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Located in Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

143 Undergraduate Degrees
36 Graduate Degrees
$33,228 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
88% Acceptance Rate

Where Is University of Kansas?

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Contact details for KU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 230, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-2700
Website: ku.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KUNews

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How Do I Get Into KU?

You can apply to KU online at: https://admissions.ku.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for KU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 5
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into KU?

88% Acceptance Rate
57% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 88%, KU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to KU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for University of Kansas  ( 550 to 670 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for University of Kansas  ( 540 to 670 )
200
800
KU received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

ACT English Scores for University of Kansas  ( 20 to 28 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for University of Kansas  ( 21 to 28 )
1
36

Can I Afford University of Kansas?

$33,228 Net Price
41% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of KU is $33,228. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 KU, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,002 a year. That adds up to $28,008 over four years for those students.

University of Kansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

16,618 Full-Time Undergraduates
53% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 19,158 undergraduate students at KU, with 16,618 being full-time and 2,540 being part-time.

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There are also 7,622 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,618 full-time undergraduates at KU, 47% are male and 53% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Kansas students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 949
Black or African American 674
Hispanic or Latino 1,507
White 11,644
International Students 799
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,045

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Kansas. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 106 countries are represented at KU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of Kansas

2,593 Took All Classes Online
12,264 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 54 master’s degree programs available online at KU. In 2022-2023, 12,264 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at KU has changed over the last few years.

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University of Kansas Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences 123 1 16 3 143
Information Technology 20 3 13 0 36
TOTAL 143 4 29 3 179

References

*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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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