Kansas State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 140,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,900 (84%)
Days Without Precipitation 265 (82%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 14,388
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 71%
From Region 17%
Athletes 446 (3.2%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 79%
Hispanic 10%
Mixed 4%
Black 3%
Asian 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Carl R. Ice College of Engineering 483 78% 80% 3% 1% 8% 2% $107,687 97 +0.36 97 99% 4.2%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 19 +4 63% 95% 0% 0% 5% 0% $94,785 82 +0.45 93 100% — — — —
Architectural Engineering 42 — 48% 88% 2% 0% 5% 0% $108,156 99 +2.26 97 100% — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 19 — 68% 79% 0% 0% 16% 0% $94,878 41 -0.33 93 — — — — —
Chemical Engineering 37 — 62% 81% 3% 3% 5% 3% $104,046 45 -0.15 96 100% — — — —
Civil Engineering 40 — 85% 80% 2% 0% 5% 8% $96,090 75 +0.54 93 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 22 — 100% 86% 5% 0% 5% 5% $129,334 83 +0.58 99 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 42 +1 86% 64% 5% 2% 19% 5% $108,246 35 -0.42 97 100% — — — —
Engineering Undecided — — — — — — — — $111,205 91 +0.96 98 — — — — —
Environmental Engineering 5 +1 0% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $87,623 64 +0.31 89 — — — — —
Industrial Engineering 36 — 67% 89% 3% 3% 6% 0% $108,725 40 -0.32 97 96% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 132 — 86% 84% 3% 1% 7% 0% $103,512 76 +0.54 96 99% — — — —
Computer Science 76 +13 96% 67% 7% 3% 8% 7% $123,391 58 -0.05 99 99% 4.2% — — —
Cybersecurity 13 +1 62% 85% 0% 0% 15% 0% $106,815 80 +0.70 97 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Agriculture 488 36% 89% 0% 1% 7% 1% $69,831 43 +0.92 71 96% 6.5%
Agricultural Business and Management 56 — 48% 96% 0% 2% 0% 0% $78,302 57 +0.38 82 95% — — — —
Agricultural Economics 33 — 61% 91% 0% 0% 3% 3% $78,302 57 +0.38 82 95% — — — —
Agricultural Mechanization 15 — 87% 87% 0% 7% 0% 7% $95,274 100 +3.12 93 100% — — — —
Agricultural and Food Products Processing 19 +2 47% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $96,572 99 +3.10 94 98% — — — —
Agronomy and Crop Science 32 +1 72% 94% 0% 0% 3% 0% $69,390 77 +0.73 70 94% — — — —
Animal Sciences 200 +1 24% 86% 0% 1% 10% 1% $62,022 85 +0.79 56 96% 6.7% — — —
Entomology 4 +1 25% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $52,694 43 -0.22 31 96% — — — —
Food Science 24 +1 29% 67% 4% 4% 25% 0% $104,623 100 +3.87 96 95% 4.7% — — —
Horticultural Science 23 — 43% 96% 0% 0% 4% 0% $69,390 77 +0.73 70 94% — — — —
Pre-Veterinary Studies 16 — 6% 94% 0% 0% 6% 0% $58,753 68 +0.44 47 — — — — —
Wildlife Biology 34 +1 35% 85% 0% 0% 9% 0% $52,694 43 -0.22 31 96% — — — —
Agricultural Communication/Journalism 25 +2 4% 96% 0% 0% 0% 0% $70,562 82 +0.92 72 96% — — — —
Natural Resources and Conservation 7 +1 71% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $58,095 36 -0.31 46 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Architecture, Planning and Design 4 25% 25% 0% 0% 50% 0% $88,657 88 -0.30 89
Real Estate Development 4 — 25% 25% 0% 0% 50% 0% $88,657 46 -0.30 89 — — — — —
Interior Design — — — — — — — — $78,426 92 +1.19 82 100% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 655 35% 72% 2% 5% 12% 3% $64,775 25 +0.33 62 95% 7.2%
Chemistry 12 +1 50% 83% 0% 0% 0% 0% $69,694 43 -0.18 71 — — — — —
Geosciences 5 — 60% 60% 0% 0% 40% 0% $66,490 60 +0.13 65 — — — — —
Mathematics 8 +11 62% 38% 0% 12% 12% 12% $60,308 10 -0.94 52 100% — — — —
Physical Sciences 6 — 67% 67% 17% 0% 0% 0% $74,358 20 -0.66 77 — — — — —
Physics 4 +1 50% 75% 0% 0% 0% 0% $75,745 23 -0.56 79 — — — — —
Statistics 15 +1 47% 53% 7% 7% 13% 7% $89,137 30 -0.62 90 — — — — —
Biochemistry 17 — 18% 65% 0% 0% 12% 0% $70,847 48 -0.06 73 94% — — — —
Biology 86 +3 31% 78% 1% 1% 13% 1% $69,483 66 +0.35 71 98% — — — —
Microbiology 16 +3 31% 69% 0% 6% 19% 0% $57,180 4 -1.76 43 96% — — — —
Natural Sciences 48 +1 21% 69% 8% 6% 15% 0% $84,258 99 +3.22 87 95% — — — —
Economics 10 +6 70% 60% 0% 10% 10% 10% $74,998 17 -0.86 78 93% — — — —
English 22 — 32% 73% 5% 0% 14% 5% $50,088 42 -0.28 24 93% — — — —
Ethnic Studies 2 +3 0% 50% 0% 0% 0% 0% $60,023 55 +0.06 51 — — — — —
Ethnic Studies — — — — — — — — $59,762 55 +0.04 50 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 7 +18 14% 71% 0% 0% 14% 14% $60,153 60 +0.19 51 96% — — — —
History 15 +1 40% 87% 0% 0% 7% 0% $61,166 79 +0.41 54 94% — — — —
Philosophy 3 +2 67% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,453 57 +0.00 55 — — — — —
Womens Studies — +1 — — — — — — $57,921 66 +0.21 45 — — — — —
Anthropology 4 +4 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $47,382 8 -0.86 18 82% — — — —
Environmental Science and Policy 14 +3 43% 86% 0% 0% 14% 0% $76,794 96 +1.65 80 96% — — — —
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 1 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $66,925 77 +0.55 66 — — — — —
Geography 4 +3 75% 75% 0% 0% 25% 0% $65,601 70 +0.40 64 — — — — —
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 9 +1 33% 56% 0% 33% 0% 0% $58,125 63 +0.11 46 — — — — —
Journalism 32 +2 34% 78% 0% 3% 16% 0% $63,263 62 +0.11 59 98% 7.1% — — —
Political Science 25 +5 68% 52% 0% 8% 28% 4% $71,763 53 -0.03 74 96% — — — —
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication 10 — 20% 60% 0% 20% 10% 0% $69,786 40 -0.17 71 — — — — —
Research & Experimental Psychology 101 +7 22% 72% 2% 4% 11% 5% $62,554 61 +0.13 57 93% — — — —
Social Sciences 35 +1 54% 77% 0% 6% 11% 0% $55,949 52 -0.08 40 93% 7.3% — — —
Social Work 28 +2 18% 71% 0% 14% 14% 0% $61,118 93 +0.93 54 96% — — — —
Sociology 25 +1 52% 68% 0% 8% 12% 4% $60,105 72 +0.29 51 93% — — — —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 23 +2 26% 83% 0% 4% 0% 4% $65,287 67 +0.32 63 95% — — — —
Music 17 — 53% 76% 0% 0% 12% 0% $45,811 46 -0.10 15 — — — — —
Studio Art 35 — 29% 74% 3% 0% 9% 9% $49,368 65 +0.27 23 93% — — — —
Theater 6 — 17% 33% 0% 17% 33% 17% $44,524 59 +0.20 12 92% — — — —
Criminology 10 +3 20% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $65,754 83 +0.81 64 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Business Administration 728 57% 83% 3% 1% 8% 1% $87,264 84 +0.26 89 98% 5.6%
Accounting 97 +11 56% 84% 3% 0% 10% 0% $97,625 75 +0.69 94 97% — — — —
Business Management and Administration 112 +9 57% 85% 3% 1% 5% 3% $78,217 67 +0.03 81 98% 5.6% — — —
Entrepreneurship 20 +2 45% 75% 15% 5% 0% 0% $69,441 45 -0.28 71 98% 6.5% — — —
Finance 120 +8 82% 82% 4% 0% 5% 2% $93,274 47 -0.20 92 100% 5.4% — — —
Financial Planning and Services 40 — 57% 80% 0% 5% 8% 0% $93,274 47 -0.20 92 100% 5.4% — — —
General Business 36 — 47% 83% 0% 0% 14% 0% $83,867 74 +0.33 86 94% 5.9% — — —
Hospitality Management 22 — 18% 86% 0% 0% 5% 5% $57,145 35 -0.31 43 94% — — — —
Logistics 30 — 70% 90% 3% 0% 3% 0% $78,217 20 -0.81 81 98% 5.6% — — —
Management Information Systems and Statistics 24 — 88% 58% 4% 4% 21% 4% $106,128 81 +0.78 97 98% — — — —
Marketing 168 +3 39% 82% 2% 1% 11% 1% $82,641 68 +0.39 85 97% — — — —
Project Management 18 +3 67% 72% 6% 0% 22% 0% $78,217 20 -0.81 81 98% 5.6% — — —
Selling Skills and Sales Operations 41 +5 68% 93% 0% 0% 2% 0% $110,347 99 +2.55 98 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Education 265 23% 86% 0% 2% 10% 0% $52,876 2 -0.04 32 94% 6.7%
Agricultural Teacher Education 13 — 31% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,810 12 -1.07 24 94% — — — —
Education 25 — 32% 80% 0% 8% 8% 0% $53,339 43 -0.20 33 — — — — —
Elementary Education 137 — 4% 86% 1% 1% 9% 0% $53,243 62 +0.14 33 94% 6.7% — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 74 — 49% 84% 0% 1% 14% 0% $53,243 41 -0.21 33 94% 6.7% — — —
Art Education 6 — 17% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $49,810 67 +0.32 24 94% — — — —
Music Education 10 — 60% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $49,810 63 +0.33 24 94% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Health and Human Sciences 474 20% 81% 2% 4% 7% 1% $62,793 18 +0.21 58 95% 8.5%
Physiology 10 +20 10% 90% 0% 0% 10% 0% $66,684 35 -0.26 66 98% 8.6% — — —
Dietetics/Dietitian 49 +5 10% 78% 2% 4% 8% 2% $64,162 46 +0.02 61 90% — — — —
Nutrition Sciences 65 +47 15% 78% 5% 6% 5% 2% $64,980 53 +0.10 63 94% 8.0% — — —
Athletic Training 30 — 50% 77% 0% 0% 13% 0% $69,745 48 -0.04 71 96% — — — —
Communication Sciences and Disorders 25 — 0% 92% 0% 0% 4% 0% $64,193 62 +0.27 61 97% — — — —
Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology 119 +12 39% 82% 3% 3% 8% 1% $66,684 73 +0.57 66 98% 8.6% — — —
Medical Laboratory Science 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $76,011 49 -0.15 79 — — — — —
Public Health — — — — — — — — $66,323 57 +0.11 65 — — — — —
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management 8 — 88% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,293 45 -0.21 46 97% — — — —
Child Development 9 — 0% 67% 0% 11% 22% 0% $53,671 49 +0.05 34 94% 8.6% — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences 28 — 14% 79% 0% 7% 7% 0% $53,953 51 +0.08 35 100% — — — —
Human Development and Family Studies 75 +2 3% 87% 1% 5% 3% 0% $53,671 49 +0.05 34 94% 8.6% — — —
Apparel and Textiles 24 — 12% 83% 0% 8% 8% 0% $62,709 56 +0.10 58 98% — — — —
Design for Human Health 31 — 6% 71% 6% 0% 13% 6% $65,505 72 +0.42 63 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Technology and Aviation 164 88% 79% 1% 1% 5% 9% $105,321 96 +0.68 97 96% 5.0%
Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology 77 — 87% 70% 1% 1% 4% 17% $106,501 74 +0.75 97 95% 5.1% — — —
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician 63 — 89% 90% 2% 0% 3% 0% $108,738 77 +0.74 97 97% — — — —
Engineering Technologies 24 +1 92% 75% 0% 4% 12% 4% $92,569 63 +0.32 91 94% 4.5% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $11,789
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $30,392
Est. In-State Cost $15,250
Est. Out-of-State Cost $39,315
ROI Percentile 81th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 50%
6-Year Graduation Rate 71%
Transfer-Out Rate 17%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 23.0% 750 58% 82% 3% 1% 9% 1% $86,799 65 +0.23 88 98% 5.6%
Agriculture & Food Science 19.0% 618 32% 85% 1% 2% 7% 1% $70,096 90 +0.96 72 95% 6.8%
Social Sciences 14.0% 455 27% 76% 1% 6% 10% 2% $61,132 61 +0.22 54 95% 8.0%
Engineering 12.1% 394 76% 82% 3% 1% 8% 2% $104,688 62 +0.43 96 99% —
Education 7.6% 249 21% 85% 0% 2% 10% 0% $53,073 47 -0.06 32 94% 6.7%
Health Sciences 5.4% 175 35% 82% 2% 2% 9% 1% $66,906 13 +0.42 66 97% 8.6%
Professional 5.3% 174 84% 79% 1% 1% 5% 8% $103,048 97 +0.69 96 96% 5.0%
Arts 4.0% 129 25% 76% 2% 2% 11% 5% $55,089 66 +0.23 38 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 4.0% 129 28% 76% 1% 2% 13% 1% $67,920 50 -0.01 68 97% 8.6%
Computer Science 2.7% 89 91% 70% 6% 2% 9% 6% $120,970 67 +0.06 99 99% 4.2%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.5% 50 54% 62% 4% 4% 10% 4% $74,749 39 -0.49 78 100% —
Humanities 1.5% 49 33% 78% 2% 0% 10% 4% $56,018 58 +0.03 40 94% —

Research R1

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $140M #15 23% $5.7M 45 #8 165 24
Engineering $33.6M #123 46% $1.6M 24 #120 114 8
Life & Natural Sciences $26.2M #116 42% $0.0M 19 #110 135 24
Physical Sciences & Math $18.5M #138 61% $0.1M 21 #121 162 17
Business & Economics $11.6M #56 30% $0 12 #110 23 —
Humanities & Social Sciences $11.5M #142 34% $0.0M 31 #143 81 1
Computer Science $4.1M #146 25% $0.1M 4 #152 47 3
Education $4.1M #113 46% $0 45 #72 — —
Health Sciences $1.6M #214 66% $0 — — — —
Total $251M #107 32% $7.5M 201 #111 727 77

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 125 $27.1M $27.1M $0
Track & Field (combined) 72 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Baseball 43 $3.5M $3.5M $0
Basketball 14 $10.9M $10.9M $0
Golf 12 $982K $982K $0
Total 225 $44.4M $44.4M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Rowing 83 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Track & Field (combined) 82 $2.2M $2.2M $0
Soccer 35 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Basketball 33 $4.9M $4.9M $0
Volleyball 19 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Tennis 8 $999K $999K $0
Golf 7 $1.2M $1.2M $0
Total 221 $14.9M $14.9M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 154 $4.1M $4.1M $0
Football 125 $27.1M $27.1M $0
Rowing 83 $2.0M $2.0M $0
Basketball 47 $15.8M $15.8M $0
Baseball 43 $3.5M $3.5M $0
Soccer 35 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Golf 19 $2.1M $2.1M $0
Volleyball 19 $1.8M $1.8M $0
Tennis 8 $999K $999K $0
Total 446 $103.0M $100.8M $2.2M

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 95%
Yield (non-ED) 27%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 95% 95% 95%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 87%
SAT Range 1060 – 1260
SAT Math Range 510 – 620
SAT RW Range 550 – 640