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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Kansas State grads earn $7.4K more ten years out than Missouri State University-Springfield's ($57,262 vs. $49,827)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Kansas State graduates 6 pts more of its students than Missouri State University-Springfield (66% vs. 60%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Kansas State$57.3K
Missouri State University-Springfield$49.8K
Graduation rate
Kansas State66%
Missouri State University-Springfield60%
Retention rate
Kansas State86%
Missouri State University-Springfield77%

Borrowing

Median debt
Kansas State$21.3K
Missouri State University-Springfield$22K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Kansas State36%
Missouri State University-Springfield29%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Kansas State$19K
Missouri State University-Springfield$17.8K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Kansas State46%
Missouri State University-Springfield45%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Kansas State66%
Missouri State University-Springfield59%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Kansas State22%
Missouri State University-Springfield26%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Kansas State59%
Missouri State University-Springfield49%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Kansas State75%
Missouri State University-Springfield64%
Pell graduation gap
Kansas State16 pts lower
Missouri State University-Springfield15 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupKansas StateMissouri State University-Springfield
White73%59%
Asian70%63%
Hispanic/Latino59%47%
Black57%42%
Two or more races63%57%
International60%56%

On-time progress, from the colleges' Common Data Sets

Finished withinKansas StateMissouri State University-Springfield
4 years: Pell recipients41%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan55%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time51%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients56%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan72%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time68%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Kansas State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;Kansas State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why