Manhattan, Kansas. 14,835 undergraduate students. 303 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
UNITID 155399 · OPEID 001928 · IPEDS HDVINTAGE · COLLEGE SCORECARD · 2025-05 · HISTORY 1996–2024
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
Earnings, completion, debt, and enrollment anomalies at K-State
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Kansas State University fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.9% → 0.0%).
LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER+19%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at Kansas State University rose 19% between 2021 and 2024 (41.5% → 49.5%).
PEER OUTLIER · TRENDING BETTER+14%
Public bachelor's-predominant peer
10-year earnings at Kansas State University are 14% above the public bachelor's-predominant peer median ($57.3k vs $50.2k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
K-State earnings, debt, and completion vs. the Kansas median
Each tile compares this institution to the Kansas median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$57,262+16% · 6→10y
Kansas median $45,407
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$49,330
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
70.5%+57% · '97→'24
Kansas median 46.4%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$17,294+237% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
14,835-6% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
87.2%+6% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
79.4%+32% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$10,942+303% · '00→'24
out-of-state $27,816
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How K-State earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings at K-State
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.0%
0%8% · GE20%+
Median federal debt $17,294 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $57,262 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
K-State enrollment, completion, and debt over time
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
UNDERGRAD · 1996–202415,142
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997–202471.1%
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997–2020$21,250
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 1997→2024+57%
K-State · completion · 150% rose
45.3% → 71.1%
COMPLETION · 100% · 1997→2024+174%
K-State · completion · 100% rose
18.1% → 49.5%
IN-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+303%
K-State · in-state tuition rose
$2,781 → $11,221
OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 2000→2024+199%
K-State · out-of-state tuition rose
$9,549 → $28,568
MEDIAN DEBT · 1997→2020+237%
K-State · median debt rose
$6,308 → $21,250
COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 2011→2024-100%
K-State · cohort default rate fell
4.5% → 0.0%
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 2007→2020+30%
K-State · earnings_median_10yr rose
$44,000 → $57,262
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 2005→2020+30%
K-State · earnings_median_8yr rose
$40,400 → $52,622
EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 2003→2020+34%
K-State · earnings_median_6yr rose
$36,900 → $49,330
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
K-State programs ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$246,199
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 13
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
Cost per year
$14,458
HS-only baseline · KS
$36,100
Years to complete
4
CIP family
01
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Institutions similar to K-State in Kansas
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
“K-State graduates earn $X” — not “K-State makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending K-State caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.