unitid 156125 · Wichita, KS · public 4-year · city (large)
Wichita State University
- enrollment 2023
- 18,874
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
94%
81st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
10,780
74th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
31%
undergrads on Pell grants
46th pctl among public 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
61st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,780
47th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,194
after aid, aided students
53rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,532
after entry, Title IV students
53rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,500
59th 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 $9,734 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
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110k20%
- 110k+21%
- Median family income
- $43,391
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,684
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | 275 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 239 | — | $30,250 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 126 | $57,299 | $24,450 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 125 | $66,435 | $27,750 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 112 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 109 | $44,476 | $27,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 83 | $79,773 | — |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 79 | $88,218 | $21,658 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 77 | $72,214 | $22,250 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 76 | $51,463 | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 73 | $45,068 | $27,000 |
| Biology, General. | 72 | $55,232 | $24,314 |
— 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.