by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Fort Hays State University came in at #699 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
In addition, FHSU took the #7 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Kansas.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and FHSU took the #591 spot on the list.
FHSU also ranked #7 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Kansas.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 67.8% of the total graduate students at FHSU are women and 32.2% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 15.6% of the graduate student population at FHSU. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at FHSU. Around 2.3% of graduate students are international. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,726 | $10,602 |
| Fees | $774 | $774 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from FHSU is $52,856. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 10% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for FHSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 600 Park St, Hays, KS 67601-4099 |
| Phone: | 785-628-4000 |
| Website: | www.fhsu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/forthays |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/forthaysstate |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 94.2% of the graduate students at FHSU took at least one online course. Roughly 91.2% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 17 |
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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