University of Kansas | Online Programs

Online Program Overview

University of Kansas is a four-years, public school located in Lawrence, Kansas. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs. For the academic year 2023-2024, the tuition & fees are $11,700 for Kansas residents and $29,412 for other students on average.

It offers 442 degree programs. Of that, the distance learning opportunity is given to 59 programs - 7 Certificate, 9 Bachelors, 18 Masters, 4 Doctorate, 21 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters Certificate.

Online Degrees / Programs Overview
Online Degree Programs
School Name	University of Kansas
Type	four-years, public
Address	Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 230, Lawrence, KS
Online Students	2,593 Enrolled Online Exclusively 9,671 Enrolled in Some Online Courses
Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,700 Out-of-State$29,412
Graduate Tuition & Fees	In-State$11,574 Out-of-State$26,236
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Total	59 Programs
Certificate	7 Programs
Bachelors	9 Programs
Masters	18 Programs
Doctorate	4 Programs
Post-Graduate	21 Programs

2024 Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 tuition & fees and costs trends over last 5 years at University of Kansas . Each cost is an average amount over the all offered programs. For Kansas residents, the tuition & fees are $11,700 and $29,412 for non-Kansas residents. For graduate programs, the 2024 tuition & fees is $11,574 and $26,236 for out-of-state students.

The costs per credit hour for part-time students or overload credits of full-time students is $352 for Kansas residents and $943 for out-of-state students for undergraduate programs. The costs per credit hour for graduate programs is $436 for Kansas residents and $1,047 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Undergraduate (In-State)	$11,166	$11,166	$11,166	$11,167	$11,700
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$28,034	$28,034	$28,034	$28,035	$29,412
Graduate (In-State)	$11,045	$11,045	$11,045	$11,046	$11,574
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$25,007	$25,007	$25,007	$25,008	$26,236

Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Undergraduate (In-State)	$336	$336	$336	$336	$352
Undergraduate (Out-of-State)	$899	$899	$899	$899	$943
Graduate (In-State)	$416	$416	$416	$416	$436
Graduate (Out-of-State)	$998	$998	$998	$998	$1,047

Tuition & Fees Trends last 5 years

Online Programs By Area of Study

University of Kansas offers 442 degree programs through Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, Post-Graduate Certificate programs. Of that, 59 programs can be conferred by distance learning - 7 Certificates, 9 Bachelors, 18 Masters, 4 Doctorate, 21 Post-Bachelors or Post-Masters. The following table summarizes the number of degree programs by degree types.

Total Number of Online Degree Programs
	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Online Programs	7	NOT OFFERED	9	18	4	21
Overall Programs	35	NOT OFFERED	106	131	98	72

The following tables list each online program with offered degrees. The number on each column denotes the conferred degree of the program. It includes the completers through on-campus classes and hybrid on/offline classes as well as completely online classes. Only in Classroom means that the program is offered only on-site classes and not offered denotes that the school does not offer the program.

You may want to see all online schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Women's Studies	10	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Communication and Journalism

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Communication	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	18
Organizational Communication	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Education

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Curriculum and Instruction	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	58	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	44	NOT OFFERED
Educational Administration and Supervision (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	30	NOT OFFERED	6
Special Education and Teaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	73	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	27
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	48	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Reading Teacher Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	15

Engineering

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1

English Language and Literature

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
English Language and Literature	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	6	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	11	NOT OFFERED	85	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Biostatistics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5

Mathematics and Statistics

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Applied Statistics, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	41	NOT OFFERED	6

Military Technologies and Applied Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Intelligence	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Behavioral Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	19	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	5
Nutrition Sciences	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Data Science, General	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	8	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Philosophy	1	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Geology/Earth Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	2

Psychology

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Psychology	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	12	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Homeland Security	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	10	NOT OFFERED	1

Human Services

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Public Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	26

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	1
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	46	NOT OFFERED
Medical Informatics	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7
Health Professions Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	196	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Nursing Science	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	11	3	1
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Nursing Practice	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	39	NOT OFFERED

Business

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
Business/Commerce	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	13
Business Administration and Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	154	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Project Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	34	NOT OFFERED	ONLY IN CLASSROOM
Organizational Leadership	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

	Certificate	Associates	Bachelors	Masters	Doctorate	Post-Graduate
History	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	ONLY IN CLASSROOM	NOT OFFERED

Distance Learning Program Student Population

At University of Kansas, there are 26,708 students including in both undergraduate and graduate schools, with full-time and part-time status. Of that, 12,264 students were attending classes through distance learning (2,593 students are enrolled exclusively and 9,671 are enrolled in some online courses).

Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	26,708
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	2,593
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	9,671
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	14,444

By student location, out of a total of 2,593 enrolled exclusively in online courses, 1,518 Kansas Residents were enrolled in online classes exclusively, 1,051 students living in the U.S. States other than Kansas, and 24 non-U.S. students enrolled in online courses.