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University of Kansas

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $12,544 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $26,751.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $61,945 ten years after entering, the 77th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 69% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1864
Enrollment, 2023
29,413
Website
ku.edu
Motto
“Videbo visionem hanc magnam quare non comburatur rubus”
Campus of University of Kansas

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The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side: the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City, Kansas; and the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. There are also educational and research sites in Garden City, Hays, Leavenworth, Parsons, and Topeka, an agricultural education center in rural north Douglas County, and branches of the medical school in Salina and Wichita. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

From the Wikipedia article “University of Kansas”, revision 1359590520, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $26,751 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $12,544 and $22,544 a year depending on income at University of Kansas.

Statement of cost · University of Kansas

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$26,751
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$12,544
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$18,059
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$12,102

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $12,544; $30–48k: $12,942; $48–75k: $15,154; $75–110k: $19,169; over $110k: $22,544. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$12,544
$30k–$48k$12,942
$48k–$75k$15,154
$75k–$110k$19,169
Over $110k$22,544

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $61,945; the median graduate who borrowed owes $21,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$51,217
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$57,994
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
77th percentile among public 4-years
$61,945
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
63rd percentile among public 4-years
$21,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$15,500

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $51,217; 8 yrs after entry: $57,994; 10 yrs after entry: $61,945. Median graduate debt: $21,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $21,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$51,217
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$57,994
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$61,945
Median graduate debt$21,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of Kansas
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree291$49,969$22,415
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree267$108,369not reported
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree206$90,997$20,354
Social WorkMaster's Degree204$57,755not reported
JournalismBachelor's Degree203$62,205$22,811
MedicineFirst Professional Degree203$183,730not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree201$73,613$22,125
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree191$82,749$20,500
MarketingBachelor's Degree188$83,828$21,893
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma163not reportednot reported
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree149$67,236$24,480
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree138$94,912$27,000
Show all 26 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree130$67,019$22,249
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree128$79,167$21,219
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationBachelor's Degree111$139,238$19,151
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree111$139,235not reported
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsFirst Professional Degree107not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree107$85,307$21,469
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree106not reported$25,000
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree101$94,190$22,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingFirst Professional Degree90$174,248not reported
Engineering-Related FieldsMaster's Degree32not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingMaster's Degree12not reportednot reported
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesMaster's Degree16not reportednot reported
Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyDoctoral Degree19not reportednot reported
Computer EngineeringBachelor's Degree15not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of Kansas: 21,217 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 93% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

93%

80th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

21,217

89th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

17th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

69%

finish within 150% of normal time

88th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

22%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$64,241

88th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k18%
  • $30k–$48k12%
  • $48k–$75k16%
  • $75k–$110k18%
  • Over $110k35%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k18%
$30k–$48k12%
$48k–$75k16%
$75k–$110k18%
Over $110k35%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,293 people who studied at University of Kansas, most often in science & academia (42%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 42% (1,339 people); medicine 1.6% (50 people); law 3.7% (118 people); politics & gov 5.4% (169 people); business 2.1% (67 people); engineering & tech 2.2% (69 people); writing & journalism 6.3% (200 people); film & stage 2.7% (85 people); music 1.4% (45 people); visual arts 2.2% (69 people); sports 28% (884 people); religion 0.3% (8 people); military 1.6% (51 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,33942.4%
medicine501.6%
law1183.7%
politics & gov1695.4%
business672.1%
engineering & tech692.2%
writing & journalism2006.3%
film & stage852.7%
music451.4%
visual arts692.2%
sports88428.0%
religion80.3%
military511.6%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (715) · basketball player (616) · university teacher (348) · American football player (189) · politician (156) · lawyer (108) · writer (98) · entomologist (62)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 29% for the 1850s to 39% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 1 decade is marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1820snot reported1not reported
1850s41029%
1860s2209%
1870s53812%
1880s123625%
1890s184827%
1900s167817%
1910s97311%
1920s111069%
1930s2716514%
1940s3916419%
1950s5016923%
1960s3211322%
1970s239919%
1980s308825%
1990s346534%
2000s233639%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 46,539 in 2022-04.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0610,383
2026-0510,104
2026-0410,216
2026-0313,173
2026-029,688
2026-0111,399
2025-1210,983
2025-1111,629
2025-1010,990
2025-0912,151
2025-0812,370
2025-079,358
2025-069,212
2025-0510,099
2025-0410,834
2025-0315,201
2025-0213,392
2025-0114,578
2024-1213,247
2024-1117,541
2024-1013,602
2024-0914,654
2024-0812,297
2024-0710,560
2024-0610,398
2024-0513,120
2024-0413,425
2024-0318,444
2024-0216,612
2024-0116,226
2023-1215,382
2023-1117,051
2023-1017,154
2023-0917,058
2023-0816,347
2023-0713,137
2023-0613,875
2023-0514,170
2023-0414,512
2023-0324,320
2023-0219,657
2023-0117,092
2022-1215,511
2022-1117,124
2022-1019,805
2022-0916,650
2022-0815,218
2022-0714,058
2022-0612,710
2022-0513,751
2022-0446,539
2022-0328,166
2022-0214,119
2022-0116,456
2021-1214,438
2021-1118,143
2021-1015,085
2021-0915,266
2021-0815,753
2021-0717,226
2021-069,685
2021-0510,725
2021-0413,440
2021-0316,282
2021-0211,759
2021-0113,882
2020-1213,742
2020-1113,725
2020-1013,132
2020-0911,814
2020-0811,318
2020-0710,573
2020-069,732
2020-0514,057
2020-0416,733
2020-0316,511
2020-0220,835
2020-0120,956
2019-1219,830
2019-1120,270
2019-1023,079
2019-0918,235
2019-0815,173
2019-0713,755
2019-0615,538
2019-0514,372
2019-0414,918
2019-0320,086
2019-0215,546
2019-0118,757
2018-1217,977
2018-1122,494
2018-1017,963
2018-0917,877
2018-0818,144
2018-0717,220
2018-0615,164
2018-0515,447
2018-0420,479
2018-0332,868
2018-0215,032
2018-0115,606
2017-1213,708
2017-1116,076
2017-1014,843
2017-0913,625
2017-0813,304
2017-0712,127
2017-0611,966
2017-0513,720
2017-0414,909
2017-0328,737
2017-0216,326
2017-0116,708
2016-1214,237
2016-1116,639
2016-1016,490
2016-0915,450
2016-0812,835
2016-0712,069
2016-0612,080
2016-0513,632
2016-0414,868
2016-0327,636
2016-0215,435
2016-0116,988
2015-1213,106
2015-1116,509
2015-1015,511
2015-0914,575
2015-0813,459
2015-0712,516

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

Nobel laureates who studied here

  • Vernon L. Smith Economics 2002
  • Juan Manuel Santos Peace 2016

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 15 portraits

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • 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.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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