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Friends University Data & Information Overview

77 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
58% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Friends University Ranked?

#1,538 Best Colleges in Nation
#25 Best Colleges in KS
General Business Administration and Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Friends University was awarded 77 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.

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Overall Quality

Friends University is ranked #1,538 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.

Out of the 47 colleges in Kansas, Friends University is ranked at #25.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Friends University?

58% Acceptance Rate
40% Of Accepted Are Women
5% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Friends University is a competitive 58%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.

Average Test Scores

About 5% of students accepted to Friends University submitted their SAT scores. Math scores were between 473 and 538.

SAT Math Scores for Friends University  ( 473 to 538 )
200
800
Friends University received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 23.

ACT Composite Scores for Friends University  ( 18 to 23 )
1
36

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Friends University Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Friends University it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Friends University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Friends University

62% Freshmen Retention
35% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Friends University this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  62 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Friends University have a four-year graduation rate of 35%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  35 out of 100
0
100

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Friends University Undergraduate Student Diversity

850 Full-Time Undergraduates
35.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
51.9% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,089 undergraduates at Friends University with 850 being full-time and 239 being part-time.

How Much Does Friends University Cost?

$20,916 Net Price
80% Take Out Loans
$26,868 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Friends University is $20,916. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Friends University

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,671 $17,283 $19,717 $21,462 $25,121

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Friends University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Friends University, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $6,717 a year. That adds up to $26,868 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Friends University is 5.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Friends University Graduates Make?

$48,343 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Friends University make about $48,343 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Friends University students since it is 14% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Friends University make the most money.

Location of Friends University

Kansas State
850 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Friends University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Wichita, Kansas. The location of Friends University is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for Friends University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2100 W. University Ave., Wichita, KS 67213
Phone: 316-295-5000
Website: www.friends.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FriendsUniversity
Twitter: http://twitter.com/friendsu

Friends University Majors

39 Majors With Completions
311 Undergraduate Degrees
225 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 39 majors graduated from Friends University. Of these students, 311 received undergraduate degrees and 225 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 70 $53,614
Liberal Arts General Studies 28 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 24 NA
Accounting 23 $47,241
General Psychology 21 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 19 $41,764
Zoology 17 $27,006
Health Sciences & Services 15 NA
Computer Information Systems 10 NA
Health & Physical Education 9 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Friends University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Friends University

48% Take At Least One Class Online
15% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 820 students took at least one online class at Friends University. This is a decrease from the 868 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 820 251
2019-2020 868 275
2018-2019 815 335
2017-2018 741 343
2016-2017 674 296

Learn more about online learning at Friends University.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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