Enrollment Trends for Kansas Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 128,128, and 120,345 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 77.81% are undergraduate students and 22.21% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 18,384, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 1,853.

The women to men ratio is 1.29 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more women students enrolled in Kansas Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kansas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	140,203	111,708	52,962	58,746	28,495	11,988	16,507
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
2023-24	117,399 2,397	90,094 2,243	41,130 984	48,964 1,259	27,305 154	10,719 104	16,586 50
2024-25	120,345 2,946	93,324 3,230	42,245 1,115	51,079 2,115	27,021 -284	10,418 -301	16,603 17
Average	128,128	100,205	46,624	53,581	27,923	11,181	16,743

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 100,205. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 18,384 from 111,708 to 93,324.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	90,094	68,864	32,340	36,524	21,230	8,790	12,440
2024-25	93,324	71,739	33,426	38,313	21,585	8,819	12,766
Average	100,205	100,205	35,914	39,536	100,205	10,710	14,045

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 27,923. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 1,474 from 28,495 to 27,021.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Kansas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	27,305	14,820	6,371	8,449	12,485	4,348	8,137
2024-25	27,021	14,758	6,151	8,607	12,263	4,267	7,996
Average	27,923	27,923	6,297	7,947	27,923	4,884	8,796

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.29%. The percentage was 63.92% 10 years ago and Kansas Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 4.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.53% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kansas Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	1,672	4,395	6,148	12,144	146	73,014	5,226
2024-25	1,820	4,819	6,635	13,407	168	74,713	5,412
Average	1,683	3,858	8,853	10,770	191	81,295	4,962

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

25,926 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -11.99% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kansas Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart