Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Kansas
Online colleges in Kansas
Across the 54 Kansas colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 39,518 students (21%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 50% took at least one distance course. 17 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
54
In Kansas
Students studying entirely online
39,518
21% of the 184,037 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
50%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
17
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Kansas is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Kansas colleges where students actually study online
Every Kansas college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
6,004 of 12,843 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,929 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $5,633 in-state / $16,811 out-of-state.
4,208 of 16,741 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 5,853 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,322 in-state / $19,240 out-of-state.
2,282 of 4,393 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 375 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,616 in-state / $4,832 out-of-state.
2,200 of 4,658 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,285 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $7,356 in-state / $15,669 out-of-state.
2,175 of 6,552 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,142 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,556 in-state / $6,256 out-of-state.
1,121 of 1,817 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 392 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,920 in-state / $4,480 out-of-state.
723 of 2,158 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 623 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,350 in-state / $6,150 out-of-state.
644 of 1,945 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 47 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $33,900 in-state.
627 of 1,375 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 298 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,046 in-state / $5,736 out-of-state.
529 of 1,639 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 447 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $6,196 in-state.
421 of 1,454 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 508 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,968 in-state / $4,768 out-of-state.
413 of 957 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 395 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,846 in-state.
347 of 1,153 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 239 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $4,064 in-state / $4,712 out-of-state.
245 of 431 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 168 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,846 in-state.
145 of 455 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 84 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $21,000 in-state.
128 of 333 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 159 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $15,340 in-state.
83 of 187 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 12 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $26,590 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Kansas can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Kansas colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/kansas
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