NAIA
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
14 members on the site, as of 2025–26.
See them in ExploreMembers
- Avila UniversityKansas City, MO · joined 2018–19
- Bethany CollegeLindsborg, KS
- Bethel College-North NewtonNorth Newton, KS
- Evangel UniversitySpringfield, MO · joined 2023–24
- Friends UniversityWichita, KS
- Kansas Wesleyan UniversitySalina, KS
- McPherson CollegeMcPherson, KS
- Oklahoma Wesleyan UniversityBartlesville, OK · joined 2018–19
- Ottawa University-OttawaOttawa, KS
- Southwestern CollegeWinfield, KS
- Sterling CollegeSterling, KS
- Tabor CollegeHillsboro, KS
- University of Saint MaryLeavenworth, KS
- York UniversityYork, NE · joined 2015–16
At a glance
The median member against the median of every four-year college on the site, with the range from the lowest member to the highest. Each row has its own scale, starting at zero.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
72% · 48%–94%
· all 77%fall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
1.2K · 559–4K
· all 3.6Kfall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
871 · 428–1.3K
· all 1.6K2023–24 · 14 of 14 reporting
$25,725 · $19,540–$30,728
· all $24,284fall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
56% · 31%–71%
· all 25%Entered fall 2018 · 14 of 14 reporting
41% · 28%–65%
· all 55%14 of 14 reporting
38% · 29%–56%
· all 34%
Over time
The median member each year. By default the line follows in every year, so it describes the same colleges throughout; switch to members at the time to see the conference as it was.
Applicants, median member · today's members in every year
Dashed: the median of every four-year college on the site. A year is left out when fewer than 80% of the members report it.
In total (members reporting both years): 14 members received 20.7K applications in fall 2024, against 13K in fall 2014; they enrolled 11.3K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 12.5K in fall 2014.
Members compared
Every member on each measure, highest first, so the spread behind each median is visible.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Bethel College-North Newton94%
- Avila University88%
- University of Saint Mary87%
- Ottawa University-Ottawa83%
- McPherson College77%
- Southwestern College76%
- Kansas Wesleyan University72%
- Evangel University72%
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University66%
- Tabor College65%
- Bethany College56%
- Friends University55%
- York University52%
- Sterling College48%
Dashed: the median member, 72%.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Avila University4K
- Ottawa University-Ottawa2.6K
- Kansas Wesleyan University2K
- McPherson College1.8K
- Bethany College1.6K
- Southwestern College1.5K
- Evangel University1.2K
- University of Saint Mary1.2K
- Bethel College-North Newton1.2K
- Friends University1K
- Sterling College820
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University810
- York University613
- Tabor College559
Dashed: the median member, 1.2K.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Avila University1.3K
- Evangel University1.2K
- Friends University1K
- Kansas Wesleyan University956
- University of Saint Mary925
- Southwestern College924
- McPherson College872
- Ottawa University-Ottawa870
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University673
- Bethany College569
- Sterling College538
- Bethel College-North Newton504
- Tabor College494
- York University428
Dashed: the median member, 871.
2023–24 · 14 of 14 members
- Bethel College-North Newton$30,728
- Southwestern College$30,259
- Ottawa University-Ottawa$28,608
- Bethany College$28,575
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University$28,268
- Friends University$28,133
- McPherson College$27,153
- University of Saint Mary$24,296
- Kansas Wesleyan University$23,650
- Sterling College$23,599
- York University$22,128
- Tabor College$20,681
- Evangel University$20,225
- Avila University$19,540
Dashed: the median member, $25,725.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Ottawa University-Ottawa71%
- McPherson College70%
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University69%
- Southwestern College65%
- Bethel College-North Newton64%
- Sterling College57%
- Kansas Wesleyan University56%
- Bethany College55%
- York University53%
- University of Saint Mary51%
- Evangel University46%
- Friends University37%
- Avila University33%
- Tabor College31%
Dashed: the median member, 56%.
Entered fall 2018 · 14 of 14 members
- Evangel University65%
- Avila University52%
- York University52%
- Kansas Wesleyan University49%
- University of Saint Mary48%
- Friends University43%
- Sterling College41%
- Bethel College-North Newton41%
- Bethany College36%
- Southwestern College36%
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University35%
- McPherson College34%
- Tabor College34%
- Ottawa University-Ottawa28%
Dashed: the median member, 41%.
· 14 of 14 members
- Avila University56%
- Bethany College48%
- Southwestern College41%
- Bethel College-North Newton41%
- York University40%
- Kansas Wesleyan University39%
- University of Saint Mary38%
- Tabor College38%
- McPherson College38%
- Sterling College37%
- Ottawa University-Ottawa37%
- Evangel University31%
- Friends University30%
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University29%
Dashed: the median member, 38%.
Who joined and left
Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.
- 2023–24: Evangel University joined from the Heart of America Athletic Conference
- 2018–19: Avila University joined from the Heart of America Athletic Conference
- 2018–19: Oklahoma Wesleyan University joined from Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conf
- 2015–16: York University joined from Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conf
How this was measured
- Members. Colleges that report the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference as their main today. A member playing football elsewhere is listed with its football conference but counted here.
- Medians. Every figure is the median member (counts and costs: the median member's own change), except the totals, which are labeled. A conference needs 8 members on the site, and a year needs 80% of members reporting; costs are .
- Members at the time reads each college's reported conference year by year, from 2014–15; colleges no longer on the site aren't included.
- The universe. The site's four-year colleges, which may not be every member. The page shows how members compare and changed, not why.
Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2014–15 to 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (admissions section), Fall 2013 to Fall 2013;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (graduation by entering class), classes entering fall 2013 to fall 2018;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Pell Grant recipients:College Scorecard, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)







