University of Kansas Nursing 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.

University of Kansas Rankings

KU is ranked #93 out of 1,284 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2021 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. It is also ranked #1 out of 17 schools in Kansas.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#31	Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Nursing Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#126	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree 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
#126	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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:	https://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	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	neither required nor recommended
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into KU?

Since KU has an acceptance rate of 93%, 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 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 91%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 0% of students accepted to KU submitted their SAT scores.KU received ACT scores from 97% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 29. Math scores were between 22 and 28. Composite scores were between 23 and 28.

Can I Afford University of Kansas?

The overall average net price of KU is $34,996. 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 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,130 a year. That adds up to $28,520 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at KU is 4.6%. 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 19,596 undergraduate students at KU, with 17,333 being full-time and 2,263 being part-time.

There are also 8,094 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 17,333 full-time undergraduates at KU, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	820
Black or African American	710
Hispanic or Latino	1,467
White	12,232
International Students	1,067
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,037

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 8 bachelor’s degree and 13 master’s degree programs available online at KU. In 2017-2018, 7,269 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 most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of KU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Kansas was 30.0%. This is the #414 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at KU regardless of major.

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
Nursing	14%
Nursing Practice	41%
Nursing Science	24%
Registered Nursing	8%

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
Nursing Science	#5
Nursing Education	#11
Nursing Practice	#15
Registered Nursing	#91
Nursing	#118

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 Nursing Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	194	0	0	0	194
Nursing Practice	0	0	0	41	41
Nursing Science	0	0	26	7	33
Nurse Anesthetist	0	0	0	24	24
Nursing Education	0	2	0	0	2
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	0	1	0	0	1
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	0	1	0	0	1
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	194	4	26	72	296

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.