unitid 155061 · Hays, KS · public 4-year · town (remote)
Fort Hays State University
- enrollment 2023
- 16,968
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
90%
70th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
9,733
71st pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
23%
undergrads on Pell grants
24th pctl among public 4-years
completion
48%
finish within 150% time
53rd pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$19,909
36th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$12,569
after aid, aided students
48th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$48,928
after entry, Title IV students
46th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
63rd 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 $7,661 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%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k22%
- 75-110k23%
- 110k+17%
- Median family income
- $42,454
- First-generation students
- 39%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $5,923
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 409 | $52,869 | $19,520 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 381 | $63,192 | $27,000 |
| Economics. | 230 | — | — |
| Education, General. | 192 | $55,566 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 143 | $46,374 | $30,800 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 141 | $51,328 | $26,573 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 131 | $84,609 | $24,726 |
| Psychology, General. | 98 | $45,217 | $29,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 96 | $55,408 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 94 | $53,261 | $23,082 |
| English Language and Literature/Letters, Other. | 83 | — | — |
| Computer Programming. | 82 | — | $28,000 |
— 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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built 2026-07-17
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.