College · Private nonprofit · Wichita, KS · City
Friends University
Wichita, KS
Admit rate55%
6-yr median pay$43k
Net price / yr$28k
Undergrad size1,048
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $28k/yr for a shot at a $43k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 55% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1080 · ACT 21.
If you get in
1,048 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $50k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $28k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$202k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$111k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$91k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.6x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.2k
- Room & board
- $11.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants30%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans58%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention68%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$43k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out33%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,048
- Location
- Wichita, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White52%
- Hispanic21%
- Black10%
- Two or more races7%
- International5%
- Unknown2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students36%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time6%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$46k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 42
What you can study.
- Information Science/Studies$90k · 5-yr
- Accounting$69k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$62k · 5-yr
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration$54k · 5-yr
- Network and System Administration/Administratorearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Mechanical Engineeringearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Zoology/Animal Biologyearnings not reported
- Ecologyearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- History and Political Scienceearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Religion/Religious Studiesearnings not reported
- Philosophy and Religious Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Theology/Theological Studiesearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, Generalearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Danceearnings not reported
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Artsearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Health and Wellnessearnings not reported
- Health/Health Care Administration/Managementearnings not reported
- Cardiovascular Technology/Technologistearnings not reported
- Financeearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Managementearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Otherearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported