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U. Kentucky
U. Kansas

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Kansas grads earn $2.9K more ten years out than U. Kentucky's ($61,945 vs. $59,025)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    U. Kentucky graduates 2 pts more of its students than U. Kansas (68% vs. 66%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Kentucky$59K
U. Kansas$61.9K
Graduation rate
U. Kentucky68%
U. Kansas66%
Retention rate
U. Kentucky85%
U. Kansas86%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Kentucky$22.5K
U. Kansas$21K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Kentucky34%
U. Kansas37%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Kentucky$18.5K
U. Kansas$17.8K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Kentucky53%
U. Kansas53%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Kentucky68%
U. Kansas67%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Kentucky21%
U. Kansas24%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Kentucky57%
U. Kansas58%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Kentucky77%
U. Kansas74%
Pell graduation gap
U. Kentucky21 pts lower
U. Kansas16 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. KentuckyU. Kansas
White74%71%
Asian81%79%
Hispanic/Latino63%63%
Black55%45%
Two or more races58%59%
International72%63%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Kentucky Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023About 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