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University of Kansas, The

University of Kansas, The
1450 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045

Official telephone: (785) 864-2700
Fax number: (785) 864-5017
Website: https://ku.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 20,696
Full-time undergraduates: 18,262
Part-time undergraduates: 2,434
Total graduate students: 7,467
Full-time graduate students: 5,505
Part-time graduate students: 1,962
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native
6.2% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
10.3% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
69.1% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.8% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
3.2% Nonresident Alien
0.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,000 acres
Nearest major city: Kansas City

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • cooperative housing
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 88%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 27%
Percent of students who live off campus: 73%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Other computer facilities/services: online payments
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's badminton  
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cheerleading  
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's cross-country running  
Men's equestrian sports  
Men's fencing  
Men's football  
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's ice hockey  
Men's indoor track  
Men's lacrosse  
Men's racquetball  
Men's rock climbing  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's sand volleyball  
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Women's badminton  
Women's baseball  
Women's basketball  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew  
Women's crewyes 
Women's cross-country running  
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's equestrian sports  
Women's fencing  
Women's football  
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf  
Women's ice hockey  
Women's indoor track  
Women's lacrosse  
Women's racquetball  
Women's rock climbing  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's sand volleyball  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer  
Women's softball  
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving  
Women's table tennis  
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis  
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field  
Women's ultimate Frisbee  
Women's volleyball  
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; badminton; basketball; baseball; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; football; golf; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; indoor track; sand volleyball; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Kansas City International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 53% within six months of graduation

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