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Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with over 20 years of experience helping students transition to college.
Updated on April 08, 2020Kansas State University is a public research university with an acceptance rate of 96%. Located on a 668-acre campus in the town of Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas State was the first land-grant university in the country. The university takes pride in its high number of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall scholars. With over 250 undergraduate majors and options, students can choose from an impressive breadth of academic programs. Academics are supported by an 18-to-1 student / faculty ratio. In athletics, the Kansas State Wildcats compete in the NCAA Division I Big 12 Conference.
Considering applying to Kansas State University? Here are the admissions statistics you should know, including average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of admitted students.
During the 2018-19 admissions cycle, Kansas State University had an acceptance rate of 96%. This means that for every 100 students who applied, 96 students were admitted, making Kansas State's admissions process less competitive.
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The admissions data in the graph is self-reported by applicants to Kansas State University. GPAs are unweighted. Find out how you compare to accepted students, see the real-time graph, and calculate your chances of getting in with a free Cappex account.
Kansas State University, which accepts over 90% of applicants, has a slightly selective admissions process. If your SAT/ACT scores and GPA fall within the school's average ranges, you have a strong chance of being accepted. However, Kansas State is looking for students who have completed a challenging college preparatory curriculum in addition to students with good grades.
Kansas State has fixed admissions requirements, and students with a 2.0 GPA in a college preparatory curriculum (Kansas residents), or 2.5 GPA for non-residents, as well as one of the following will be eligible for admission: a 21 or higher on the ACT, 1060 or higher on the SAT (ERW+M), or a class rank in the top third of their graduating class.
Note that applicants to Architecture, Planning and Design, Engineering, Interior Design, Wildlife and Outdoor Management, Music and Music Education, Business, and Pre-Health programs are held to higher standards than applicants to other Kansas State programs.
In the graph above, you can see that the majority of applicants to Kansas State University were admitted. The blue and green dots represent accepted students. Most had SAT scores (ERW+M) of 950 or higher, an ACT composite of 18 or higher, and a high school average of a "B-" or better.
