B-
Overall Niche Grade
How are grades calculated?
  1. Academics
    B-
  2. Value
    B+
  3. Diversity
    B-
  4. Campus
    B
  5. Athletics
    A-
  6. Party Scene
    B-
  7. Professors
    B-
  8. Location
    B
  9. Dorms
    B
  10. Campus Food
    B+
  11. Student Life
    C+
  12. Safety
    B-
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Wichita State University is ...
Public
Athletic Division
NCAA Division I (without football)
Athletic Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Address
1845 N. Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260
Website
wichita.edu

Wichita State University Rankings

Niche rankings are based on rigorous analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education and millions of reviews.

Admissions

Acceptance Rate
95%
SAT Range
940-1200
ACT Range
21-26
Application Fee
$30
SAT/ACT
Required
High School GPA
Required
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Test Scores and GPA for Wichita State University

Cost

Net Price
$12,926/ year
National
$15,403
Average cost after financial aid for students receiving grant or scholarship aid, as reported by the college.
Net Price by Household Income
  • <$30k
    $14,938/ year
  • $30-48k
    $15,497/ year
  • $49-75k
    $15,879/ year
  • $76-110k
    $14,764/ year
  • $110k+
    $16,119/ year

Academics

Professors
B-
Based on faculty accomplishments, salary, student reviews, and additional factors.
Student Faculty Ratio
18:1
Evening Degree Programs
No
71%
of students agree that professors put a lot of effort into teaching their classes.97 responses
69%
of students agree that it is easy to get the classes they want.101 responses
60%
of students agree that the workload is easy to manage.100 responses

Majors

Most Popular Majors
  • Liberal Arts and Humanities
    236 Graduates
  • Curriculum
    166 Graduates
  • Nursing
    159 Graduates
  • Psychology
    138 Graduates
  • Accounting
    99 Graduates
  • Business Administration and Management
    96 Graduates
  • Finance
    85 Graduates
  • Mechanical Engineering
    84 Graduates
  • Communications
    79 Graduates
  • Kinesiology and Exercise Science
    77 Graduates

Students

Full-Time Enrollment
8,683Undergrads
Undergrads Over 25
19%
Pell Grant
37%
Varsity Athletes
3%
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes the typical student at this school?
Based on 69 responses
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  • Studious
    28%
  • Individual
    25%
  • Diverse
    17%
  • Mediocre
    13%
  • Laid back
    12%
  • Different
    3%
  • Pretentious...
    3%

Campus Life

Freshmen Live On-Campus
—
Poll
58%
of students say that Greek life is average, and no one will treat you differently if you don't join.124 responses
Poll
63%
of students say varsity sports are a big part of campus life.142 responses
Poll
What one word or phrase best describes your school?
Based on 67 responses
Report
  • Content
    22%
  • A place to call home
    16%
  • You get out what you put in.
    16%
  • Fred VanVleet
    12%
  • Taking money &gt; quality education
    9%
  • Easy going
    7%
  • Humble
    4%

After College

Median Earnings 6 Years After Graduation
$39,300/ year
National
$33,028
Graduation Rate
43%
National
48%
Employed 2 Years After Graduation
89%
National
83%
79%
of students feel confident they will find a job in their field after graduation.70 responses
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Wichita State University is more than I could of ever asked for! The campus is absolutely beautiful. It's extremely cozy and just feels like home! The campus life is rapidly improving, along with new facilities which is creating buzz among the students. The basketball team is doing amazing for the last couple years which creates a sense pride that is unmatched. The professors are extremely knowledgeable and fair. It's safe to say that Wichita State University is up and coming and already is one of the best schools in the region!
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Wichita State University is full of amazing Professors and a large abundance of class courses to choose from. It's a budding campus slowly incorporating businesses and a few future job opportunities for engineers. It's Fine Art and Liberal art buildings are known for flooding and ruining their students expensive/professional work, classrooms, and causing mold. It's theater students have been known to go on to Broadway with growing careers; art students tend to become independent professional artists, and school of opera holds high regards across 4-year schools for housing infamous opera stars as professors. The school refuses to pay working students more than minimum wage (though a few jobs hold an exception to this), loves to cover up rape and racism, and is focused more on money than it's students.
I graduated from there after 4 years. The undergraduate prerequisite courses were top-notch with top-notch teachers. The sports and extra-curricular activities available were awesome, I had fun with the different ethnic clubs and organizations. The nursing program is THE BEST! Thank you for an awesome 4 years!