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Kansas State University Data & Information Overview

445 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
96% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Kansas State University Ranked?

#225 Best Colleges in Nation
#2 Best Colleges in KS
Secondary Education Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2024 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

Kansas State University was awarded 445 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is secondary education.

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Overall Quality

K -State landed the #225 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when K -State held the #231 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

K -State is also ranked #2 out of 47 schools in Kansas.

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Is It Hard to Get Into K -State?

96% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Kansas State University has an acceptance rate of 96%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for K -State.

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Kansas State University Faculty

19 to 1 Student to Faculty
90% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Kansas State University, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Kansas State University is 90%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  90 out of 100
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100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Kansas State University

86% Freshmen Retention
37% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 86% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Kansas State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  86 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from K -State have a four-year graduation rate of 37%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  37 out of 100
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100

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Kansas State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

14,497 Full-Time Undergraduates
16.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
48.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,257 undergraduates at K -State with 14,497 being full-time and 1,760 being part-time.

How Much Does Kansas State University Cost?

$18,433 Net Price
42% Take Out Loans
$26,276 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of K -State is $18,433. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for K -State

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$13,436 $14,653 $16,868 $20,156 $21,390

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of K -State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At K -State, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,569 a year. That adds up to $26,276 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at K -State is 3.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do K -State Graduates Make?

$51,608 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from K -State make around $51,608 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future K -State graduates since it is 21% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Kansas State University

Kansas State
14,497 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Kansas State University is a public institution located in Manhattan, Kansas. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

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Contact details for K -State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506
Phone: 785-532-6011
Website: www.k-state.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/KState
Twitter: http://twitter.com/KState

Kansas State University Majors

106 Majors With Completions
4,011 Undergraduate Degrees
1,114 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 106 majors graduated from Kansas State University. Of these students, 4,011 received undergraduate degrees and 1,114 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 256 $37,947
Animal Science 225 $33,928
Business Administration & Management 192 $46,241
Marketing 184 $44,778
Mechanical Engineering 175 $65,670
Finance & Financial Management 150 $48,232
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 141 $25,485
Computer Information Systems 112 $67,854
Human Development & Family Studies 111 $28,101
Accounting 107 $51,995

Learn more about the majors offered at Kansas State University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at K -State

44% Take At Least One Class Online
14% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 8,964 students took at least one online class at Kansas State University. This is a decrease from the 13,737 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 8,964 2,783
2019-2020 13,737 2,979
2018-2019 5,850 2,386
2017-2018 5,634 2,070
2016-2017 5,457 1,946

Learn more about online learning at Kansas State University.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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