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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$25,30194%58%$63,855
HavilandPrivate$29,29051%32%$36,355
AtchisonPrivate$27,89198%62%$53,175
LindsborgPrivate$27,68656%36%$49,694
North NewtonPrivate$32,91794%41%$49,898
McPhersonPrivate$11,40453%27%$44,468
Overland ParkPrivate$35,76469%100%$52,304
Kansas CityPrivate$11,476not reported46%$35,715
EmporiaPublic$16,26198%56%$47,601
HaysPublic$12,56990%48%$48,928
WichitaPrivate$27,71555%43%$52,113
LawrencePublic$3,13490%18%$37,043
HesstonPrivate$26,299not reported61%$47,495
Overland ParkPrivate$15,313not reported10%not reported
WichitaPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
ManhattanPublic$19,40682%71%$57,262
SalinaPrivate$22,67172%49%$51,152
ManhattanPrivate$24,213100%44%$48,860
McPhersonPrivate$26,44177%34%$52,084
OlathePrivate$32,16579%54%$62,972
WichitaPrivate$19,97174%53%$55,041
Overland ParkPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reported$55,552
Overland ParkPrivatenot reportednot reported43%$55,552
OttawaPrivate$27,96383%28%$55,552
PittsburgPublic$15,78489%57%$50,579
TopekaPrivate (for-profit)$23,980not reported45%$39,080
LeawoodPrivatenot reportednot reportednot reportednot reported
WinfieldPrivate$29,82476%36%$55,646
SterlingPrivate$22,37148%41%$45,846
HillsboroPrivate$20,20565%34%$54,058
LawrencePublic$18,05993%69%$61,945
LeavenworthPrivate$22,51987%48%$59,483
TopekaPublic$15,280not reported53%$49,774
WichitaPublic$13,19494%51%$51,532

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$8,642not reported37%$40,059
Great BendPublic$9,905not reported33%$40,428
El DoradoPublic$15,724not reported32%$41,206
ConcordiaPublic$11,685not reported55%$39,883
CoffeyvillePublic$4,957not reported38%$35,246
ColbyPublic$7,886not reported55%$41,889
Arkansas CityPublic$7,175not reported45%$37,723
Dodge CityPublic$4,068not reported35%$45,427
EmporiaPublic$16,017not reported68%$47,007
GoodlandPublic$13,074not reported73%$38,616
BeloitPublic$12,393not reported78%$46,928
Fort ScottPublic$5,586not reported35%$37,213
WichitaPrivate (for-profit)$29,785not reportednot reported$61,480
Garden CityPublic$8,244not reported50%$41,704
HighlandPublic$10,454not reported39%$41,291
HutchinsonPublic$6,727not reported53%$43,470
IndependencePublic$3,265not reported26%$34,941
Overland ParkPublic$14,176not reported31%$45,387
Kansas CityPublic$16,744not reported42%$40,795
ParsonsPublic$5,939not reported24%$37,818
ManhattanPublic$10,074not reported74%$51,864
ChanutePublic$10,271not reported34%$45,966
PrattPublic$9,731not reported45%$51,892
SalinaPublic$6,468not reported68%$42,175
LiberalPublic$6,717not reported50%$41,445
LawrencePrivate (for-profit)$15,143not reported100%$29,839
WichitaPrivate (for-profit)$8,925not reported70%$29,839
WichitaPublic$8,805not reported43%$38,679
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 06/10/2026; financial composite score for fiscal year 2022-23; endowment from IPEDS finance 2022-23 divided by IPEDS 2023 enrollment. Refreshed 2026-08-08.

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. Worth knowing what is there: Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma.

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