Military-Affiliated Students by the Numbers

KU Total Student Population

29,355 Total

20,696 Undergraduate Students

8,659 Graduate Students

1,924 International Students

Chart: 57.4% Kansas residents, 42.6% nonresidents

Chart: 45.7% male, 54.1% female, <1% not reported

KU Military-Affiliated Students

1,924 Total (6.6% of student population)

1,499 undergraduate students

425 graduate students

328 Veterans

311 Active Duty

218 National Guard or Reserves

1,067 Dependents/Spouses

55.1% male, 44.6% female, <1% not reported

ROTC Students at KU

103 Army | 79 Air Force & Space Force | 30 Naval

Military-Affiliated Students by School

Chart: Liberal Arts and Sciences: 1,062 students or 55.2%, Business: 245 students or 12.7%, Engineering: 196 students or 10.1%, Education and Human Sciences: 135 students or 7.0%, Professional Studies: 52 students or 2.7%, Architecture and Design: 45 students or 2.3%, Nursing: 43 students or 2.2%, Medicine: 42 students or 2.2%, Journalism and Mass Communications: 35 students or 1.8%, Health Professions: 34 students or 1.7%, Social Welfare: 31 students or 1.6%, Law: 30 students or 1.5%, Music: 26 students or 1.3%, Pharmacy: 14 students or 0.7%

Breakdown of Ethnicity of Military-Affiliated Students

65.1% Non-minority

34.9% Minority

0.4% Am. Indian/Alaskan Native
3.6% Asian
7.7% Black
0.2% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
12.6% Hispanic
10.4% Multiracial

Military-Affiliated by Campus	VA Benefits Facts
87.5% Lawrence campus 6.6% Edwards campus 5.5% KU Medical Center 0.4% KU School of Medicine-Wichita		953 Number of students on all KU campuses who used VA education benefits in VA fiscal year 2023
$5.6 Million Amount of tuition/fee money brought to KU through 735 Post-9/11 GI Bill users in VA fiscal year 2023

Military-Affiliated by Campus

VA Benefits Facts

87.5% Lawrence campus
6.6% Edwards campus
5.5% KU Medical Center
0.4% KU School of Medicine-Wichita

Chart: 87.5% Lawrence campus, 6.6% Edwards campus, 5.5% KU Medical Center, 0.4% KU School of Medicine-Wichita

953

Number of students on all KU campuses who used VA education benefits in VA fiscal year 2023

$5.6 Million

Amount of tuition/fee money brought to KU through 735 Post-9/11 GI Bill users in VA fiscal year 2023

Last updated 10/25/2023

Data taken from various sources including KU AIRE (aire.ku.edu), EAB, NSSE, VA, & other data collection systems.

Military-Affiliated includes Veterans, Active Duty, National Guard, Reservists, Spouses, and Dependents. ROTC students may also hold other military-affiliated identities, so their numbers are listed separately.

Except as noted, figures are as of the Fall 2023 20th-day census.

Questions?
April Blackmon Strange
masc@ku.edu
masc.ku.edu
(785)864-2458