Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 13.7-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 261 Title IV programs, 74 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 187 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing74 · 28.4%
- No Data187 · 71.6%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 14
Action history · 15
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Jun 2025Heightened Monitoring or Focused ReviewAccreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
- Jul 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- Jul 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 5,322 students received $30.5M in Pell grants, alongside $181.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 4,791 borrowers who entered repayment, 59 (1.2%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at University of Kansas
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus166
- Non-campus17
- Public property10
Includes 45 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- National origin4
- Sexual orientation4
- Religion2
- Gender identity2
- Race1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Douthart Scholarship Hall1 fireHeating equipmentDamage $1,000-$9,999
- Self Residence Hall1 fireOpen flamesDamage $0-$99
- Jayhawker Towers Apartments D1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 9 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
University of Kansas vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions University of Kansas selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectUniversity of Kansas | 69% | — | 29,792 | $18,059 | R1 Research |
| 71% | 81.7% | 20,295 | $19,406 | R1 Research | |
| 75% | 88.7% | 30,380 | $18,589 | R1 Research | |
| 75% | 83.6% | 30,779 | $22,531 | R1 Research | |
| 75% | 78.5% | 31,543 | $20,268 | R1 Research | |
| 67% | 87.5% | 24,393 | $17,747 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 73% | 83.6% | 30,086 | $18,998 |
Institutions like University of Kansas
Explore the federal data for institutions in University of Kansas's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchKansas
Kansas State University
Grad rate71%Admit rate81.7%Enrollment20,295Net price$19,406View data - R1 ResearchIowa
Iowa State University
Grad rate75%Admit rate88.7%Enrollment30,380Net price$18,589View data - R1 ResearchIowa
University of Iowa
Grad rate75%Admit rate83.6%Enrollment30,779Net price$22,531View data - R1 ResearchMissouri
University of Missouri-Columbia
Grad rate75%Admit rate78.5%Enrollment31,543Net price$20,268View data - R1 ResearchNebraska
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Grad rate67%Admit rate87.5%Enrollment24,393Net price$17,747View data
University of Kansas Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
We provide the university with engaging institutional information to advance strategic aims and promote effectiveness.
Visit IR office page- Corinne BannonChief Strategy and Data Officer, Vice Chancellor
- Mark SheavesChief of Staff
- Prasanna TadimetiAssociate Vice Chancellor for Data Management
- Emily ShipleyAssociate Vice Chancellor for Data Analytics & Effectiveness
- Gwen BohlingAssociate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Research
- Brett LongAssociate Vice Chancellor, Advanced Analytics
Common Data Set
University of Kansas's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Source publications
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