Fort Hays State University Tuition, Costs & Financial Aid

Average aid recipients receive a visible reduction from published charges: aid covers about 37% of the published cost for the average aid recipient. This is an average across recipients, not a promise for any household, and it describes grants and scholarships against the standard budget.

Across the income bands, lower-income families have lower average net prices and upper-income families have higher ones, with the middle bands between those endpoints. That pattern shows aid reaching further at lower family incomes, without establishing what a particular package will contain.

The aid share and income pattern point toward lower average prices at lower incomes.

Fort Hays State University lists a published cost of attendance of $19,909, and aid-recipient prices differ across family-income bands. Average net price is $7,661 for the lowest band, $9,776 for the lower-middle band, $11,941 for the middle band, $14,266 for the upper-middle band, and $16,641 for the highest band.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $8,980. Azimuth ranks the public university #207 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

For the average aid recipient, aid covers about 37% of the published cost, an average reduction of $7,340. Across all aid recipients, the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $12,569.

That is $1,499 below the peer median of $14,068 for comparable institutions (same type and size). Published tuition is $5,923 for in-state students and $17,741 for out-of-state students, alongside $9,120 for room and board.

Lower-than-peer net price and the affordability ranking point in the same direction. Among borrowers who complete, median federal student loan debt is $21,000, and 84.8% of federal aid recipients borrow federal loans.

That median is $229 below the $21,229 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). The median Parent PLUS borrowing for parent borrowers is $11,833.

The median federal debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $239 a month if repaid over ten years.

At Fort Hays State University, federal borrowing reaches 84.8% of federal aid recipients, so loan use is common. The peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size) is $21,229, with Fort Hays sitting $229 below that mark.

Separate parent borrowers have median Parent PLUS borrowing of $11,833.

Fort Hays State University shows its clearest financial strength in affordability, while its return measures remain close to peer and model benchmarks. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $56,419 four years after completion, placing them in Azimuth’s 37th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, stay near the model’s mark. Graduates earn about $422 more than the model expects for similar students, effectively at the expected level.

Azimuth places that measure in the 56th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios range from $48,455 in a downside case to $70,465 in an upside case, with $56,419 as the typical scenario.

Median federal student loan debt is $21,000, which is $229 below the $21,229 peer median. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $239 a month if repaid over ten years.

Earnings close to both benchmarks and debt below peers leave an even investment picture.

For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $11,833. For student borrowers, that debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $239 a month if repaid over ten years.

Sources and reporting periods: methodology.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

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