Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Kansas Colleges

There are 36 active four-years colleges and universities in Kansas - 8 public and 28 private schools. The 2023 average graduation rate of the 4-year colleges in Kansas is 45%. Compared to the graduation rate of 10 years ago, the rate becomes lower from 45% to 45%. The students to faculty ratio of the schools is 12 to 1 and it decreased by 1 compared to 13 to 1, ratio of 10 years ago.

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Graduation Rate Changes

The average graduation rate of the last 12 years is 45.36% where the current academic year rate is 45%. The following table and chart show the changes of graduation rate at Kansas Colleges over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	45%	40%	53%
2013-14	47%	40%	54%
2014-15	45%	41%	50%
2015-16	44%	40%	49%
2016-17	41%	37%	49%
2017-18	46%	40%	51%
2018-19	48%	42%	53%
2019-20	46%	42%	50%
2020-21	45%	38%	52%
2021-22	47%	41%	54%
2022-23	45%	39%	52%
Average	45.36%	40.00%	51.55%

Year	Transfer-out Rate
2012-13	29%
2013-14	39%
2014-15	31%
2015-16	34%
2016-17	32%
2017-18	31%
2018-19	31%
2019-20	31%
2020-21	36%
2021-22	25%
2022-23	33%
Average	32.00%

Year	Full-time	Part-time
2012-13	65%	52%
2013-14	67%	46%
2014-15	64%	42%
2015-16	66%	47%
2016-17	68%	54%
2017-18	64%	43%
2018-19	66%	50%
2019-20	67%	52%
2020-21	68%	43%
2021-22	64%	52%
2022-23	67%	57%
Average	66.00%	48.91%

Year	Student to Faculty Ratio
2012-13	13:1
2013-14	13:1
2014-15	13:1
2015-16	12:1
2016-17	13:1
2017-18	12:1
2018-19	12:1
2019-20	13:1
2020-21	13:1
2021-22	13:1
2022-23	12:1
Average	12.64:1

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Graduation, Transfer-out, and Students to Faculty Ratio Trends for Kansas Colleges

Graduation Rate Changes

Transfer-out Rate Changes

Retention Rate Changes

Student to Faculty Ratio Changes