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K-STATE leads in top scholarships
K-State's stellar company
K-State ranks first nationally among state universities in its total of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, and Udall scholars in the last 25 years. 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 the 500 state universities
1. K-State
2. Arizona State University
3. Penn State
4. University of North Carolina
5. University of Kansas
6. University of Virginia
7. University of Michigan
8. University of Illinois
9. University of Washington at Seattle
10. University of Arizona
Ranking by scholarship 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
Rank among all 2,400 public and private universities
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Duke
6. K-State
7. Brown
8. Chicago
9. MIT
10. Cornell
See the most up-to-date rankings and a list of top scholars since 1986 (PDF)
Archive of K-State student scholars
K-Staters have captured Fulbright, Phi Kappa Phi, Rotary Foundation, Boren, Gilman, and other top scholarships.
See the archive of all student scholars
Another stellar performance
2008-2009 school year
Vincent Hofer got the ball rolling in the 2008-2009 school year by winning a Rhodes scholarship, worth an estimated $75,000 for two years of study at Oxford University in England. Other K-Staters soon followed as one Truman, one Goldwater, and one Udall scholar added their names to the roster.
K-Staters also performed well in contests for other highly competitive awards. This year's awards include:
- Three Fulbright scholarships. These awards provide transportation, tuition, and a monthly stipend for one academic year in one of about 140 countries. K-State has produced 50 Fulbright student scholars since 1975.
- Two Gilman scholarships. These $5,000 awards pay for a semester or year of international study, and K-State has produced 24 winners since 2002.
- One National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship. These awards pay $30,000 plus tuition for up to three years.
- One Rotary International scholarship. A K-Stater won the ambassadorial scholarship, worth $24,000 for study in Ireland.
- One Frank Newman Leadership Award. Molly Hamm was one of only two national winners and K-State’s first-ever recipient of this honor, worth $5,000 to help students achieve their civic and academic goals.
This webpage lists awards through July 2009.