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Kansas State University Founded in 1863 as the nation's first land grant college, Kansas State University is a nationally recognized comprehensive university with more than 200 undergraduate programs, 60 master's degree programs, and 40 doctoral programs. More than 20,000 students and 1,200 faculty members attend classed on the 668 -acre campus in central Manhattan. A satellite campus in Salina is the home of the College of Technology.


K-state offers degrees in nine colleges: Liberal Arts and Sciences; Agriculture; Engineering; Business; Education; Human Ecology; architecture, Planning, and Design ; Veterinary Medicine; and Technology.


The University's library system contains more than four million volumes, journals, and government publications and is capable of retrieving information from more than 200 databases.


K-State ranks first nationally among state universities in the number of Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, and Goldwater scholarships awarded in the past ten years.


Our Email: kstate@ksu.edu
Our Website:www.ksu.edu
To set up a campus Tour call 1-800-432-8270, or 785-532-6318

Come visit us in Manhattan, Kansas

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Riley County Historical Museum

Take a peek at the past through changing exhibits on Riley County history and in the photographs, manuscripts, letters, diaries and records of our research library. Included in the Museum Complex is the 1855 prefabricated Hartford House, the Randolph Jail, and the Goodnow House.

Manhattan, KS Museums

Hartford House

The Hartford House that sets adjacent to the Historical Society Museum is a restoration of a prefabricated house that the early settlers brought to Manhattan in 1855

Manhattan, KS

Harold M. Freund American Museum of Baking

The American Museum of Baking housed in the Emerson Library of the American Institute of Baking, contains one of the world's largest collections of artifacts on baking history, including the "world's largest collection of baker statuettes and figurines,"

Manhattan, KS Museums

First National Bank Building

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the First National Bank was at this location from 1887 to 1912.

This building and its twin building next door were built by J.N. Limbocker and are now part of the Manhattan Town Center structure.

Manhattan, KS Historic Buildings

Riley County Courthouse

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places the dominating limestone Courthouse was completed in 1906, built by Topeka contractor, J.B. Betts, and local contractor, Clarence Johnson. The citizens pledged $1,000 for the tower clock.

Manhattan, KS Historic Courthouses

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