About K-State
Kansas State University earns raves as one of America’s “best value” public colleges: The Princeton Review ranks us as #5, and Consumers Digest rates us #16. Here’s a quick profile:
Quick facts
Undergraduate colleges: Arts and sciences; engineering; business administration; education; agriculture; human ecology; architecture, planning, and design; and technology and aviation (K-State at Salina).
Graduate study: The Graduate School offers 65 masters degrees, 45 doctoral degrees and 22 graduate certificates in multiple disciplines across campus.
Students: More than 23,000 from all 50 states and more than 90 countries.
Degrees: 250+ undergraduate majors and options are available. Grad students can choose from more than 100 master’s, doctoral, and certificate programs.
Organizations: More than 400 student organizations and more than 20 club sports.
Sports: NCAA Division 1. Big 12 conference. Club sports range from softball to water skiing.
Financial aid: More than $151 million in scholarships, grants, loans, and work study is distributed each year.
Locations: The main campus is located in Manhattan, Kansas. The “Little Apple,” with a population of 49,000, is a classic college town with a zoo, a mall, 21 parks, and a recreation trail that circles the city. The College of Technology and Aviation is located in Salina, home to the Smoky Hill River Festival.
Achievements
K-State ranks first nationally among state universities in its total of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall scholars since 1986. Our students have won more than $2 million in those five competitions and have earned K-State a place among the nation’s elite universities. Check out other achievements:
History
K-State got its start in 1858, when Bluemont Central College was founded and 53 students enrolled. Five years later K-State became the first college in America to be officially designated a land-grant school.
By 2004 K-State’s enrollment had grown to more than 23,000.
K-State spirit
- Wallpapers for your computer
- School color, alma mater and fight song
- Learn the history of Willie the Wildcat
Organization and goals
- Factbook of university statistics
- Mission statement
- Principles of Community
- Publications and Policies
- Organizational chart
- Classified Senate
- Faculty Senate
- Student Senate
Affiliations
Big 12
K-State is in the Big 12 Conference of collegiate athletics. The conference is made up of 12 institutions, sponsors 21 sports, and encompasses seven states in its geographical footprint.
Kansas Regents institutions
K-State is a member of The Kansas Board of Regents, a nine-member body which governs the six state universities, and supervises and coordinates 19 community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university.
Peer universities
K-State's five official academic peers are determined by land-grant status, student population, and other factors: Colorado State University, Iowa State University, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University
Campus and community
K-State Manhattan Campus
This is the main K-State campus, a 664-acre site in northeast Kansas.
Manhattan and Riley County
The city of Manhattan is locally known as "The Little Apple". It has a 45,000+ population.
- Manhattan Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Manhattan Chamber of Commerce
- City of Manhattan (government)
Salina and Saline County
A second campus in Salina is a 149-acre site in central Kansas, 70 miles west of Manhattan. This campus is on the southwest side of the city of Salina, which has a population of 40,000+.