$13,625	$3,533
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$13,750	$4,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$14,625	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$15,500	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$17,363	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$19,102	$6,265
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$19,000	$6,400
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$19,500	$6,670
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$20,454	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$20,500	$7,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$21,105	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$21,375	$10,032
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$21,000	$10,404
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$21,000	$10,950

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$51,217

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$57,994

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$61,945

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

University of Kansas admitted 20,905 of 22,363 applicants in Fall 2024. The 93.5% rate describes that application pool.

93.5%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $11,700 in-state tuition · 2023–24 21,217 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1070–13001600

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, University of Kansas received 22,363 applications and admitted 20,905 (93.5%), with 5,323 enrolling.

University of Kansas reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For University of Kansas’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 540–650 and Math was 530–650 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1070–1300 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	540	600	650
SAT Math	530	590	650
ACT Composite	20	24	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

Acceptance rate

93.5%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	69.1%
Fall 2002	68.4%
Fall 2003	67.5%
Fall 2004	68%
Fall 2005	69.2%
Fall 2006	74.1%
Fall 2007	76.9%
Fall 2008	92.2%
Fall 2009	91.8%
Fall 2010	91.4%
Fall 2011	92.5%
Fall 2012	92.7%
Fall 2013	92.3%
Fall 2014	91.4%
Fall 2015	93.5%
Fall 2016	93%
Fall 2017	93.4%
Fall 2018	91.7%
Fall 2019	93.1%
Fall 2020	90.9%
Fall 2021	92.5%
Fall 2022	87.8%
Fall 2023	88.2%
Fall 2024	93.5%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1070–1300Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2020	1070	1320
Fall 2021	1090	1330
Fall 2022	1090	1340
Fall 2023	1050	1290
Fall 2024	1070	1300

IPEDS Fall 2020–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

20–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	22	28
Fall 2002	22	28
Fall 2003	21	27
Fall 2004	21	27
Fall 2005	21	27
Fall 2006	22	27
Fall 2007	22	27
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	22	27
Fall 2010	22	27
Fall 2011	22	28
Fall 2012	22	28
Fall 2013	22	28
Fall 2014	22	28
Fall 2015	22	28
Fall 2016	23	29
Fall 2017	23	28
Fall 2018	23	29
Fall 2019	22	29
Fall 2020	22	29
Fall 2021	21	29
Fall 2022	21	28
Fall 2023	21	27
Fall 2024	20	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

21,217Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at University of Kansas has held near 21,217 from Fall 2002 to Fall 2024.

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	20,071
Fall 2003	20,347
Fall 2004	20,581
Fall 2005	20,652
Fall 2006	20,449
Fall 2007	20,474
Fall 2008	21,073
Fall 2009	20,750
Fall 2010	19,983
Fall 2011	19,372
Fall 2012	18,812
Fall 2013	18,731
Fall 2014	18,802
Fall 2015	18,784
Fall 2016	18,845
Fall 2017	18,903
Fall 2018	19,135
Fall 2019	19,003
Fall 2020	18,438
Fall 2021	18,427
Fall 2022	18,539
Fall 2023	19,857
Fall 2024	21,217

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

86%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at University of Kansas has held near 86% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	82%
Fall 2003 cohort	83%
Fall 2004 cohort	82%
Fall 2005 cohort	80%
Fall 2006 cohort	79%
Fall 2007 cohort	80%
Fall 2008 cohort	78%
Fall 2009 cohort	79%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	79%
Fall 2012 cohort	80%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	80%
Fall 2015 cohort	81%
Fall 2016 cohort	83%
Fall 2017 cohort	84%
Fall 2018 cohort	86%
Fall 2019 cohort	86%
Fall 2020 cohort	85%
Fall 2021 cohort	85%
Fall 2022 cohort	85%
Fall 2023 cohort	86%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about University of Kansas

20.5% of University of Kansas's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes University of Kansas as a primarily residential campus of 21,217 undergraduates — and 86.5% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

University of Kansas's SAT section-percentile sums are 1070–1300 — their midpoint is above the KS four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on University of Kansas's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How University of Kansas compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

University of Kansas93.5%

Kansas median81.7%

National median76.8%

Tuition (in-state)

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

University of Kansas$12,102

Kansas median$33,000

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

University of Kansas's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

University of Kansas$61,945

Kansas median$52,113

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

University of Kansas, Kansas and national reference values
Metric & basis	University of Kansas	Kansas median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	93.5%	81.7%	76.8%
Tuition (in-state)Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$12,102	$33,000	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$61,945	$52,113	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For University of Kansas, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

University of Kansas federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 45 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration	$125,384
Computer Engineering	$113,339
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$107,635
Petroleum Engineering	$97,527
Chemical Engineering	$93,391
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering	$92,335
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$92,008
Civil Engineering	$89,087
Management Information Systems and Services	$87,704
Finance and Financial Management Services	$86,453
Accounting and Related Services	$84,736
Architectural Engineering	$84,319
Mechanical Engineering	$82,934
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$81,568
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$78,601
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$77,725
Marketing	$70,404
Human Biology	$70,399
Economics	$69,084
Business/Commerce, General	$68,572
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation	$66,286
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$65,861
Mathematics	$64,905
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$62,876
Journalism	$62,394
Political Science and Government	$61,839
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$61,838
Biology, General	$61,561
Communication and Media Studies	$60,258
Design and Applied Arts	$59,441
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$59,436
History	$58,936
Behavioral Sciences	$58,883
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$58,777
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	$57,252
Social Work	$55,582
Psychology, General	$55,329
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$54,687
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$53,864
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$52,106
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$50,434
Sociology	$48,146
English Language and Literature, General	$46,464
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$41,191
Fine and Studio Arts	$38,355

These 45 fields listed for University of Kansas measure earnings after completion. The $61,945 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 38 additional University of Kansas fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does University of Kansas report?

University of Kansas's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1070–1300 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is University of Kansas's acceptance rate?

93.5% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 20,905 admitted from 22,363 applicants.

How much does University of Kansas cost?

In-state tuition is $12,102; out-of-state students pay $30,432. Fees, housing and aid move the real total in both directions.

What earnings data does University of Kansas report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $61,945. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Kansas

Haskell Indian Nations University — 90.4% admitted
Manhattan Christian College — 100% admitted
Fort Hays State University — 90.3% admitted
Emporia State University — 97.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.