Fort Hays State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University operates as a public institution located in Hays, Kansas (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 9,733 students of which 13,253 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Fort Hays State University is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 90.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,089. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $12,569, with published in-state tuition of $5,923 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.8%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 47.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 76.9%. Graduates earn a median of $48,928 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,428 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 420500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 66.9% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.