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Kansas Independent College Association (KICA) members include eighteen primarily four-year baccalaureate level institutions, two primarily two-year associate level institutions, and one primarily graduate-degree level institution. High school students preparing to choose the setting in which they will continue their education should be aware of each of these colleges and universities and the opportunities they provide for postsecondary educational study. These institutions include the oldest and newest non-proprietary universities in the state; enrollments as small as 300 and as large as 3,600; and campuses in urban environments, suburban settings, medium sized towns, and small rural communities. As a whole, their undergraduate enrollment is 47% female, 53% male, while nearly 99% of first-year students at independent colleges and universities in Kansas receive some form of financial aid through grants and scholarships. If you want to get your degree within four years, you should know that 71% of graduates of Kansas Independent Colleges and Universities accomplish that goal, compared to just 48% of graduates from the Sunflower State’s public colleges. For fifteen consecutive years, the average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees at KICA four-year institutions has been at least 20% below the national average at four-year nonprofit institutions. And when you do graduate, you’ll be joining the family of nearly 250,000 living alumni of Kansas’ independent colleges and universities, about one-third of which live and work in Kansas. KICA member colleges and universities are all not-for-profit institutions. In fact, collectively, our 21 member institutions gave out close to $250 million in privately financed student aid last year. That total makes us the single largest private charity in the state. All our members offer undergraduate degrees, are accredited by a national accredited body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, have their main campus and a substantial portion of their degree-seeking students physically attending within Kansas, and adhere to open enrollment policies as defined by Kansas law.
We invite you to review our Discover the Difference flyer, and consider the future a Kansas Independent Education could build.
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