About K-State
Kansas State University is recognized by the Princeton Review as one of America's best colleges, and U.S. News & World Report lists the university among the top 75 public universities in the U.S. Kansas State University is implementing an aggressive plan to become a top 50 public research university by 2025.
Quick facts
Colleges: agriculture; architecture, planning and design; arts and sciences; business administration; education; engineering; human ecology; technology and aviation; and veterinary medicine.
Graduate study: The Graduate School offers 65 master's degrees, 45 doctoral degrees and 22 graduate certificates in multiple disciplines across campus.
Extension: Kansas State University Research and Extension conducts practical research and delivers those results through offices in all 105 Kansas counties to improve the lives of Kansans.
Students: More than 23,800 from all 50 states and more than 90 countries.
Degrees: More than 250 undergraduate majors and options are available.
Organizations: More than 475 student organizations and more than 20 club sports.
Sports: A total of 16 men's and women's teams compete in the Big 12 Conference.
Financial aid: More than $200 million in scholarships, grants, loans and work study is distributed each year.
Locations: The main campus is located in Manhattan, Kan. The Little Apple is a classic college town with more than 52,000 residents. The university also has campuses in Salina and Olathe.
Achievements
Kansas State University is a national leader among public universities in the total number of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall prestigious scholarship winners. The university is home to more national CASE/Carnegie Professors of the Year than any other public research university in America.
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 fully operational land-grant college in America.