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Find the Best Colleges in Kansas and Across the US

Find your match! Kansas has 19 public community colleges, many technical colleges and a wide range of public and private four-year colleges and universities. Altogether the public Kansas schools alone educate about 100,000 students every year. About 30% of students are drawn from out of state.

What’s the attraction? And which Kansas colleges are best for your lifestyle, goals and budget? Use our free college search database to sort the list of Kansas schools by statistics such as tuition, total price and admission rate. You can also compare Kansas colleges with schools across the country. Choose from large state universities, small liberal arts colleges, community colleges and more.

Kansas College Education Data

Kansas public colleges and universities are relatively inexpensive and have above average graduation rates. Which Kansas universities are the most popular? Here are fast facts about the three public educational institutions with the highest enrollments.

  • The biggest school in Kansas is the University of Kansas (KU) in Lawrence. Its student population is about 27,000. Other campuses for KU are in Kansas City (medical school only), Overland Park and Topeka.
  • The second largest enrollment among Kansas colleges and universities is at Kansas State University (KSU). KSU teaches about 23,500 students annually. Its main campuses are in Manhattan and Salina, plus Manhattan has a veterinary school.
  • Wichita State University (WSU) is the third largest public university in Kansas, although enrollment has dipped since the school dropped football in ‘86. About 15,000 students are enrolled.

See our list of top Kansas colleges & universities below.

Rank School Name City State Net Cost School Level Retention Rate Distance Learning
1

A & W Healthcare Educators

New Orleans

LA

N/A

Vocational

N/A

No

2

A T Still University of Health Sciences

Kirksville

MO

N/A

4 year

N/A

Yes

3

Aaniiih Nakoda College

Harlem

MT

$8,982

2 year

41.67%

No

4

Aaron's Academy of Beauty

Waldorf

MD

N/A

Vocational

87.5%

No

5

ABC Beauty Academy

Garland

TX

N/A

Vocational

37.5%

No

6

ABC Beauty College Inc

Arkadelphia

AR

N/A

Vocational

50%

No

7

Abcott Institute

Southfield

MI

N/A

Vocational

78.33%

No

8

Abdill Career College Inc

Medford

OR

N/A

Vocational

N/A

No

9

Abilene Christian University

Abilene

TX

N/A

4 year

75.15%

Yes

10

Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing

Willow Grove

PA

N/A

2 year

N/A

No

11

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College

Tifton

GA

$6,654

4 year

59.46%

Yes

12

Academia Serrant Inc

Ponce

PR

N/A

Vocational

78.89%

No

13

Academy College

Minneapolis

MN

N/A

4 year

N/A

Yes

14

Academy Di Capelli-School of Cosmetology

Wallingford

CT

N/A

Vocational

85.71%

No

15

Academy di Firenze

Jerome

ID

N/A

2 year

87.5%

No

16

Academy for Careers and Technology

Mullins

SC

$7,350

Vocational

62.5%

No

17

Academy for Five Element Acupuncture

Gainesville

FL

N/A

4 year

N/A

No

18

Academy for Jewish Religion-California

Los Angeles

CA

N/A

4 year

N/A

No

19

Academy for Nursing and Health Occupations

West Palm Beach

FL

N/A

2 year

86.36%

Yes

20

Academy for Salon Professionals

Canoga Park

CA

N/A

Vocational

90.91%

No

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Living & Learning in Kansas: Interesting and Fun Facts

Why go to college in Kansas? Here are points about attending college in Kansas and life in Kansas more generally.

  • Affordable college! Public universities and colleges in Kansas cost less on average than those in other states. For the 2012-2013 academic year the tuition was about $7000 for in-state students while the national average was about $8000.
  • College graduation rates are about average at Kansas’ public four-year colleges and universities. In 2010 54.3 percent of students at the public institutions graduated within six years while the national average was about 56 percent.
  • Community college graduation rates are well above average in Kansas. While the national average was about 20 percent in 2010, in Kansas it was about 30 percent.
  • Kansas has cities, but it’s best known as a rural paradise. The landscape is decorated with corn fields, sunflower fields, “amber waves of grain” and grazing cattle.
  • As for manufacturing, Kansas is a top producer of aircraft equipment. It ranks #1 in the production of private aircraft. It is also Amelia Earhart’s home state.
  • Among the natural attractions in Kansas are more than 500 caves. Happy spelunking!
  • Historically progressive, Kansas was one of the first states to have coeducational public universities. Kansas State was America’s second coed school of higher education when it opened in 1863; it enrolled 26 women and 26 men. The University of Kansas followed suit in 1869. The state also claims America’s first female mayor: Susan Madora Salter was elected in 1887.
  • Online learning opportunities are abundant in Kansas. Search the CollegeStats database to find online courses for everything from early college credit for high school students to professional degrees, baccalaureate degrees, graduate degrees and certificates at every level.
  • The Kansas state motto is ideal for college students. Ad astra per aspera is Latin for “to the stars through difficulties.”
  • Interested in out-of-state colleges? Kansas residents can get deals on tuition at a variety of midwestern community colleges, four-year colleges and universities. States that have special arrangements with Kansas include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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