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Student-Centeredness

Empower students, faculty and staff to create a supportive culture that inspires growth, meets evolving needs and fosters success.

Empower students, faculty and staff to create a supportive culture that inspires growth, meets evolving needs and fosters success.

  • 18,003
    Fall Semester Headcount (2026)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +6.4%

  • 167,899
    Fall Credit Hour Production (2026)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: -0.3%

  • 24,640
    Combined Headcount, WSU and WSU Tech Fall (2026)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +12.3%

  • 3,991
    Degrees Produced Academic Year (2025)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +6.9%

  • 1,843
    Shocker City Partnership and Shocker Select Headcount (2026)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +30.4%

  • 71.7
    %
    Fall-to-Fall Retention Rate (2024)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: -0.2%

  • 44.4
    %
    Six-Year Graduation Rate (2018)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +4.0%

  • 12
    Number of Shocker Pre-season Programs (2024)

    TWO-YEAR TREND: +33.3%

  • 3,344
    Shocker Support Locker Number of Visits (2024)

    TWO-YEAR TREND: -48%

  • 1,264
    Shocker Support Locker Number of Users (2024)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: New metric

  • 6,542
    Number of Students Engaged in Extracurricular Activities (SEB, 2024)

    TWO-YEAR TREND: +14.8%

  • 12,495
    Athletics — Student Attendance (2024)

    FIVE-YEAR TREND: +1.7%

Historical charts

Affordability - Kansas Research Universities

The following charts show how Wichita State University tuition and fees compares in cost to state, regional and peer four-year institutions over the course of a college career. The charts assume 30 credit hours per year including regular tuition and student fees. Costs from Kansas Board of Regents website for 2023-24 school year and compare WSU's in-state rates to other institutions' in-state rates.

Affordability - Regional Research Universities

Costs are from the Kansas Board of Regents website for the 2023-34 school year and compare WSU's in-state reates to other institutions' in-state rates.

Affordability - Regional Research Universities

Costs are from the Kansas Board of Regents website for the 2023-34 school year and compare WSU's in-state reates to other institutions' in-state rates.

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