University of Kansas Business Programs

Located in Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Lawrence makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

University of Kansas Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

KU has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#44	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at KU.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Online Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Most Popular Business & Commerce Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#65	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#102	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#104	Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#133	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards KU has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best General Organizational Communication Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#28	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#28	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#109	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#132	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#156	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of Kansas?

Contact details for KU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd, Room 230, Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone:	785-864-2700
Website:	www.ku.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/KU
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/KUNews

How Do I Get Into KU?

You can apply to KU online at: https://admissions.ku.edu/

Admission Requirements for KU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	recommended
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into KU?

KU has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to KU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 670.

KU received ACT scores from 89% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford University of Kansas?

The overall average net price of KU is $33,228. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At KU, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $7,251 a year. That adds up to $29,004 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at KU is 4.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Kansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 19,135 undergraduate students at KU, with 16,439 being full-time and 2,696 being part-time.

There are also 7,609 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,439 full-time undergraduates at KU, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Kansas students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	898
Black or African American	660
Hispanic or Latino	1,444
White	11,578
International Students	803
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,056

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at University of Kansas. At this time, 48 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 106 countries are represented at KU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at University of Kansas

In 2019-2020, 24,079 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at KU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of KU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Kansas was $11,166 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $28,034. The following table shows how KU is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Organizational Leadership	#13	#125
Project Management	#13	#33

Online Growth Rankings of KU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Kansas was 37.4%. This is the #683 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at KU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at KU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at KU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Project Management	#22
Organizational Leadership	#100
General Business/Commerce	#108
General Business/Commerce	#108
General Business Administration and Management	#418

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Kansas Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Accounting	168	0	107	0	275
General Business Administration and Management	41	0	173	0	214
Finance	204	0	0	0	204
General Business/Commerce	141	57	0	3	201
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	175	0	0	0	175
Supply Chain Management	81	0	19	0	100
General Economics	97	0	0	0	97
Management Science	64	0	19	0	83
Project Management	0	9	38	0	47
General Management Information Systems	31	0	0	0	31
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	0	21	0	21
Research and Development Management	0	0	13	0	13
Organizational Leadership	0	0	12	0	12
Construction Management	0	0	2	0	2
International Business/Trade/Commerce	2	0	0	0	2
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,004	66	404	3	1,477

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Arnhem under License

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