The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Lawrence conferred 508 doctor's degrees and 476 bachelor's degrees in health professions and related programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in journalism. Data shows the school gave out 237 bachelor's degrees in journalism, followed by 209 doctor's degrees in medicine and 204 master's degrees in social work.
The university enrolled 27,690 students for 2017-18, including 19,596 in undergraduate programs and 8,094 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy | 135 | 147 | - | 282 | |
| Medicine | - | 209 | - | 209 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 178 | - | - | 178 | |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | - | 56 | - | 56 | |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | - | 46 | - | 46 | |
| Communication Sciences and Disorders, General | 37 | - | - | 37 | |
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | 36 | - | 36 | |
| Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling | 34 | - | - | 34 | |
| Public Health, General | - | 29 | - | 29 | |
| Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management | - | 25 | - | 25 | |
| Nursing Science | - | 23 | 2 | 25 | |
| Nursing Practice | - | 24 | - | 24 | |
| Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist | 23 | - | - | 23 | |
| Nurse Anesthetist | - | 23 | - | 23 | |
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design | - | 21 | - | 21 | |
| Music Therapy/Therapist | 13 | 8 | - | 21 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
| Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator | 18 | - | - | 18 | |
| Dietetics/Dietitian | - | - | 16 | 16 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Clinical, Hospital, and Managed Care Pharmacy | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Medical Informatics | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Public Health, Other | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Rehabilitation Science | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services, Other | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nursing Education | - | - | - | - | |
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | - | - | - | - | |
| Cytotechnology/Cytotechnologist | - | - | - | - | |
| Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 476 | 683 | 32 | 1,191 | 16.5 |
| Accounting | 159 | 135 | - | 294 | |
| Business/Commerce, General | 95 | 29 | 132 | 256 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 32 | 140 | - | 172 | |
| Finance, General | 147 | - | - | 147 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 111 | - | - | 111 | |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 59 | - | - | 59 | |
| Management Science | 35 | - | - | 35 | |
| Management Information Systems, General | 33 | - | - | 33 | |
| Project Management | - | 16 | - | 16 | |
| Organizational Leadership | - | 13 | - | 13 | |
| Research and Development Management | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Construction Management | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 671 | 353 | 132 | 1,156 | 16 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | 196 | - | 196 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | - | 143 | 8 | 151 | |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 72 | - | - | 72 | |
| Educational Administration and Supervision, Other | - | 66 | - | 66 | |
| Reading Teacher Education | - | - | 53 | 53 | |
| Secondary Education and Teaching | 37 | - | - | 37 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 27 | - | 27 | |
| Music Teacher Education | 16 | 10 | - | 26 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism | - | - | 26 | 26 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 5 | 20 | - | 25 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | 25 | - | 25 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 14 | - | - | 14 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | - | - | 14 | 14 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 9 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | - | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Education total | 153 | 496 | 103 | 752 | 10.4 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 124 | 13 | - | 137 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 97 | 1 | - | 98 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 55 | 43 | - | 98 | |
| Petroleum Engineering | 55 | 7 | - | 62 | |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering | 33 | 10 | - | 43 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 19 | 15 | - | 34 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 30 | 2 | - | 32 | |
| Architectural Engineering | 23 | 6 | - | 29 | |
| Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Engineering, Other | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Engineering Science | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Engineering Physics/Applied Physics | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Engineering total | 438 | 113 | - | 551 | 7.6 |
| Journalism | 237 | 21 | - | 258 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 121 | 16 | 5 | 142 | |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | - | 8 | 29 | 37 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 358 | 47 | 34 | 439 | 6.1 |
| Social Work | 66 | 207 | - | 273 | |
| Public Administration | 12 | 38 | 6 | 56 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 78 | 245 | 6 | 329 | 4.6 |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 76 | 4 | - | 80 | |
| Music, General | 18 | 56 | 1 | 75 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 50 | 4 | 1 | 55 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 35 | 9 | - | 44 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 15 | 16 | - | 31 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 24 | 2 | - | 26 | |
| Dance, General | 13 | - | - | 13 | |
| Design and Applied Arts, Other | - | - | - | - | |
| Industrial and Product Design | - | - | - | - | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 231 | 91 | 2 | 324 | 4.5 |
| Psychology, General | 198 | - | 1 | 199 | |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 18 | 19 | - | 37 | |
| Counseling Psychology | - | 25 | - | 25 | |
| Educational Psychology | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| School Psychology | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Clinical Child Psychology | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Developmental and Child Psychology | - | - | - | - | |
| Psychology total | 216 | 69 | 1 | 286 | 4 |
| Economics, General | 86 | 16 | - | 102 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 72 | 12 | - | 84 | |
| Anthropology | 31 | 6 | - | 37 | |
| Sociology | 33 | 4 | - | 37 | |
| Geography | 6 | 11 | 2 | 19 | |
| Social Sciences total | 228 | 49 | 2 | 279 | 3.9 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 117 | - | - | 117 | |
| Biochemistry | 40 | - | - | 40 | |
| Microbiology, General | 14 | 3 | - | 17 | |
| Molecular Biology | 12 | - | - | 12 | |
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Biostatistics | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Pharmacology | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Toxicology | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Cell Biology and Anatomy | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Physiology, General | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Oncology and Cancer Biology | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Neuroscience | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Entomology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Computational Biology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Biotechnology | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Bioinformatics | - | - | - | - | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 184 | 64 | 1 | 249 | 3.4 |
| Behavioral Sciences | 64 | 11 | 4 | 79 | |
| International/Global Studies | 38 | 26 | 1 | 65 | |
| Human Biology | 52 | - | - | 52 | |
| Nutrition Sciences | - | 21 | - | 21 | |
| Museology/Museum Studies | - | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | - | - | 6 | 6 | |
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Ancient Studies/Civilization | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Gerontology | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 158 | 65 | 19 | 242 | 3.4 |
| Law | - | 119 | - | 119 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies, Other | - | - | 50 | 50 | |
| Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Legal Studies, General | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies, Other | - | - | - | - | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | 1 | 125 | 50 | 176 | 2.4 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 108 | - | - | 108 | |
| Sport and Fitness Administration/Management | 67 | - | - | 67 | |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 175 | - | - | 175 | 2.4 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 132 | - | - | 132 | |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 135 | - | 2 | 137 | 1.9 |
| Architecture | - | 73 | 8 | 81 | |
| Architectural History and Criticism, General | 29 | - | - | 29 | |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | - | 20 | - | 20 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 29 | 93 | 8 | 130 | 1.8 |
| Linguistics | 23 | 12 | - | 35 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 16 | 9 | - | 25 | |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 21 | 2 | - | 23 | |
| French Language and Literature | 15 | 3 | - | 18 | |
| Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 6 | 6 | - | 12 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 2 | 5 | - | 7 | |
| Applied Linguistics | - | - | 4 | 4 | |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 83 | 37 | 4 | 124 | 1.7 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 61 | 26 | - | 87 | |
| Information Technology | 29 | 3 | 2 | 34 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 90 | 29 | 2 | 121 | 1.7 |
| Chemistry, General | 21 | 19 | - | 40 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 18 | 18 | - | 36 | |
| Physics, General | 13 | 9 | - | 22 | |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 6 | 6 | - | 12 | |
| Astronomy | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 62 | 52 | - | 114 | 1.6 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 91 | 13 | - | 104 | |
| Creative Writing | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 91 | 16 | - | 107 | 1.5 |
| Mathematics, General | 57 | 16 | 1 | 74 | |
| Statistics, General | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 57 | 24 | 1 | 82 | 1.1 |
| Women's Studies | 14 | 5 | 7 | 26 | |
| African Studies | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 10 | 3 | - | 13 | |
| American Indian/Native American Studies | - | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| German Studies | 5 | - | - | 5 | |
| Russian Studies | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | |
| Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| East Asian Studies | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| European Studies/Civilization | - | - | - | - | |
| Latin American Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 42 | 20 | 12 | 74 | 1 |
| History, General | 53 | 7 | - | 60 | |
| History total | 53 | 7 | - | 60 | 0.8 |
| Environmental Studies | 48 | - | 3 | 51 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 48 | - | 3 | 51 | 0.7 |
| Philosophy | 9 | 10 | - | 19 | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 9 | 5 | - | 14 | |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 22 | 15 | - | 37 | 0.5 |
| Engineering/Industrial Management | - | 28 | - | 28 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | - | 28 | - | 28 | 0.4 |
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