by our College Data Analytics Team
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.
University of Kansas was awarded 446 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, KU is ranked #141 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when KU held the #197 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 47 colleges in Kansas, KU is ranked at #1.
With an acceptance rate of 92%, KU has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 12% of students accepted to KU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 660. Math scores were between 540 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At University of Kansas, this ratio is 17 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 University of Kansas is 85%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Kansas 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at KU for first-time, full-time students is 48%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,135 undergraduates at KU with 16,439 being full-time and 2,696 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,666 | $16,288 | $18,586 | $22,804 | $24,161 |
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 KU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 KU, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,002 a year. That adds up to $28,008 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at KU is 4.3%. 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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Contact details for KU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 230, Lawrence, KS 66045 |
| Phone: | 785-864-2700 |
| Website: | https://ku.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/KU |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/KUNews |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 282 | $31,421 |
| Journalism | 237 | $37,913 |
| Health & Physical Education | 214 | $28,152 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 204 | $49,456 |
| Nursing | 204 | $56,568 |
| Marketing | 175 | $41,682 |
| Accounting | 168 | $45,224 |
| General Biology | 153 | $30,471 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 150 | $35,383 |
| General Business/Commerce | 141 | $45,341 |
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, 14,174 students took at least one online class at University of Kansas. This is a decrease from the 22,013 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 14,174 | 2,810 |
| 2019-2020 | 22,013 | 5,043 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,005 | 1,982 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,269 | 2,041 |
| 2016-2017 | 7,012 | 2,069 |
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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