Fort Hays State University Overview

Located in Hays, Kansas, Fort Hays State University is a public institution. Hays is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Fort Hays State University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at FHSU.
• In a recent academic period49% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, FHSU bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,928 a year. That's about 20% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Fort Hays State University?

Contact details for FHSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	600 Park St, Hays, KS 67601-4099
Phone:	785-628-4000
Website:	www.fhsu.edu

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How Do I Get Into FHSU?

You can apply to FHSU online at: www.fhsu.edu/admissions/admissions-application/

Admission Requirements for FHSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	5
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into FHSU?

FHSU 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 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to FHSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 600.

FHSU received ACT scores from 82% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Fort Hays State University?

The overall average net price of FHSU is $24,825. 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 FHSU, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $5,565 a year. That adds up to $22,260 over four years for those students.

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Fort Hays State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,211 undergraduate students at FHSU, with 5,580 being full-time and 6,631 being part-time.

There are also 2,822 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,580 full-time undergraduates at FHSU, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	63
Black or African American	154
Hispanic or Latino	650
White	4,184
International Students	283
Other Races/Ethnicities	246

Geographic Diversity

Kansas students aren't the only ones who study at Fort Hays State University. At this time, 28 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 35 countries are represented at FHSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia.

Fort Hays State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	8	381	0	72	0	461
Finance & Financial Management	0	409	0	0	0	409
Economics	0	230	0	0	0	230
General Education	0	0	0	192	0	192
Liberal Arts General Studies	28	141	0	23	0	192
Nursing	0	131	0	26	10	167
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	143	0	0	0	143
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	94	0	28	0	122
General Psychology	0	98	0	24	0	122
Special Education	0	0	0	96	0	96
English Literature (Other)	0	83	0	0	0	83
Computer Programming	0	82	0	0	0	82
Social Work	0	37	0	41	0	78
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	73	0	73
Management Information Systems	0	67	0	0	0	67
Educational Administration	0	0	16	48	0	64
Student Counseling	0	0	0	64	0	64
Allied Health Professions	4	52	0	0	0	56
General Biology	0	48	0	5	0	53
Information Science	0	50	0	0	0	50
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	48	0	48
Fine & Studio Arts	0	35	0	10	0	45
General Agriculture	0	41	0	0	0	41
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	41	0	0	0	41
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	39	0	0	0	39
Communication Sciences	0	20	0	16	0	36
Accounting	0	35	0	0	0	35
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	29	0	6	0	35
General Engineering Technology	0	34	0	0	0	34
History	0	17	0	15	0	32
Sociology	0	32	0	0	0	32
Marketing	0	23	0	0	0	23
Hospitality Management	0	13	0	0	0	13
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	13	0	0	0	13
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	13	0	0	13
Political Science & Government	0	13	0	0	0	13
Communication & Media Studies	0	7	0	4	0	11
Other Health Professions	0	9	0	0	0	9
General English Literature	0	5	0	3	0	8
Chemistry	0	7	0	0	0	7
Mathematics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Philosophy	0	5	0	0	0	5
Industrial Engineering	0	3	0	0	0	3
Physics	0	2	0	0	0	2
Music	0	2	0	0	0	2
Business/Corporate Communications	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Information Systems	0	0	0	0	0	0
Biological & Physical Science	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Physical Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	40	2,477	29	794	10	3,350

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.

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• National Center for Education Statistics
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