Emporia State University Overview

Emporia State University is a public institution situated in Emporia, Kansas. Emporia is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

What Is Emporia State University Known For?

• Students at ESU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at ESU is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 89% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from ESU makes roughly $43,438 a year. This is 6% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Emporia State University?

Contact details for ESU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1 Kellogg Circle, Emporia, KS 66801-5415
Phone:	620-341-1200
Website:	www.emporia.edu

How Do I Get Into ESU?

You can apply to ESU online at: www.emporia.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for ESU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into ESU?

ESU has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Can I Afford Emporia State University?

The overall average net price of ESU is $26,107. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At ESU, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $6,180 a year. That adds up to $24,720 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at ESU is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Emporia State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,948 undergraduate students at ESU, with 2,676 being full-time and 272 being part-time.

There are also 2,667 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,676 full-time undergraduates at ESU, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Emporia State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	31
Black or African American	100
Hispanic or Latino	201
White	1,837
International Students	112
Other Races/Ethnicities	395

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at Emporia State University. At this time, 13 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 58 countries are represented at ESU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Emporia State University

In 2020-2021, 3,937 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at ESU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in Kansas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of ESU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Emporia State University was 8.8%. This is the #1,432 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at ESU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Ethan James Scherrer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.