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K-State leads
We're on the list
One of America's best colleges
The Princeton Review's The Best 371 Colleges (2010) picks K-State as one of the nation's top schools. And K-State ranked #16 on the list of schools where campus and community relations are great.
A cutting-edge college
K-State is the only Big 12 school to make the cut in Kaplan Publishing’s You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges and Unlimited Paths to Your Future (2008). The guidebook pinpoints today’s hottest majors and the innovative schools that offer them.
A smart value
Get a big-time education with a small pricetag! Kiplinger's Personal Finance (2007) named K-State as one of the Top 100 best values among public colleges.
See more rankings for K-State's value, quality, and cool factor
Our scholars match the nation's best
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.
Rank among all universities
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. K-State
7. Brown
8. Chicago
9. MIT
10. Cornell
Rank among state universities
#1 in all-time Truman scholars
#1 in all-time Goldwater scholars
#2 in Rhodes scholars since 1986
#2 in all-time Udall scholars (tied)
#3 in Marshall scholars since 1986
See more rankings, a complete scholars archive, and details about last year's winners
Our students win big
K-State students compete to win. K-Staters have earned top 10 rankings in contests for forensics, airplane design, sororities, urban design, apparel design, and more.
Our professors top the list
You'll study under some superstar professors. No research university in America can match K-State's record of national Professor of the Year winners.
Anthropology professor Michael Wesch won the 2008 national award, and in 2007 K-State became the only university to win both the national and state Professor of the Year awards in the same year.
No other Kansas college can claim a national Professor of the Year.
The awards, presented by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, recognize America's top teachers.
How we rank in Carnegie/CASE awards
#1 among all research universities
Top 10 among all public and private universities
#1 among all Kansas universities
See our complete list of winners