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Colleges in Kansas

Every college in Kansas that reports to the federal government: 62 schools, 33 of them public. For each one, what a year actually costs after grant aid, the share of applicants admitted, the share of students who finish, and what graduates earn ten years after starting. All of it from public federal data, none of it ranked by us.

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Four-year colleges in Kansas

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Baldwin CityPrivate$25,03894%55%$69,658
HavilandPrivate$15,86451%56%$40,829
AtchisonPrivate$24,68798%65%$58,102
LindsborgPrivate$28,53856%31%$56,377
North NewtonPrivate$31,50394%50%$58,029
McPhersonPrivate$14,03653%32%$46,855
Overland ParkPrivate$37,18569%100%$55,666
Kansas CityPrivate$4,090not reported48%$41,558
EmporiaPublic$14,36498%57%$50,860
HaysPublic$16,33390%53%$53,030
WichitaPrivate$26,38455%51%$54,046
LawrencePublic$8,50790%27%$38,914
HesstonPrivate$17,352not reported68%$56,182
Overland ParkPrivate$19,753not reported54%not reported
WichitaPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
ManhattanPublic$18,21082%71%$61,473
SalinaPrivate$22,16572%42%$57,332
ManhattanPrivate$27,504100%47%$47,738
McPhersonPrivate$28,43177%43%$51,560
OlathePrivate$30,94779%42%$70,804
WichitaPrivate$17,43074%53%$55,478
Overland ParkPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reported$59,897
Overland ParkPrivate$13,986not reportednot reported$59,897
OttawaPrivate$27,57283%26%$59,897
PittsburgPublic$14,29189%48%$53,785
TopekaPrivate (for-profit)$24,957not reported53%$47,524
LeawoodPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
WinfieldPrivate$30,08676%39%$58,452
SterlingPrivate$24,29748%39%$50,326
HillsboroPrivate$19,03465%32%$58,789
LawrencePublic$20,00493%70%$67,963
LeavenworthPrivate$20,88187%46%$66,336
TopekaPublic$11,023not reported52%$53,102
WichitaPublic$10,30794%52%$56,003

Two-year colleges in Kansas

Community and technical colleges, where the main award is a two-year associate degree. Read the graduation figure here differently: it counts only students who finish at the school they started, so a student who transfers to a four-year college counts as not graduating even though transferring on is usually the entire point.

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IolaPublic$3,011not reported34%$42,612
Great BendPublic$10,725not reported41%$46,969
El DoradoPublic$16,838not reported33%$44,647
ConcordiaPublic$12,402not reported56%$44,383
CoffeyvillePublic$8,624not reported41%$43,364
ColbyPublic$10,629not reported55%$45,492
Arkansas CityPublic$8,364not reported51%$40,384
Dodge CityPublic$6,382not reported38%$47,052
EmporiaPublic$14,320not reported69%$51,436
GoodlandPublic$9,988not reported71%$43,746
BeloitPublic$15,603not reported79%$51,558
Fort ScottPublic$4,580not reported40%$41,222
WichitaPrivate (for-profit)$30,703not reportednot reported$69,188
Garden CityPublic$5,768not reported51%$44,492
HighlandPublic$11,434not reported39%$47,343
HutchinsonPublic$3,479not reported56%$46,011
IndependencePublic$2,571not reported31%$38,746
Overland ParkPublic$12,359not reported34%$49,934
Kansas CityPublic$14,533not reported39%$44,191
ParsonsPublic$9,779not reported34%$45,236
ManhattanPublic$8,716not reported68%$51,665
ChanutePublic$9,067not reported44%$45,904
PrattPublic$13,697not reported46%$54,513
SalinaPublic$5,862not reported68%$45,917
LiberalPublic$8,584not reported46%$44,985
LawrencePrivate (for-profit)$15,635not reported100%$37,951
WichitaPrivate (for-profit)$13,942not reported67%$37,951
WichitaPublic$10,348not reported47%$45,120
How to read these numbers. Net price is the average a student pays per year after grant aid, not the sticker price, and it covers only students receiving federal aid. At a public university it is the in-state figure, so if you live elsewhere your own cost will be higher, often much higher. Admitted is the share of applicants offered a place, and it is blank for open-admission schools that do not turn applicants away. Earnings is median pay ten years after a student entered the school, including those who never finished. Every figure is an average across all income levels, so run the school's own net price calculator before you treat any of it as your price - the College Finder links each school's calculator directly.

Data: IPEDS 2024; SAT from IPEDS admissions 2023; College Scorecard released 11/02/2026; financial composite score for fiscal year 2022-23; endowment from IPEDS finance 2022-23 divided by IPEDS 2023 enrollment. Refreshed 2026-11-08.

Nearby states. In-state tuition makes a state line a price line, so the school just over it can cost your family several times what it costs a resident. Neighboring states: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma.

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