Community colleges

Rasmussen University-Kansas

Topeka, KS Β· For-profit Β· 359 undergrads Β· website β†—

This is a regional campus of a university, not a standalone community college. Students here often β€œtransfer” to the main campus, which inflates the rate below relative to a true community college.

Does anyone get out?

The point of starting here is finishing somewhere else. This is how often that happens.

0%

of students transfer to a four-year institution

Completed after transferring
2.2%

had finished a degree by year 2

Still enrolled after transferring
1.7%

still progressing at year 2

What it costs

Household incomeAvg net price / year
Under $30,000$24,225
$30,000 – $48,000β€”
$48,000 – $75,000$23,246
$75,000 – $110,000β€”
Over $110,000β€”
All incomes (average)$23,980

Sticker tuition and fees: $17,160 in-state β€” before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use Rasmussen University-Kansas's own net price calculator β€” every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

Net price calculator β†—

Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)$10,557
Books and supplies$34
Other expenses, off campus$7,290

Outcomes

Completion rate
46%

at this college

Students with Pell grants
57%
Earnings @ 10yr
$39,080

after entering

Median debt
$20,899

at graduation

Admission and teaching

SAT/ACT policy
Open admission

Admits any student who applies (fall 2024)

Application fee
None

undergraduate, 2023–24

Students per faculty member
13 to 1

undergraduates, fall 2024

Faculty who are full-time
25%

fall 2024

What students study

Health & Nursing98%
Visual & Performing Arts1%
Business1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. β€œNational” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Associate degrees (18)

Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing109$73,747$79,954national $80,813$22,708
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General7$40,285β€”national $51,180$26,308
Business Administration, Management and Operations4$47,270$57,337national $48,733$23,514
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods3$34,925$39,403national $37,656$23,472
Legal Support Services2$43,136$45,751national $44,669$23,472
Accounting and Related Services2$46,130$53,756national $47,660$23,472
Human Resources Management and Services2$52,554$60,288national $54,425$23,500
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management1$53,732$51,541national $54,726$23,263
Computer Engineering1$53,528$69,873national $65,316$22,430
Human Services, General1$38,916$46,185national $39,422$24,700
Design and Applied Arts1$34,643$37,689national $38,127$22,778
Management Information Systems and Services1$43,150$57,424national $56,556$24,542
Marketing1$43,544$51,824national $44,264$22,278
Criminal Justice and Corrections0$63,543$56,503national $46,706$22,000
Health and Medical Administrative Services0$44,049$47,498national $37,073$24,714
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services0$40,196$43,243national $42,269$22,984
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions0$56,978$60,039national $65,389$23,778
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions0$57,562$52,743national $57,472β€”
Undergraduate certificates (7)
Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methodsβ€”$30,737$35,034national $34,631$10,646
Legal Support Servicesβ€”$48,852$58,038national $49,747$8,708
Health and Medical Administrative Servicesβ€”$35,778$40,818national $35,447$11,083
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Servicesβ€”$35,661$36,914national $34,272$12,667
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistantsβ€”$53,464$58,034national $56,073$16,264
Accounting and Related Servicesβ€”$37,039$45,403national $44,589$11,083
Business Operations Support and Assistant Servicesβ€”$34,887$47,927national $32,681$12,667
Bachelor's degrees (15)
Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing25$77,969$87,330national $88,910$26,354
Information Science/Studies0β€”β€”national $85,294$35,166
Computer Science0$69,473$84,899national $107,009$30,555
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management0$70,825$73,554national $85,063$31,596
Educational Administration and Supervision0$45,145$46,541national $47,433$38,881
Criminal Justice and Corrections0$57,378$60,483national $55,378$45,000
Human Services, General0$44,072$48,799national $48,597$44,473
Design and Applied Arts0$34,182$46,610national $51,490$33,762
Health and Medical Administrative Services0$54,909$62,100national $58,716$37,986
Public Health0$43,726$49,032national $58,808$37,075
Business Administration, Management and Operations0$65,285$76,176national $68,257$38,946
Accounting and Related Services0$53,636$62,579national $76,194$33,375
Finance and Financial Management Services0$61,711$70,838national $83,343$35,272
Human Resources Management and Services0$56,434$64,536national $68,069$38,396
Marketing0$54,564$62,985national $69,303$30,778
Master's degrees (4)
Field of studyDegrees awarded 2023–24Earnings, 1 yr afterEarnings, 4 yrs afterMedian federal debt
Health and Medical Administrative Servicesβ€”$68,545β€”national $89,981$36,928
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursingβ€”β€”β€”national $120,193$39,628
Business Administration, Management and Operationsβ€”$79,538β€”national $103,485$39,537
Human Resources Management and Servicesβ€”$57,079β€”national $83,558$40,575

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured β€” not zero. 7 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed. These figures are calculated for all 19 campuses that share this college's federal student-aid ID, so a branch campus shows its institution's figures.

Best transfer rates elsewhere in KS

Contact and accreditation

Address
3722 SW Burlingame Road, Topeka, KS 66609
Phone
(785) 228-7320

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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Transfer rate is the share of entrants transferring to a four-year institution; it is published for roughly a third of community colleges, and a blank means unpublished rather than zero. Which specific credits transfer is set by agreements between individual institutions and is not published nationally β€” confirm with both colleges before enrolling.

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