Enrollment Trends at K-State

The student population at Kansas State University is 19,722 (15,046 undergraduate and 4,676 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,656 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at K-State is 76.29% which is decreased by 4,807 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 151 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,820 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 33.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,654 where 19,722 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,807 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 151 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in K-State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kansas State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	24,378	19,853	10,395	9,458	4,525	2,015	2,510
2013-14	24,581 203	20,169 316	10,503 108	9,666 208	4,412 -113	1,956 -59	2,456 -54
2014-15	24,766 185	20,327 158	10,607 104	9,720 54	4,439 27	1,943 -13	2,496 40
2015-16	24,146 -620	19,859 -468	10,348 -259	9,511 -209	4,287 -152	1,917 -26	2,370 -126
2016-17	23,779 -367	19,472 -387	10,179 -169	9,293 -218	4,307 20	1,914 -3	2,393 23
2017-18	22,795 -984	18,488 -984	9,743 -436	8,745 -548	4,307 0	1,873 -41	2,434 41
2018-19	22,221 -574	17,869 -619	9,451 -292	8,418 -327	4,352 45	1,793 -80	2,559 125
2019-20	21,719 -502	17,210 -659	8,943 -508	8,267 -151	4,509 157	1,824 31	2,685 126
2020-21	20,854 -865	16,257 -953	8,300 -643	7,957 -310	4,597 88	1,779 -45	2,818 133
2021-22	20,229 -625	15,619 -638	7,861 -439	7,758 -199	4,610 13	1,786 7	2,824 6
2022-23	19,722 -507	15,046 -573	7,487 -374	7,559 -199	4,676 66	1,800 14	2,876 52
Average	22,654	18,197	9,438	8,759	4,456	1,873	2,584

Kansas State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 18,197 where 15,046 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	19,853	17,798	9,363	8,435	2,055	1,032	1,023
2013-14	20,169	18,110	9,496	8,614	2,059	1,007	1,052
2014-15	20,327	18,258	9,560	8,698	2,069	1,047	1,022
2015-16	19,859	17,935	9,388	8,547	1,924	960	964
2016-17	19,472	17,699	9,279	8,420	1,773	900	873
2017-18	18,488	16,770	8,915	7,855	1,718	828	890
2018-19	17,869	16,230	8,654	7,576	1,639	797	842
2019-20	17,210	15,548	8,163	7,385	1,662	780	882
2020-21	16,257	14,497	7,481	7,016	1,760	819	941
2021-22	15,619	13,936	7,097	6,839	1,683	764	919
2022-23	15,046	13,462	6,820	6,642	1,584	667	917
Average	18,197	18,197	8,565	7,821	18,197	873	939

Kansas State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,456 where 4,676 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,525	2,477	1,160	1,317	2,048	855	1,193
2013-14	4,412	2,439	1,135	1,304	1,973	821	1,152
2014-15	4,439	2,483	1,137	1,346	1,956	806	1,150
2015-16	4,287	2,380	1,105	1,275	1,907	812	1,095
2016-17	4,307	2,457	1,119	1,338	1,850	795	1,055
2017-18	4,307	2,589	1,175	1,414	1,718	698	1,020
2018-19	4,352	2,608	1,115	1,493	1,744	678	1,066
2019-20	4,509	2,578	1,104	1,474	1,931	720	1,211
2020-21	4,597	2,573	1,065	1,508	2,024	714	1,310
2021-22	4,610	2,554	1,031	1,523	2,056	755	1,301
2022-23	4,676	2,530	1,022	1,508	2,146	778	1,368
Average	4,456	4,456	1,106	1,409	4,456	767	1,175

Kansas State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.54%. The percentage was 75.70% 10 years ago and K-State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.01% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kansas State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	95	352	1,019	1,290	30	18,453	593
2013-14	104	365	967	1,341	32	18,597	650
2014-15	94	381	954	1,419	36	18,549	695
2015-16	94	385	875	1,520	28	18,112	704
2016-17	105	387	856	1,521	30	17,852	754
2017-18	115	377	762	1,504	21	17,155	772
2018-19	90	397	711	1,565	22	16,740	762
2019-20	103	391	701	1,587	25	16,439	723
2020-21	92	397	648	1,538	20	16,007	741
2021-22	77	388	630	1,582	21	15,473	727
2022-23	94	402	593	1,612	18	15,096	688
Average	97	384	792	1,498	26	17,134	710

Kansas State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,820 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 33.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kansas State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	24,766	2,115	2,719	19,932
2015-16	24,146	1,978	2,916	19,252
2016-17	23,779	1,956	3,315	18,508
2017-18	22,795	1,946	3,511	17,338
2018-19	22,221	2,070	3,564	16,587
2019-20	21,719	2,386	3,464	15,869
2020-21	20,854	2,979	10,758	7,117
2021-22	20,229	2,783	6,181	11,265
2022-23	19,722	2,820	6,929	9,973
Average	22,248	2,337	4,817	15,093

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