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Common Data Set 2025-2026

University of Kansas

KS · Public · ~22,500 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2025-2026
92.6%

University of Kansas admits roughly 93 of every 100 applicants in the most recent CDS reporting cycle.

SAT · 50th
1170
Range 1080–1280
6-yr grad
70.0%
Retention 87.0%
Undergrads
22,544
18:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Kansas's officially-published 2025-2026 Common Data Set.
University of Kansas Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate92.6% SAT (50th)1,170 ACT (50th)24 Undergraduates22,544 6-yr graduation70.0% Retention87.0% Tuition (FT)$30,177 Student–faculty ratio18:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2025-202692.6%5,04070.0%87.0%1,170
2024-202593.5%5,32369.0%1,190
2023-202467.0%1,220
2022-202367.0%1,220
2021-202266.0%

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What the data says about University of Kansas

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 14 percentage points.

University of Kansas's 70.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 13.7 pp.

02

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

University of Kansas's 92.6% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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