Kansas State University is a public research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester.








Kansas State University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 142. Its in-state tuition and fees are $9,034 (2014-15); out-of-state tuition and fees are $22,624 (2014-15).

Kansas State University has 65 academic departments in nine colleges: Agriculture; Architecture, Planning and Design; Arts and Sciences; Business Administration; Education; Engineering; Human Ecology; Technology and Aviation; and Veterinary Medicine. The graduate school offers 65 master's degree programs and nearly 50 doctoral programs.





Colleges and Academic Units

-College of Agriculture

-College of Architecture, Planning and Design

-College of Arts and Sciences

-College of Business Administration

-College of Education

-College of Engineering

-College of Human Ecology

-College of Technology and Aviation

-College of Veterinary Medicine

-Global Campus

-Graduate School

-K-State Libraries

-K-State Olathe

-Staley School of Leadership Studies

-Secondary Majors