Popular Kansas Colleges Easy to Get Into
Kansas has 19 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, accepting 93% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Kansas State University, Wichita State University and Baker University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
University of Kansas
- Public 4 Year
- Lawrence, KS
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3.5 | 6 reviews
- 93% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
KU is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism, pharmacy, and business. The hillside campus sits in the college town of Lawrence.
- SAT Range 1070-1300
- Avg GPA 3.66
- Net Price $19,205
Kansas State University
- Public 4 Year
- Manhattan, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
Kansas State is a large public university known for undergraduate agriculture, animal sciences, and architecture. The residential campus anchors the college town of Manhattan in the Flint Hills.
- SAT Range 1060-1260
- Avg GPA 3.77
- Net Price $20,527
Wichita State University
- Public 4 Year
- Wichita, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Wichita State is a public university known for undergraduate aerospace engineering and aviation programs. The urban Wichita campus has long ties to the region's aircraft industry.
- SAT Range 905-1240
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $14,228
Baker University
- Private 4 Year
- Baldwin City, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Baker is a private Methodist-related university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The historic campus sits in the small college town of Baldwin City.
- SAT Range 970-1130
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $26,211
Pittsburg State University
- Public 4 Year
- Pittsburg, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Pittsburg State is a public university known for undergraduate technology, construction management, and education. The campus is in a small city in southeast Kansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Net Price $15,111
Emporia State University
- Public 4 Year
- Emporia, KS
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- 98% acceptance rate
Emporia State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Emporia, Kansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.41
- Net Price $16,094
Benedictine College
- Private 4 Year
- Atchison, KS
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 98% acceptance rate
Benedictine College is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate theology, philosophy, and business. The campus sits on bluffs overlooking the Missouri River in Atchison.
- SAT Range 1140-1380
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Net Price $28,629
Washburn University
- Public 4 Year
- Topeka, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Washburn is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The urban campus sits in Topeka, the state capital of Kansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.46
- Net Price $11,488
Southwestern College
- Private 4 Year
- Winfield, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 76% acceptance rate
- Aug 22 application deadline
Southwestern College is a small private liberal arts college with undergraduate programs in education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small town of Winfield, Kansas.
- SAT Range 900-1220
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $29,488
Ottawa University Ottawa
- Private 4 Year
- Ottawa, KS
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
Ottawa University is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education, business, and the liberal arts. Most students live on a residential campus in the college town of Ottawa.
- SAT Range 750-1000
- Avg GPA 3.12
- Net Price $28,185
McPherson College
- Private 4 Year
- McPherson, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
McPherson College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate automotive restoration. The residential campus sits in the small college town of McPherson in central Kansas.
- SAT Range 960-1200
- Avg GPA 3.33
- Net Price $27,110
University of Saint Mary
- Private 4 Year
- Leavenworth, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
University of Saint Mary is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The campus is in historic Leavenworth, near the Kansas City metro area.
- SAT Range 806-1028
- Avg GPA 3.36
- Net Price $23,020
Fort Hays State University
- Public 4 Year
- Hays, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
Fort Hays State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, nursing, and business. The residential campus is in the college town of Hays on the High Plains of western Kansas.
- SAT Range 970-1140
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $13,186
MidAmerica Nazarene University
- Private 4 Year
- Olathe, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
MidAmerica Nazarene is a private Nazarene university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and ministry. The suburban campus sits in the Kansas City metro area.
- SAT Range 950-1090
- Avg GPA 3.28
- Net Price $32,081
Bethel College North Newton
- Private 4 Year
- North Newton, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 94% acceptance rate
Bethel College is a private Mennonite liberal arts college known for undergraduate peace studies and nursing. Most undergrads live on the residential campus in the small town of North Newton.
- SAT Range 860-1090
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Net Price $30,406
Manhattan Christian College
- Private 4 Year
- Manhattan, KS
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1.2 | 4 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
Manhattan Christian is a private Christian college known for undergraduate biblical studies and ministry. The campus is in the college town of Manhattan, near Kansas State University.
- SAT Range -
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $24,213
Donnelly College
- Private 4 Year
- Kansas City, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Donnelly is a small private Catholic college with undergraduate programs in nursing and business. The urban campus is in Kansas City, Kansas.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $11,058
Haskell Indian Nations University
- Public 4 Year
- Lawrence, KS
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| 0 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Jun 1 application deadline
Haskell is a tribal university serving American Indian and Alaska Native students, known for undergraduate Indigenous studies, environmental science, and education. The historic campus in Lawrence began as a late-19th-century federal boarding school.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $3,948