University of Kansas Teaching Programs

University of Kansas is a public institution located in Lawrence, Kansas. The location of KU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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:	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/apply

Admission Requirements for KU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into KU?

Since KU has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 84%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% 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 550 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 670.

KU received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At KU, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,002 a year. That adds up to $28,008 over four years for those students.

University of Kansas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 19,158 undergraduate students at KU, with 16,618 being full-time and 2,540 being part-time.

There are also 7,622 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,618 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	949
Black or African American	674
Hispanic or Latino	1,507
White	11,644
International Students	799
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,045

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

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 54 master’s degree programs available online at KU. In 2022-2023, 12,264 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 3rd most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of KU majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	45%
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	8%
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	29%

University of Kansas Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Special Education	0	27	73	7	107
Elementary Education	74	0	0	0	74
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	58	12	70
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	13	0	48	9	70
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	0	44	44
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	6	30	0	36
Secondary Education	35	0	0	0	35
Music Education	12	0	12	2	26
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	0	24	0	24
Art Education	11	0	4	0	15
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	15	0	0	15
Early Childhood Education	14	0	0	0	14
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism	0	10	0	0	10
Reading Teacher Education	0	5	0	0	5
Social & Philosophical Foundations of Education	0	0	4	0	4
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	159	63	253	74	549

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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