About Kansas State University

Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research the academy with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas. It was opened as the state’s land-grant scholastic in 1863 and was the first public institution of innovative learning in the let pass of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the drop 2014 semester.

The university is classified among “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity”. Kansas State’s academic offerings are administered through nine colleges, including the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Technology and Aviation in Salina. Graduate degrees offered add up 65 master’s degree programs and 45 doctoral degrees.

Branch campuses are in Salina and Olathe. The Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina is house to the College of Technology and Aviation. The Olathe Innovation Campus has a focus upon graduate be in in research bioenergy, animal health, plant science and food safety and security.

Manhattan is a city and county chair of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281. The city was founded by settlers from the New England Emigrant Aid Company as a Free-State town in the 1850s, during the Bleeding Kansas era.

Nicknamed “The Little Apple” as a play upon New York City’s “Big Apple”, Manhattan is best known as the house of Kansas State University and has a certain college town atmosphere. Fort Riley, a United States Army post, is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Manhattan.