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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Kansas State grads earn $1.9K more ten years out than U. Wisconsin-Whitewater's ($57,262 vs. $55,356)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Kansas State graduates 0 pts more of its students than U. Wisconsin-Whitewater (66% vs. 65%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Kansas State$57.3K
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater$55.4K
Graduation rate
Kansas State66%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater65%
Retention rate
Kansas State86%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater78%

Borrowing

Median debt
Kansas State$21.3K
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater$23.2K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Kansas State36%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater46%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Kansas State$19K
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater$16.6K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Kansas State46%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater46%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Kansas State66%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater64%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Kansas State22%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater21%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Kansas State59%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater48%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Kansas State75%
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater65%
Pell graduation gap
Kansas State16 pts lower
U. Wisconsin-Whitewater18 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupKansas StateU. Wisconsin-Whitewater
White73%62%
Asian70%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino59%44%
Black57%41%
Two or more races63%44%
International60%Not shown: under 30 students

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

Finished withinKansas StateU. Wisconsin-Whitewater
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