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Wichita State University

Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States
Nickname
Shockers
Established
1895
Wichita State University

Wichita State University is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six colleges. The university's graduate school offers 44 master's degrees in more than 100 areas and a specialist in education degree. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Wichita State University also hosts classes at four satellite locations: WSU West in Maize, WSU South in Derby, and the WSU Downtown Center that houses the university's Center for Community Support & Research, the Department of Physician Assistant, and the Department of Physical Therapy. A quarter-mile northeast of campus, the Advanced Education in General Dentistry building, built in 2011, houses classrooms and a dental clinic.

Type Public research university
Established September 11, 1895
Parent institution Kansas Board of Regents
Academic affiliation APLU, HLC, Space-grant
Endowment $270.5 million (2020)
Budget $398.2 million (2020)
President Rick Muma (interim)
Provost Rick Muma
Academic staff 520
Students 16,058 (Fall 2019)
Undergraduates 11,206 (Fall 2019)
Postgraduates 2,841 (Fall 2019)
Other students 2,011 (Fall 2019)
Campus Urban, 330 acres
Colors Black and Shocker Yellow
Mascot WuShock
Sporting affiliations NCAA Division I – The American

About Wichita State University

State university offering more than 60 undergraduate degree programs and hosting classes at four satellite locations as well.

Achievement of Wichita State University

In 2014, the men's basketball team went unbeaten entering the NCAA tournament. The program made its first Final Four in 1965. 

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Latest information about Wichita State University updated on July 28 2021.