Enrollment Trends for Kansas Colleges

There are 36 active four-years colleges and universities in Kansas - 8 public and 28 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 115,002 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Kansas including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 16.74% from 138,117 to 115,002. The undergraduate population decreased by 20.46% and the graduate population decreased by 1.88% in last 10 years at Kansas Colleges.

By gender, there are 64,241 female students and 50,761 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.27 to 1. The female students decreased by 12.79% and male students decreased by 21.25% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 130,978, and 115,002 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 76.39% are undergraduate students and 23.61% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 22,594, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 521.

The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Kansas Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kansas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	138,117	110,445	52,649	57,796	27,672	11,807	15,865
2014-15	140,203 2,086	111,708 1,263	52,962 313	58,746 950	28,495 823	11,988 181	16,507 642
2015-16	137,633 -2,570	109,319 -2,389	51,795 -1,167	57,524 -1,222	28,314 -181	11,955 -33	16,359 -148
2016-17	134,708 -2,925	106,810 -2,509	50,634 -1,161	56,176 -1,348	27,898 -416	11,609 -346	16,289 -70
2017-18	133,705 -1,003	105,933 -877	49,946 -688	55,987 -189	27,772 -126	11,470 -139	16,302 13
2018-19	133,264 -441	105,141 -792	49,244 -702	55,897 -90	28,123 351	11,280 -190	16,843 541
2019-20	130,532 -2,732	102,241 -2,900	47,571 -1,673	54,670 -1,227	28,291 168	11,070 -210	17,221 378
2020-21	124,505 -6,027	95,933 -6,308	44,364 -3,207	51,569 -3,101	28,572 281	10,957 -113	17,615 394
2021-22	122,113 -2,392	93,899 -2,034	42,824 -1,540	51,075 -494	28,214 -358	10,907 -50	17,307 -308
2022-23	115,002 -7,111	87,851 -6,048	40,146 -2,678	47,705 -3,370	27,151 -1,063	10,615 -292	16,536 -771
Average	130,978	102,928	48,214	54,715	28,050	11,366	16,684

Kansas Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 102,928. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 22,594 from 110,445 to 87,851.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	110,445	83,677	40,536	43,141	26,768	12,113	14,655
2014-15	111,708	85,018	40,879	44,139	26,690	12,083	14,607
2015-16	109,319	83,460	40,135	43,325	25,859	11,660	14,199
2016-17	106,810	79,754	38,531	41,223	27,056	12,103	14,953
2017-18	105,933	78,885	38,092	40,793	27,048	11,854	15,194
2018-19	105,141	78,060	37,341	40,719	27,081	11,903	15,178
2019-20	102,241	75,627	36,055	39,572	26,614	11,516	15,098
2020-21	95,933	72,004	33,963	38,041	23,929	10,401	13,528
2021-22	93,899	69,256	32,582	36,674	24,643	10,242	14,401
2022-23	87,851	67,285	31,707	35,578	20,566	8,439	12,127
Average	102,928	102,928	36,982	40,321	102,928	11,231	14,394

Kansas Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 28,050. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 521 from 27,672 to 27,151.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27,672	14,799	6,989	7,810	12,873	4,818	8,055
2014-15	28,495	14,849	6,997	7,852	13,646	4,991	8,655
2015-16	28,314	14,940	6,973	7,967	13,374	4,982	8,392
2016-17	27,898	14,343	6,537	7,806	13,555	5,072	8,483
2017-18	27,772	13,962	6,355	7,607	13,810	5,115	8,695
2018-19	28,123	13,445	5,959	7,486	14,678	5,321	9,357
2019-20	28,291	13,382	5,818	7,564	14,909	5,252	9,657
2020-21	28,572	13,497	5,717	7,780	15,075	5,240	9,835
2021-22	28,214	14,323	6,112	8,211	13,891	4,795	9,096
2022-23	27,151	14,357	6,272	8,085	12,794	4,343	8,451
Average	28,050	28,050	6,373	7,817	28,050	4,993	8,868

Kansas Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.31%. The percentage was 66.13% 10 years ago and Kansas Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kansas Colleges over the past 10 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	1,813	3,237	11,593	8,309	213	91,337	3,882
2014-15	1,802	3,367	11,531	8,821	238	89,612	4,308
2015-16	1,755	3,413	10,280	9,209	215	87,870	4,565
2016-17	1,781	3,418	11,324	9,620	210	87,420	4,734
2017-18	1,737	3,593	11,024	10,355	179	85,931	4,980
2018-19	1,586	3,713	9,815	10,885	205	84,660	5,269
2019-20	1,616	3,860	8,654	10,957	188	81,747	5,469
2020-21	1,558	3,916	8,130	11,347	215	79,154	5,039
2021-22	1,670	3,927	7,785	10,663	191	77,318	4,782
2022-23	1,519	4,012	6,052	11,059	150	72,809	4,803
Average	1,684	3,646	9,619	10,123	200	83,786	4,783

Kansas Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

22,998 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -21.93% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kansas Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	136,309	29,459	18,742	88,108
2013-14	138,117	30,650	21,015	86,452
2014-15	140,203	32,791	18,217	89,195
2015-16	137,633	32,800	20,532	84,301
2016-17	134,708	32,579	22,097	80,032
2017-18	133,705	33,105	23,440	77,160
2018-19	133,264	33,979	25,594	73,691
2019-20	130,532	30,058	24,379	76,095
2020-21	124,505	33,550	44,574	46,381
2021-22	122,113	30,020	34,469	57,624
2022-23	115,002	22,998	34,214	57,790
Average	131,463	31,090	26,116	74,257

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