Kansas State University's admit rate has fallen 12.6 percentage points across the 8 reported years on file.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 82.0% | 3,482 | 71.0% | 85.6% | 1,150 |
| 2023-2024 | 79.7% | 3,187 | 70.4% | 87.2% | 1,140 |
| 2022-2023 | 95.1% | 2,908 | 68.5% | 86.0% | 1,220 |
| 2021-2022 | 95.6% | 2,848 | 68.3% | 86.2% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 94.7% | 2,986 | 67.5% | 87.1% | — |
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Admit rate has tightened 12.7 percentage points over 5 reporting cycles.
Kansas State University's admit rate fell from 94.7% (2020-2021) to 82.0% (2024-2025) — a 12.7 pp drop. Year-over-year: 94.7 → 95.6 → 95.1 → 79.7 → 82.0. A snapshot of the current year alone would hide this structural shift.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 15 percentage points.
Kansas State University's 71.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 14.6 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
Kansas State University's 82.0% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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