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Best Computer Science Colleges in Kansas

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 11 schools · Agent Insights
11
Schools Analyzed
$49,056
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
45%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$17,287
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 11 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 11
Avg. earnings at 10yr $49,056
Avg. graduation rate 45%
Avg. net price $17,287
Avg. median debt $17,460

How We Ranked

Computer Science programs in Kansas ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEFort HaysWichita StateUniversity ofEmporia StateAllen County

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Fort Hays State Universi…48%Wichita State University51%University of Kansas69%Emporia State University55%Allen County Community C…38%Johnson County Community…30%Friends University52%Southwestern College35%University of Saint Mary46%Butler Community College31%Donnelly College42%

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Full Rankings

#1

Fort Hays State University

Hays, KS · 9,733 students · Public

90% accepted 48% graduate $48,928 earnings
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#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, KS · 10,780 students · Public

94% accepted 51% graduate $51,532 earnings
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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS · 21,217 students · Public

93% accepted 69% graduate $61,945 earnings
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#4

Emporia State University

Emporia, KS · 2,239 students · Public

98% accepted 55% graduate $47,601 earnings
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#5

Allen County Community College

Iola, KS · 810 students · Public

38% graduate $40,059 earnings
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#6

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, KS · 11,332 students · Public

30% graduate $45,387 earnings
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#7

Friends University

Wichita, KS · 1,048 students · Private nonprofit

55% accepted 52% graduate $52,113 earnings
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#8

Southwestern College

Winfield, KS · 924 students · Private nonprofit

76% accepted 35% graduate $55,646 earnings
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#9

University of Saint Mary

Leavenworth, KS · 925 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 46% graduate $59,483 earnings
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#10

Butler Community College

El Dorado, KS · 5,104 students · Public

31% graduate $41,206 earnings
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#11

Donnelly College

Kansas City, KS · 395 students · Private nonprofit

42% graduate $35,715 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics.

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.