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Kansas: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 33	2,853,118	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	14.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.8%	26.4%
65 and older	13.2%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 33	2,853,118	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.2%	6.5%
5 to 14	14.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.8%	26.4%
65 and older	13.2%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.4%	4.8%
Black	5.9%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	83.8%	72.4%
More than one race	3.0%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	10.5%	16.3%
Other	3.9%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.2%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	6.4%	8.7%
High-school diploma	28.7%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	23.6%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.3%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	19.5%	17.6%
Master’s degree	7.3%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.8%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	10.1%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 24	$40,481	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	13.6%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	29,190	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	1.8%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	2,975	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$6,471	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,463	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$19,128	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$739,612,189	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-7.0%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$17,435,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$155,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$4,202,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$21,792,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$482,901,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	3.2%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	48.0%	61.2%
State and local governments	11.1%	6.3%
Industry	7.0%	5.2%
Nonprofit	2.6%	6.1%
Institution itself	29.2%	19.4%
Other	2.1%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	19.0%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	3.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	60.6%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	0.9%	3.7%
Physical sciences	6.9%	7.6%
Psychology	0.9%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.2%	3.3%
Other sciences	1.4%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	4.6%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Kansas University Endowment Association	$1,250,443,188
Top fund raisers:
University of Kansas	$131,138,745
Kansas State University	$66,896,981
Wichita State University	$17,593,506

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$106,419	$112,647
Associate professor	$74,699	$78,804
Assistant professor	$61,254	$67,236
All	$77,171	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$73,097	$87,677
Associate professor	$57,958	$70,215
Assistant professor	$52,853	$59,511
All	$55,780	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$61,876	$133,973
Associate professor	$49,368	$86,108
Assistant professor	$48,305	$72,242
All	$52,454	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$56,739	$82,002
Associate professor	$50,921	$66,466
Assistant professor	$46,441	$55,352
All	$49,753	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$56,907	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$43,497	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$50,093	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$40,318	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	188,336	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	26,523	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	100,325	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	85,298	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	23,451	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,761	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	2,037	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1,987	430,177
Total	214,859	21,016,126
Public institutions	86%	72%
4-year institutions	59%	63%
2-year institutions	41%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	8,424	849,452
Bachelor’s	17,835	1,650,014
Master’s	6,722	693,025
Doctorate	1,388	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 79% of all freshmen enrolled in Kansas in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 85% of all Kansas residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	54.3%	56.0%
Men	51.2%	53.0%
Women	57.1%	58.5%
American Indian	42.6%	37.0%
Asian	56.2%	66.3%
Black	38.2%	38.3%
Hispanic	43.2%	47.8%
White	56.7%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	3,230	196,374
Asian	5,143	1,218,118
Black	15,878	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	243	64,046
Hispanic	13,533	2,741,448
White	161,265	12,722,549
Foreign	12,341	709,565
Two or more races	3,226	325,275
Total	214,859	21,016,126
Women	55.5%	57.0%
Minority	19.2%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	15.2%	28.4%
Foreign	5.7%	3.4%
Full-time	60.6%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 21.9 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 81% of Kansas’ high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	8	678
Public 2-year institutions	25	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	22	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	2	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	5	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5	664
Total	67	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None