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Kansas Comprehensive Grant

Offered by Kansas Board of Regents · Free to apply

The Kansas Comprehensive Grant comes from the Kansas Board of Regents, which oversees state financial aid for Kansas students. It carries no essay, no GPA minimum, and no merit competition; demonstrated financial need is the whole basis of the award. The grant is part of a wide state portfolio: the Kansas Board of Regents administers more than 20 distinct State of Kansas scholarship and grant programs each year. Full-time undergraduates at the six Kansas state universities, Washburn, and roughly twenty in-state private colleges can draw the state's main need-based grant. Published ranges run from about $100 to $4,500 a year at public campuses and from $200 to $10,500 at private ones, with the campus aid office setting the actual figure. No state form exists: the FAFSA alone is the application, with each school's aid office identifying recipients from its own allocation. The appropriation reaches only about one in three eligible students, and KBOR publishes no statewide deadline, so each school's own FAFSA priority date is the real cutoff. Filing as soon as the FAFSA opens on October 1 is the only way to be near the front of the line.

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How hard is the Kansas Comprehensive Grant to win?

This is not a competition, but the funding is rationed: eligible students are routinely turned away once the money runs out, so filing date decides the outcome.

Estimated odds: most eligible students who file early receive it
Paperwork: ~1 hr to file

What drives the odds here

Odds on a scholarship are mostly a question of how many students can enter. Each rule below changes the size of that field.

Fewer rivalsOpen only to Kansas residents
More rivalsA five-figure award attracts a bigger field

How Solyo estimates this: State programs that allocate by published formula are modelled on qualification and filing, not on competition, because there is no selection committee choosing between applicants. These are estimates derived from each award's published structure, not reported acceptance rates, which almost no scholarship provider discloses. Treat them as a way to rank where the hours go, not as a guarantee.

Who can apply for the Kansas Comprehensive Grant?

These are the eligibility rules Solyo verified against the official award page, translated into plain English. Your student must meet each one.

Must be a resident of Kansas
Must attend a college in Kansas (the award does not travel out of state)
Open to high school seniors and current college students
Open to U.S. citizens or permanent residents (green card)

Good to know

Only about 1 in 3 eligible students receives funding; file the FAFSA as soon as it opens and check your school's own FAFSA priority deadline
Requires full-time enrollment at a Kansas public university, Washburn, or a participating in-state private college

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What the application takes

No essay, recommendation letters, or transcript are required. This is one of the lighter applications in the directory.

Deadline and application cycle

The current deadline is June 30, 2027. This award runs on an annual cycle, with deadlines around June 30 each year. Applications open when the FAFSA opens on October 1. KBOR publishes no statewide deadline. Each Kansas school's own FAFSA priority date governs, and only about a third of eligible students get funded, so file the FAFSA when it opens on October 1 and confirm the cutoff with your school.

FAFSA opens: October 1, 2026
Your school's FAFSA priority deadline: set by each institution
Final FAFSA date for the award year (outer limit): June 30, 2027

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Common questions about the Kansas Comprehensive Grant

How much is the Kansas Comprehensive Grant worth?

Per the 2026-2027 state brochure, awards range from $100 to $4,500 a year at the six public universities and Washburn, and $200 to $10,500 a year at Kansas's participating independent (private) colleges. Two footnotes worth reading twice. First, KBOR's website currently shows slightly lower ranges, $100 to $4,000 public and $200 to $10,000 private, so the exact top figure depends on which KBOR document you trust; the brochure is the current-cycle publication. Second, you do not pick your amount and neither does KBOR: funds are allocated to each participating institution, and your school's aid office sets your award using your FAFSA data. Same student, different school, different check.

Who is eligible for the Kansas Comprehensive Grant?

Kansas residents with financial need who enroll full-time at one of the six state universities, Washburn University, or a participating independent college in Kansas. Need is measured by federal methodology straight off your FAFSA; KBOR publishes no specific SAI or income cutoff, so there is no bright line to aim for, your school's aid office runs the numbers. The requirements families overlook: full-time enrollment is mandatory (half-time students are out, unlike some other Kansas programs), and the school itself must be on KBOR's eligible list. Renewal students must also be making satisfactory academic progress under their institution's standards. Being eligible is only the entry ticket, since funding reaches about 1 in 3 eligible students.

How do I apply for the Kansas Comprehensive Grant?

File the FAFSA at studentaid.gov and list an eligible Kansas school; that is the entire application. There is no state form, no essay, and the grant sits in the brochure's section of aid that does not require Kansas's separate state application, a distinction that trips up families who dutifully complete the state scholarship application and assume it covers this too (it is not needed for this grant). Once you file the FAFSA and accept admission at a qualifying college, you are automatically considered. The catch is who decides: your school's financial aid office identifies recipients from FAFSA data, so file early and answer any verification requests fast, because you cannot appeal your way into a pot after the school has committed its allocation.

When is the Kansas Comprehensive Grant deadline?

There is no single statewide deadline, and that surprises everyone. KBOR's 2026-2027 brochure does not publish a Kansas Comprehensive Grant deadline at all; it tells you to contact the financial aid office at your chosen Kansas school for that school's own FAFSA priority deadline. You may see April 1 cited around the web as the Kansas priority date, but KBOR's current publications do not state it for this grant, so treat your school's posted FAFSA priority date as the real deadline. The practical rule: file the FAFSA as early as it opens. With funding reaching only about 1 in 3 eligible students and each school working from a fixed allocation, a late FAFSA is the quietest way to lose money you qualified for.

Why didn't I get the Kansas Comprehensive Grant?

Most likely because the money ran out before it reached you: KBOR states plainly that funding covers only about 1 in 3 eligible students. Meeting every requirement earns you consideration, not a check. The mechanics explain the rest: the Legislature appropriates a limited pot, KBOR allocates it to each participating school, and your school's aid office picks recipients and amounts from FAFSA data. So a late FAFSA, an unfinished verification file, part-time enrollment, or attending a non-participating school (community colleges are not on the list) can each quietly disqualify or deprioritize you. If you were shut out, ask your aid office where you fell in their FAFSA queue, and file on day one next year.

Can I use the Kansas Comprehensive Grant at a community college?

No. The grant works only at the six state universities (Emporia State, Fort Hays State, Kansas State, Pittsburg State, University of Kansas including KU Medical Center, and Wichita State), Washburn University, and twenty participating independent colleges such as Baker, Benedictine, and Ottawa. Kansas community colleges and technical colleges are not on KBOR's eligible-institutions list at all, a detail that regularly ambushes families planning a start-at-community-college path, since the state's flagship need grant simply does not follow you there. If two-year college is the plan, look at other aid, then remember the grant becomes available when you transfer to an eligible four-year school (where you would still need to enroll full-time).

Is the Kansas Comprehensive Grant renewable?

Yes, but with a hard ceiling: you can receive at most eight semesters of grant funding, or ten if you are enrolled in a designated five-year program, and you must be making satisfactory academic progress under your institution's own standards. Renewal is not automatic money, either. Because recipients are re-identified from FAFSA data and each school's annual allocation, you must keep filing the FAFSA and keep demonstrating need, and a year when funding tightens can shrink or drop an award you have received before; KBOR publishes no guarantee that prior recipients are funded first for this grant. Budget accordingly: treat it as probable but not promised in years two through four, and never bank a fifth year unless your program is on the five-year list.

When do Kansas Comprehensive Grant applications open?

Applications open when the FAFSA opens on October 1, and close June 30, 2027. KBOR publishes no statewide deadline. Each Kansas school's own FAFSA priority date governs, and only about a third of eligible students get funded, so file the FAFSA when it opens on October 1 and confirm the cutoff with your school.

Does the Kansas Comprehensive Grant require an essay?

No essay is required. The application is light on requirements. Expect to spend about 1 hour on it.

How hard is it to win the Kansas Comprehensive Grant?

This is not a competition, but the funding is rationed: eligible students are routinely turned away once the money runs out, so filing date decides the outcome. Solyo classifies this award as first come, first served, meaning most eligible students who file early receive it. Plan on about 1 hr of paperwork.

Is the Kansas Comprehensive Grant free to apply?

Yes. The Kansas Comprehensive Grant is free to apply. Legitimate scholarships never charge an application fee, and Solyo verifies every listed award against its official page.

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