College · Public · Emporia, KS · Town
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS
Admit rate98%
6-yr median pay$41k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size2,239
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $41k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 98% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1120.
If you get in
2,239 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $22k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$88k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$65k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$23k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.1k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $15.4k
- Room & board
- $10.9k
- Books & supplies
- $1,243
How students pay for it.
Pell grants34%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans59%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$20k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr56%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$41k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out8%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 2,239
- Location
- Emporia, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- ESU E-State
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- Hispanic13%
- Two or more races6%
- Black4%
- International4%
- Unknown4%
- Asian1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$51k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.