unitid 155025 · Emporia, KS · public 4-year · town (remote)
Emporia State University
- enrollment 2023
- 6,660
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
98%
93rd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
2,239
27th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
34%
undergrads on Pell grants
58th pctl among public 4-years
completion
56%
finish within 150% time
72nd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,967
48th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,261
after aid, aided students
74th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$47,601
after entry, Title IV students
42nd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,500
49th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,452 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k22%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $51,017
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $7,106
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.4× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 274 | — | — |
| Curriculum and Instruction. | 186 | $59,470 | — |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | 151 | $67,899 | — |
| Library Science and Administration. | 148 | $53,566 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 140 | $47,669 | $23,976 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 85 | $46,340 | $22,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 78 | $55,525 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 75 | $63,189 | $16,938 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 59 | $70,173 | $24,440 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 55 | $64,171 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 52 | $44,658 | $26,492 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 49 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.