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About K-State

Stats and Strengths

If the proof is in the numbers, our case is clear. From first-year freshmen to tenured professors to entire departments, K-Staters are known for aiming high, and then looking even higher. K-State is consistently ranked in the top 10 for many prominent Princeton Review rankings, we boast some of the highest numbers of national scholars in a public university, and our experts are called on to solve problems around the world.

It's safe to say that these accomplishments are just the tip of the purple iceberg, and we have no intention of slowing down.

The Silicon Valley for biodefense
At a bipartisan Blue Ribbon Study Panel on biodefense, Tom Daschle, former Senate majority leader, refers to K-State as "the Silicon Valley for biodefense.”

Statewide Extension network
K-State Research and Extension not only provides valuable services all across the state — but it also serves as a conduit in providing the entire breadth of the university into every corner of Kansas. As a land-grant institution, this level of access and service is in our DNA.

$203.8 million
FY 2021 research expenditures.

Bachelor’s degrees: 97% job placement rate
Percentage of bachelor’s degree graduate survey respondents who were employed or enrolled in further education within six months of graduation.

Master’s degrees: 97% job placement rate
Percentage of master’s degree graduate survey respondents who were employed or enrolled in further education within six months of graduation.

 
K-State 2025

University metrics

To learn more about the university's progress on our key K-State 2025 benchmark metrics, view our university metrics.

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Neighbor of the new
National Bio and Agro-defense Facility,
developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of Agriculture.

At a Glance