Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Lawrence, KS
Population 150,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,900 (84%)
Days Without Precipitation 265 (82%)

Honors College

Name University Honors Program
Students 1,600 (8%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 20,193
Men / Women 47% / 53%
From State 53%
From Region 21%
Athletes 3.5%

Racial/Ethnic

White 69%
Hispanic 11%
Asian 6%
Mixed 6%
Black 4%
International 3%
Native American 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 289 74% / 26% 10% $94,065 95 95%
Computer Science 171 79% / 21% 12% $105,316 98 95%
Cybersecurity 3 67% / 33% 33%
Information Technology 24 96% / 4% 0% $105,316 98 95%
Astronomy 6 100% / 0% 0% $72,197 79
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 7 57% / 43% 0% $65,745 70
Chemistry 28 36% / 64% 7% $69,322 76
Geosciences 7 71% / 29% 14% $67,244 72 95%
Mathematics 31 +1 61% / 39% 10% $70,579 77 100%
Physics 12 83% / 17% 17% $72,745 80
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Business 1,247 56% / 44% 3% $88,109 92 96%
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 183 32% / 68% 1% $81,682 87 97%
Accounting 165 +29 57% / 43% 2% $87,845 92 100%
Business Administration and Management $94,658 95
Business Analytics 63 +16 70% / 30% 11% $117,044 99 100%
Finance 208 +21 82% / 18% 3% $100,971 97 95%
General Business 161 +4 61% / 39% 2% $74,606 82 94%
Logistics 43 +4 77% / 23% 5% $94,658 95 93%
Management Information Systems and Statistics 21 +5 76% / 24% 10% $89,993 93 100%
Marketing 192 +7 39% / 61% 2% $93,017 94 98%
Organizational Leadership 50 +6 56% / 44% 2% $94,658 95 93%
Project Management 12 50% / 50% 0% $94,658 95 93%
Sports Management 86 71% / 29% 7% $81,682 87 97%
Public Administration 10 +4 30% / 70% 0% $65,365 69 95%
Social Work 53 19% / 81% 0% $50,506 31 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Education and Human Sciences 1,362 35% / 65% 2% $62,321 63 94%
Human Biology 101 +1 16% / 84% 1% $76,553 84 96%
Environmental Studies 61 +2 43% / 57% 2% $59,467 57 100%
American Sign Language (ASL) 15 0% / 100% 0% $64,700 68
Economics 40 +1 80% / 20% 22% $85,758 90 98%
African Studies 3 33% / 67% 0% $56,968 50
American Studies +1 $56,909 50
Anthropology 22 +5 36% / 64% 0% $47,264 22 90%
Behavioral Sciences 36 +6 11% / 89% 0% $56,068 48 100%
Classical Languages 12 +8 25% / 75% 0% $64,454 67
East Asian Languages 14 +8 36% / 64% 14% $64,171 67
English 61 +7 18% / 82% 0% $47,266 22 87%
French 8 +5 50% / 50% 0% $65,377 69 86%
Geography and Environmental Studies 6 +2 50% / 50% 0% $64,045 67
German Studies +1 $57,022 50
History 39 +10 54% / 46% 0% $64,088 67 95%
Humanities/Humanistic Studies $63,298 65 88%
Intercultural and International Studies 18 +4 28% / 72% 0% $51,423 34 93%
Interdisciplinary Studies 8 62% / 38% 0% $57,056 51
Jewish/Judaic Studies 2 +4 0% / 100% 0% $56,084 48
Journalism 206 +1 24% / 76% 0% $69,023 75 96%
Linguistics 15 +4 27% / 73% 0% $64,270 67
Philosophy 19 +2 58% / 42% 0% $57,100 51
Political Science 109 +14 44% / 56% 0% $74,365 81 97%
Religion/Religious Studies 3 +1 67% / 33% 0% $56,252 48
Russian and Slavic Studies $57,358 51
Slavic Languages 4 +3 75% / 25% 0% $64,267 67
Sociology 19 +6 16% / 84% 0% $67,020 72 94%
Spanish 8 +9 38% / 62% 0% $65,377 69 86%
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 88 +6 50% / 50% 2% $67,104 72 97%
Women's Studies 9 +5 0% / 100% 0% $56,595 49
Early Childhood Education 3 0% / 100% 0% $53,310 40 92%
Elementary Education 60 5% / 95% 2% $53,310 40 92%
General Education 102 57% / 43% 2% $63,298 65 88%
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 5 80% / 20% 0% $56,661 49 90%
Secondary Education and Teaching 33 48% / 52% 0% $53,310 40 92%
Art Education 3 33% / 67% 0% $56,661 49 90%
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $38,273 7 91%
Dance 10 10% / 90% 0% $40,169 9
Design and Visual Communications 75 32% / 68% 1% $63,524 66 92%
Film Studies 51 +1 43% / 57% 2% $40,508 9 87%
Fine/Studio Arts 26 27% / 73% 8% $38,273 7 91%
Music 29 +2 59% / 41% 7% $43,002 13
Music Education 14 36% / 64% 7% $56,661 49 90%
Theater 16 +1 31% / 69% 0% $44,684 16 94%
Security Science and Technology, General 3 100% / 0% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Engineering 453 66% / 34% 6% $94,536 95 97%
Aerospace Engineering 61 72% / 28% 10% $100,407 97 97%
Architectural Engineering 29 66% / 34% 7% $91,691 94 100%
Chemical Engineering 63 56% / 44% 8% $96,045 95 100%
Civil Engineering 42 64% / 36% 2% $99,076 97 100%
Computer Engineering 17 76% / 24% 0% $123,247 99 96%
Electrical Engineering 22 86% / 14% 9% $109,806 98 90%
Engineering Physics 4 50% / 50% 25% $101,860 97
Mechanical Engineering 103 87% / 13% 4% $104,514 98 94%
Petroleum Engineering 4 100% / 0% 0% $104,148 98 88%
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 83 53% / 47% 7% $71,859 79
Interior Architecture 18 11% / 89% 0% $69,155 75
Criminal Justice 3 0% / 100% 0%
Legal Studies 4 25% / 75% 0% $59,137 56
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Health Professions 957 25% / 75% 3% $76,386 83 93%
Biochemistry 48 54% / 46% 4% $77,801 85 96%
Biology 32 31% / 69% 0% $66,866 72 96%
Biotechnology 3 33% / 67% 0% $75,177 82
Cellular and Molecular Biology 72 32% / 68% 6% $75,411 82
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 28 +1 61% / 39% 0% $55,121 45
Microbiology 26 50% / 50% 12% $71,619 78 87%
Molecular Biology 8 25% / 75% 0% $77,801 85 96%
Allied Health 13 8% / 92% 0%
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 11 27% / 73% 0% $82,206 88
Communication Sciences and Disorders 53 +3 4% / 96% 0% $65,910 70 86%
Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling 14 7% / 93% 0% $76,935 84 95%
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences 19 21% / 79% 0% $79,733 86
Music Therapy/Therapist 16 6% / 94% 12% $77,847 85 100%
Nursing 185 12% / 88% 1% $91,819 94 97%
Pharmacy 69 36% / 64% 9% $154,500 100 100%
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist 20 25% / 75% 5% $71,138 78 100%
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator 16 38% / 62% 6% $73,789 81
Psychology 276 +19 23% / 77% 2% $55,446 46 89%
Research & Experimental Psychology 48 29% / 71% 4% $57,572 52

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $12,404
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $31,389
Est. In-State Cost $16,046
Est. Out-of-State Cost $40,605
ROI Percentile 85th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 86%
4-Year Graduation Rate 55%
6-Year Graduation Rate 69%
Transfer-Out Rate 21%

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
Humanities & Social Sciences 25.4% 1,096 30% / 70% 1% $61,216 61 93%
Business & Economics 24.5% 1,057 63% / 37% 4% $91,018 93 97%
Health Sciences 13.9% 598 21% / 79% 2% $90,980 93 96%
Engineering 8.0% 345 73% / 27% 6% $101,727 97 97%
Arts 7.7% 331 39% / 61% 4% $56,166 48 91%
Life & Natural Sciences 7.4% 318 34% / 66% 3% $73,236 80 95%
Education 4.7% 203 40% / 60% 1% $58,411 54 90%
Computer Science 4.6% 198 81% / 19% 11% $105,316 98 95%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.1% 91 59% / 41% 9% $69,956 76 99%
Agriculture & Food Science 1.4% 61 43% / 57% 2% $59,467 57 100%
Professional 0.2% 10 40% / 60% 0% $59,137 56

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Health Sciences $248M #39 42% $38.5M 16 #106 159 79
Education $97.5M #1 33% $0 66 #36
Life & Natural Sciences $64.2M #75 57% $0.5M 47 #56 364 63
Humanities & Social Sciences $38.2M #57 66% $0.2M 137 #28 293 12
Physical Sciences & Math $37.4M #89 53% $1.7M 31 #93 268 22
Engineering $33.3M #124 61% $2.4M 28 #111 205 23
Computer Science $8.4M #100 75% $0.1M 6 #124 45
Agriculture & Food Science $2.5M #118 26% $0.1M 5 #72 42 3
Business & Economics $2.3M #150 32% $0.1M 15 #90 23
Total $531M #58 46% $43.7M 351 #64 1,399 202

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 Yes
Acceptance Rate 93%
Yield (Unbound) 25%
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 94% 92% 94%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 58%
SAT Range 1080 – 1280
SAT Math Range 520 – 640
SAT RW Range 550 – 590