by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Kansas State University was awarded 87 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education grade specific.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, K -State is ranked #269 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
K -State also holds the #2 spot on the Best Colleges in Kansas ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 95%, K -State has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Kansas State University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Kansas State University is 92%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 86% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Kansas State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At K -State the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 40%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Kansas State University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,257 undergraduates at K -State with 14,497 being full-time and 1,760 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,572 | $11,754 | $15,733 | $19,716 | $21,714 |
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 K -State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At K -State, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $6,911 a year. That adds up to $27,644 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Kansas State University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Kansas State University.
Contact details for K -State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 919 Mid-Campus Drive, Anderson Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506 |
| Phone: | 785-532-6011 |
| Website: | www.k-state.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 423 | $44,320 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 293 | $54,509 |
| Animal Science | 267 | $38,868 |
| Business Administration & Management | 251 | $52,538 |
| Marketing | 210 | $50,468 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 194 | $72,627 |
| Nutrition Science | 182 | $33,381 |
| Accounting | 171 | $60,155 |
| Student Counseling | 161 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 151 | $34,241 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 9,749 students took at least one online class at Kansas State University. This is an increase from the 8,964 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 9,749 | 2,820 |
| 2021-2022 | 8,964 | 2,783 |
| 2020-2021 | 13,737 | 2,979 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,634 | 2,070 |
Learn more about online learning at Kansas State University.
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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