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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Hays, KS
Population 30,000
Website http://www.fhsu.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 3,090 (90% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 283 (90% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 5,221
Men / Women 38% / 62%
From State 82%
From Region 13%
Athletes 13.1%

Racial/Ethnic

White 73%
Hispanic 10%
Black 4%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 46.0% 46.0% 2012 Men: 43.4% 43.4% 2013 Men: 44.6% 44.6% 2014 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2015 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2016 Men: 44.7% 44.7% 2017 Men: 44.5% 44.5% 2018 Men: 43.0% 43.0% 2019 Men: 42.5% 42.5% 2020 Men: 41.9% 41.9% 2021 Men: 40.5% 40.5% 2022 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2023 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2024 Men: 36.4% 36.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2013 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2014 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2019 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2011 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2016 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2019 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2020 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2021 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2022 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2011 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2013 Black: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Black: 2.5% 2.5% 2015 Black: 2.7% 2.7% 2016 Black: 5.3% 5.3% 2017 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2018 Black: 5.9% 5.9% 2019 Black: 4.5% 4.5% 2020 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2021 Black: 3.7% 3.7% 2022 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2023 Black: 4.4% 4.4% 2024 Black: 2.8% 2.8% 2011 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2012 Hispanic: 3.5% 3.5% 2013 Hispanic: 3.7% 3.7% 2014 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2015 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2016 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2017 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2018 Hispanic: 7.6% 7.6% 2019 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2020 Hispanic: 11.0% 11.0% 2021 Hispanic: 10.9% 10.9% 2022 Hispanic: 11.9% 11.9% 2023 Hispanic: 14.4% 14.4% 2024 Hispanic: 12.7% 12.7% 2011 White: 91.2% 91.2% 2012 White: 90.5% 90.5% 2013 White: 88.0% 88.0% 2014 White: 89.4% 89.4% 2015 White: 86.6% 86.6% 2016 White: 82.7% 82.7% 2017 White: 80.3% 80.3% 2018 White: 81.6% 81.6% 2019 White: 79.0% 79.0% 2020 White: 78.4% 78.4% 2021 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2022 White: 78.8% 78.8% 2023 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2024 White: 78.7% 78.7% 2011 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2012 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2013 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2014 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2015 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2016 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2019 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2022 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.5% 0.5%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2022 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2020 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 4.4% 4.4% 2023 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2024 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2020 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2021 Black: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Black: 3.1% 3.1% 2023 Black: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 Black: 3.6% 3.6% 2025 Black: 4.3% 4.3% 2020 Hispanic: 11.3% 11.3% 2021 Hispanic: 11.6% 11.6% 2022 Hispanic: 10.0% 10.0% 2023 Hispanic: 8.0% 8.0% 2024 Hispanic: 8.6% 8.6% 2025 Hispanic: 9.8% 9.8% 2020 White: 76.0% 76.0% 2021 White: 73.0% 73.0% 2022 White: 73.1% 73.1% 2023 White: 72.4% 72.4% 2024 White: 71.1% 71.1% 2025 White: 72.6% 72.6% 2020 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2021 International: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 International: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2024 International: 2.1% 2.1% 2025 International: 0.2% 0.2%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Fort Hays State University 2,420 37% / 63% 0% $64,854 76 96%
Industrial Engineering 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $91,751 96 —
Computer Programming 79 — 82% / 18% 1% $79,902 90 96%
Information Science/Studies 62 — 71% / 29% 2% $79,247 89 91%
Chemistry 12 — 58% / 42% 0% $51,627 49 100%
Geosciences 26 — 46% / 54% 0% $69,956 82 100%
Mathematics 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $66,445 78 —
Physics 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $70,002 82 —
Biology 55 — 31% / 69% 0% $59,607 68 98%
Agricultural Business and Management 40 — 40% / 60% 0% $55,142 58 96%
Agriculture 42 — 38% / 62% 0% $53,192 53 96%
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 81 — 17% / 83% 0% $52,703 52 97%
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 19 — 32% / 68% 0% $64,698 76 —
Nursing 154 — 10% / 90% 1% $94,010 96 99%
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 34 — 6% / 94% 0% $61,306 71 96%
Accounting 59 — 36% / 64% 2% $60,169 69 96%
Finance 221 — 40% / 60% 1% $58,743 66 100%
Hospitality Management 15 — 33% / 67% 0% $54,784 57 95%
International Economics 121 — 27% / 73% 0% $81,668 91 94%
Management Information Systems and Statistics 99 — 71% / 29% 0% $88,790 95 90%
Marketing 105 — 30% / 70% 0% $67,492 79 90%
Operations Management 153 — 44% / 56% 0% $70,213 82 98%
Organizational Leadership 124 — 49% / 51% 0% $70,213 82 98%
English 15 — 20% / 80% 0% $46,703 35 —
English Language and Literature/Letters 67 — 16% / 84% 0% $47,467 37 —
Foreign Languages 19 — 26% / 74% 0% $52,912 53 —
History 18 — 56% / 44% 0% $53,302 54 —
Philosophy 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,691 41 —
Political Science 20 — 45% / 55% 0% $78,818 89 90%
Psychology 100 — 15% / 85% 0% $50,241 45 91%
Social Work 68 — 6% / 94% 3% $52,214 51 96%
Sociology 21 — 19% / 81% 0% $52,748 52 89%
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 15 — 20% / 80% 0% $50,893 47 —
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $59,179 67 96%
Elementary Education 124 — 6% / 94% 1% $51,527 49 96%
General Education 92 — 34% / 66% 0% $57,031 62 91%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 110 — 67% / 33% 0% $59,179 67 96%
Secondary Education and Teaching 61 — 41% / 59% 0% $51,527 49 96%
Art 12 — 17% / 83% 0% $55,233 58 —
Art Teacher Education — — — — $59,179 67 —
Fine/Studio Arts 35 — 26% / 74% 0% $55,233 58 94%
Music 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $50,618 46 —
Music Education 18 — 50% / 50% 0% $59,179 67 96%
Criminal Justice 51 — 49% / 51% 0% $53,672 55 97%
Engineering Technologies 31 — 94% / 6% 0% $85,320 93 —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $6,223
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $18,874
Est. In-State Cost $8,050
Est. Out-of-State Cost $24,415
ROI Percentile 76th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 77%
4-Year Graduation Rate 30%
6-Year Graduation Rate 48%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 41.7% 41.7% 2012 Graduated: 42.2% 42.2% 2013 Graduated: 44.7% 44.7% 2014 Graduated: 43.0% 43.0% 2015 Graduated: 43.1% 43.1% 2016 Graduated: 37.0% 37.0% 2017 Graduated: 43.8% 43.8% 2018 Graduated: 43.6% 43.6% 2019 Graduated: 43.3% 43.3% 2020 Graduated: 45.7% 45.7% 2021 Graduated: 50.5% 50.5% 2022 Graduated: 50.5% 50.5% 2023 Graduated: 47.8% 47.8% 2024 Graduated: 47.7% 47.7%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 36.4% 36.4% 2012 Men: 33.4% 33.4% 2013 Men: 38.1% 38.1% 2014 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2015 Men: 35.7% 35.7% 2016 Men: 30.9% 30.9% 2017 Men: 37.6% 37.6% 2018 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2019 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2020 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2021 Men: 49.5% 49.5% 2022 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2023 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2024 Men: 40.7% 40.7% 2011 Women: 46.3% 46.3% 2012 Women: 50.4% 50.4% 2013 Women: 50.6% 50.6% 2014 Women: 47.3% 47.3% 2015 Women: 50.2% 50.2% 2016 Women: 42.0% 42.0% 2017 Women: 49.1% 49.1% 2018 Women: 48.6% 48.6% 2019 Women: 45.6% 45.6% 2020 Women: 48.2% 48.2% 2021 Women: 51.2% 51.2% 2022 Women: 56.5% 56.5% 2023 Women: 51.8% 51.8% 2024 Women: 52.9% 52.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic White
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Hispanic: 27.3% 27.3% 2012 Hispanic: 30.8% 30.8% 2013 Hispanic: 32.1% 32.1% 2014 Hispanic: 28.0% 28.0% 2015 Hispanic: 31.6% 31.6% 2016 Hispanic: 20.0% 20.0% 2017 Hispanic: 40.5% 40.5% 2018 Hispanic: 37.5% 37.5% 2019 Hispanic: 36.4% 36.4% 2020 Hispanic: 39.3% 39.3% 2021 Hispanic: 40.4% 40.4% 2022 Hispanic: 33.6% 33.6% 2023 Hispanic: 35.5% 35.5% 2024 Hispanic: 35.5% 35.5% 2011 White: 43.0% 43.0% 2012 White: 43.4% 43.4% 2013 White: 46.8% 46.8% 2014 White: 44.7% 44.7% 2015 White: 45.4% 45.4% 2016 White: 40.4% 40.4% 2017 White: 46.9% 46.9% 2018 White: 47.0% 47.0% 2019 White: 46.4% 46.4% 2020 White: 48.5% 48.5% 2021 White: 53.6% 53.6% 2022 White: 54.7% 54.7% 2023 White: 52.5% 52.5% 2024 White: 50.8% 50.8%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 37.1% 897 42% / 58% 0% $69,745 82 96%
Education 16.4% 398 35% / 65% 0% $55,126 58 95%
Humanities & Social Sciences 14.4% 349 19% / 81% 1% $52,034 50 93%
Health Sciences 11.9% 288 13% / 87% 0% $76,598 87 98%
Computer Science 5.8% 141 77% / 23% 1% $79,614 90 94%
Agriculture & Food Science 3.4% 82 39% / 61% 0% $54,143 56 96%
Professional 3.4% 82 66% / 34% 0% $65,636 77 97%
Arts 3.0% 73 30% / 70% 0% $55,700 59 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 2.3% 55 31% / 69% 0% $59,607 68 98%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.9% 45 53% / 47% 0% $64,838 76 100%
Engineering 0.4% 10 30% / 70% 0% $91,751 96 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $0.2M #506 59% — — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — — — — — —
Engineering $0 #449 — — — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.2M #599 59% — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (Unbound) 40%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 67.8% 67.8% 2012 Acceptance: 81.0% 81.0% 2013 Acceptance: 89.2% 89.2% 2014 Acceptance: 87.9% 87.9% 2015 Acceptance: 85.9% 85.9% 2016 Acceptance: 90.7% 90.7% 2017 Acceptance: 88.6% 88.6% 2018 Acceptance: 92.3% 92.3% 2019 Acceptance: 91.1% 91.1% 2020 Acceptance: 91.4% 91.4% 2021 Acceptance: 90.3% 90.3% 2022 Acceptance: 88.0% 88.0% 2023 Acceptance: 91.8% 91.8% 2024 Acceptance: 90.3% 90.3% 2011 Yield: 59.3% 59.3% 2012 Yield: 59.3% 59.3% 2013 Yield: 47.5% 47.5% 2014 Yield: 47.9% 47.9% 2015 Yield: 47.9% 47.9% 2016 Yield: 51.0% 51.0% 2017 Yield: 51.4% 51.4% 2018 Yield: 49.3% 49.3% 2019 Yield: 52.6% 52.6% 2020 Yield: 52.0% 52.0% 2021 Yield: 52.9% 52.9% 2022 Yield: 51.3% 51.3% 2023 Yield: 44.4% 44.4% 2024 Yield: 41.8% 41.8%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 2,535 2,535 2012 Applicants: 2,121 2,121 2013 Applicants: 2,511 2,511 2014 Applicants: 2,437 2,437 2015 Applicants: 2,337 2,337 2016 Applicants: 2,126 2,126 2017 Applicants: 2,294 2,294 2018 Applicants: 2,191 2,191 2019 Applicants: 2,056 2,056 2020 Applicants: 1,920 1,920 2021 Applicants: 1,997 1,997 2022 Applicants: 1,828 1,828 2023 Applicants: 2,174 2,174 2024 Applicants: 2,619 2,619 2011 Admitted: 1,718 1,718 2012 Admitted: 1,718 1,718 2013 Admitted: 2,239 2,239 2014 Admitted: 2,142 2,142 2015 Admitted: 2,007 2,007 2016 Admitted: 1,929 1,929 2017 Admitted: 2,033 2,033 2018 Admitted: 2,022 2,022 2019 Admitted: 1,874 1,874 2020 Admitted: 1,754 1,754 2021 Admitted: 1,804 1,804 2022 Admitted: 1,609 1,609 2023 Admitted: 1,995 1,995 2024 Admitted: 2,364 2,364 2011 Enrolled: 1,018 1,018 2012 Enrolled: 1,019 1,019 2013 Enrolled: 1,063 1,063 2014 Enrolled: 1,025 1,025 2015 Enrolled: 962 962 2016 Enrolled: 984 984 2017 Enrolled: 1,045 1,045 2018 Enrolled: 996 996 2019 Enrolled: 986 986 2020 Enrolled: 912 912 2021 Enrolled: 955 955 2022 Enrolled: 825 825 2023 Enrolled: 886 886 2024 Enrolled: 989 989

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 92%
SAT Range 970 – 1140
SAT Math Range 470 – 560
SAT RW Range 500 – 580

SAT Composite

25th 75th
900 1000 1100 1200 1300 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 940 940 2023 25th: 970 970 2024 25th: 970 970 2022 75th: 1190 1190 2023 75th: 1200 1200 2024 75th: 1140 1140

SAT Math

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 480 480 2023 25th: 480 480 2024 25th: 470 470 2022 75th: 600 600 2023 75th: 600 600 2024 75th: 560 560

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
450 500 550 600 650 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 460 460 2023 25th: 490 490 2024 25th: 500 500 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 600 600 2024 75th: 580 580

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 87.0% 87.0% 2012 Submitted: 86.0% 86.0% 2013 Submitted: 84.0% 84.0% 2022 Submitted: 88.0% 88.0% 2023 Submitted: 96.0% 96.0% 2024 Submitted: 92.0% 92.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.