unitid 155399 · Manhattan, KS · public 4-year · city (small)
Kansas State University
- enrollment 2023
- 21,976
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
82%
47th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
15,142
82nd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
21%
undergrads on Pell grants
18th pctl among public 4-years
completion
71%
finish within 150% time
90th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$27,402
78th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$19,406
after aid, aided students
89th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$57,262
after entry, Title IV students
69th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,250
66th 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 $13,178 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
- 0-30k15%
- 30-48k13%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k21%
- 110k+32%
- Median family income
- $67,000
- First-generation students
- 22%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $11,221
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.7× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 221 | $46,577 | $24,999 |
| Animal Sciences. | 211 | $51,573 | $22,757 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 173 | $73,166 | $24,990 |
| Marketing. | 159 | $72,115 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 153 | $67,390 | $23,250 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 140 | $89,754 | $25,000 |
| Nutrition Sciences. | 138 | — | $24,625 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 135 | — | $22,775 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 130 | $101,078 | — |
| Veterinary Medicine. | 121 | $113,136 | — |
| Research and Experimental Psychology. | 110 | — | $20,035 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 106 | — | $25,871 |
— 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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- net
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.