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Washburn University University of Kansas Kansas State University Other Area Universities Washburn Tech Custom Training Process Washburn University Total Annual Graduates (2009-2010) Creative and Performing Arts Bachelor: 56 Total: 56 Education & Health, PE, Exercise Science Associate: 4 Bachelor: 54 Masters: 22 Total: 80 Social Sciences  Bachelor: 95 Masters: 4 Total: 99 Humanities Associate: 4 Bachelor: 52 Total: 56 Natural Sciences & Mathematics Associate: 4 Bachelor: 47 Total: 51 Business Bachelor: 155 Masters: 25 Total: 180 Nursing Bachelor: 123 Masters: 9 Total: 132 Allied Health Certificate: 102 Associate: 41 Bachelor: 58 Total: 201 Criminal Justice & Legal Studies Certificate: 2 Associate: 12 Bachelor: 94 Masters: 9 Total: 117 Human Services & Social Work Certificate: 17 Associate: 8 Bachelor: 42 Masters: 46 Total: 113 Law JD: 139 Other Certificate: 2 Associate: 15 Bachelor: 9 Total: 26 Total Graduates Certificate: 123 Associate: 88 Bachelor: 785 Masters: 115 Law: 139 Total: 1,250 Website 1700 SW College Ave. Topeka, Kansas  66621 Total Enrollment: 7,230 (Fall 2010) Full-Time: 4,692  Part-Time: 2,538  UG Full-Time: 4,088  Grad/Law Full-Time: 604   Washburn provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education by combining the most effective modes of educating: accomplished faculty, small class sizes, state-of-the-art technology, modern learning techniques and unique opportunities available through an interactive campus and community relationship.  National recognition:  Washburn University School of Law's Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing Program was recognized again as a top program by U.S. News and World Report, in its 2012 rankings. Our legal writing program moved up to 13th in the nation. They are one of only a few law schools in the country with full-time, tenured and tenure-track legal writing faculty who are involved in service and scholarship in the national legal writing community.   Washburn University School of Law is one of only 20 law schools which were recognized as “Top Law Schools for Government Jobs” in the January 2012 issue of the National Jurist. In that same issue, Washburn Law was named one of the top 20 law schools for jobs as prosecutors and public defenders.   Washburn University School of Law was named a “Best Value” by National Jurist’s sister publication preLaw magazine. preLaw recognized 60 schools that offer an affordable education with great job prospects and bar pass rates (fall 2011).   Washburn Law was named one of the nation’s most outstanding law schools by The Princeton Review in its book The Best 167 Law Schools: 2012 Edition. Classes: 41% of undergraduate classes have fewer than 20 students. Faculty/student ratio: 15:1 Faculty: 86% of full-time faculty holds doctorates or the highest degree in their discipline. Academic programs: Washburn offers more than 200 programs leading to certification, associate, bachelor, master's and juris doctor degrees through the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Applied Studies, Business, Law and Nursing. An affiliate of the university is Washburn Institute of Technology, which provides high school and adult students significant opportunities to develop skills and knowledge relevant to contemporary career fields, such as health occupations, computer repair and networking and a variety of technology and industrial programs. Graduates: More than 1,200 degrees and certificates are awarded annually. Financial aid: More than $65 million in financial aid is available to students annually. Scholarships awarded from university resources are $6 million. Endowment funding: Washburn Endowment Association assets of approximately $132 million rank Washburn second in the state on a per-student basis among the public institutions. Internships: Each year, approximately 1,000 students participate in internship opportunities at more than 125 sites in Topeka. Athletics: Ten athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division II level in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) Conference. WU sports are baseball, basketball (men and women), football, golf, soccer (women), softball, tennis (men and women) and volleyball. Alumni: The University boasts more than 38,000 alumni. WU alumni are found in every county in Kansas and in every state in the U.S. University funding sources: The University is funded by local sales tax, a state operating grant and student tuition. Mascot: The Ichabod. Washburn's mascot honors the school's early benefactor, Ichabod Washburn, a 19th century Massachusetts industrialist. The original design of the studious-looking, tuxedo-clad figure was created in 1938 by Bradbury Thompson (ba '34), who became an internationally recognized graphic artist. Also on campus: A major renovation of Whiting Field House was completed in 2009.  Other recent enhancements to campus in the past decade include the renovation of Stoffer Science Hall and the construction of a Student Recreation & Wellness Center, an art building and Washburn Village, a 192-bed apartment-style housing complex. The Mulvane Art Museum is the oldest accredited art museum west of the Mississippi River. The museum's permanent collection, though international in scope, emphasizes the work of artists of Kansas and of the Midwest. Washburn is home to KTWU, the first public television station in Kansas. Crane Observatory houses an 1898 Warner & Swasey refracting telescope. The Kuehne Bell Tower features a quartet of bells once housed in the clock tower of Thomas Gymnasium, which was destroyed during a 1966 tornado.  Is Washburn private or public? Washburn is a publicly funded, independently governed, state coordinated university. The school was established in 1865 as Lincoln College by a charter issued by the State of Kansas and the General Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches of Kansas. In 1941, the citizens of Topeka endorsed Washburn by voting to establish a municipal university, supported in part by the city and governed by a local board of regents. In 1999, the university's primary funding was moved from city property tax to county sales tax sources, with the school retaining status as a municipal subdivision of the state. In addition to local financial support, Washburn has received state funds since 1961, which have been coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents since 1991. Washburn is governed by its own nine-member Board of Regents.  Washburn's place Washburn's place in the community extends beyond the traditional classroom. Hundreds of young people are welcomed to campus each summer as participants in sports camps, while others explore their creativity through programs offered by the Mulvane Art Museum. Washburn also hosts the Quest Academic Competition that brings high school students from across the state to Topeka to vie for the opportunity to participate in championship matches produced and televised by KTWU. The campus is also a center for cultural, sporting and educational activities. Annual events include Sunflower Music Festival and the Mulvane Mountain/Plains Art Festival as well as regular performances at the Andrew J. and Georgia Neese Gray Theatre. For more information visit Washburn University or call 785.670.1010.

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS
20 Miles east of Topeka

University Statistics: Academic Year 2009-10

Enrollment: 30,004 (20,550 undergraduates and 6,276 graduates at the Lawrence and Edwards campuses; 3,178 students at the medical center).

Faculty members: 2,460 at the main campus and the medical center.

Full-time faculty with Ph.D. or equivalent in their fields: 97 percent

Fields of study: About 200.

Study Abroad opportunities: More than 110 programs in more than 70 countries.

Major academic divisions: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, which includes the School of the Arts; schools of allied health; architecture, design, and planning; business; education; engineering; journalism and mass communications; law; medicine; music; nursing; pharmacy; and social welfare.

Financial aid, scholarships, and grants: More than $220 million for abut 18,000 students a year; $59 million in scholarships and grants.

Student Statistics: Academic Year 2009-10

States represented: All 50

Percentage of students from Kansas: 69.2

International students: More than 2,140 from more than 110 countries.

Average age of undergraduate students: 21

Average age of graduate students: 30

Percentage of men to women: 48.8 to 51.2

Percentage of multicultural students: 12.8

Average ACT composite score for freshmen: 24.7 (highest among Kansas regents schools)

Degrees granted annually: To about 4,000 undergraduates and 2,210 masters', doctoral, and professional graduates (one-third of the bachelor's and master's degrees and two-thirds of the doctorates granted at the six Kansas regents schools).

Academic Achievement

Honors students: 1,329 in 2009-10

Rhodes Scholars: 25, more than all other Kansas schools combined.

Fulbright Fellowships for students: 413

Recent recognitions:

Nationally ranked graduate programs: 42 (U.S. News & World Report, 2009); city management/urban policy and special education: No. 1

Allied health: Scholarship of Excellence winner, Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions, 2008

Architecture: American Institute of Architects Education Honor Award, 2009

Debate: National champions, 2009 (fifth national title)

Engineering: Aerospace students win individual and team design awards in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics competition, 2009

Journalism: Hearst Intercollegiate Writing Competition champions, 2009 (third consecutive year)

Music: Pianist wins Naftzger Young Artists Music Award, 2009

Nursing: Master's, midwifery and anesthesia programs in top 30 among public universities, 2008

Pharmacy: No. 2, National Institutes of Health research grant ranking, 2009

Libraries

Library collections on the Lawrence campus contain more than 4.2 million volumes, 3.6 million microforms, 338,000 maps, and 3.4 million photographs, slides, drawings, and cartoons. Scholars from all over the world use the Kenneth Spencer Research Library's valuable collections of rare and historic material, including its University Archives and Kansas Collection. Other specialized libraries hold collections in art and architecture, dance, engineering, law, maps, and music.

At the medical center, the Archie R. Dykes Library for Health Sciences and the Clendening History of Medicine Library and Museum are major resources for health professionals.

Research

In fiscal year 2009, university expenditures in research, training, and service grants totaled a record $308.9 million. External research spending from grants and contracts exceeded $207.1 million. The National Institutes of Health rank the School of Pharmacy No. 2 in research grants received.

The National Science Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation both classify KU as a top research university, and it has been a member of the elite Association of American Universities since 1909.

Endowment

KU Endowment is the official organization for raising and managing private funds on behalf of KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment is the oldest foundation of its type at a U.S. public university and one of the largest.

In fiscal year 2010, a record number of donors — 45,192 — gave a record total $110.2 million. That amount represents a 3.6 percent increase over FY 2009, itself a record year at $106.4 million.

In FY 2010, support for the university totaled $115.1 million: $45.4 million for program and educational support; $28.9 million for student support (excluding loans); $24 million(delete “s”) for faculty support; and $16.8 million for facilities support.

Cultural Resources

-- University and visiting scholars, artists, concert musicians, actors and dancers perform at the Lied Center of Kansas, a 2,000-seat performing arts hall. The adjacent 250-seat Bales Organ Recital Hall provides cathedral-like acoustics for its three-manual pipe organ, built by Wolff & Associés of Quebec.

--University Theatre programs provide active learning opportunities for students of acting, directing, and technical theatre. Committed to presenting classics of world dramatic literature as living theatre, these programs also develop new dramatic texts and forms.

Performances are staged in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre (capacity 1,180) and the William Inge Memorial Theatre (capacity 125). Two other theaters in Murphy Hall — Swarthout Recital Hall (capacity 335) and the Robert F. Baustian Theatre (capacity 125) — feature classical and contemporary music and opera.

-- The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, which features stained-glass windows and a reflecting pool, houses exhibits and the world's largest congressional archive from the career of the longtime Kansas senator. Lectures series, seminars and speeches on current political and cultural issues are presented in its meeting spaces and halls.

-- The Spencer Museum of Art, long recognized as one of the finest university art museums in the nation, houses an internationally known collection numbering nearly 36,000 artworks and artifacts in all media. Significant holdings include East Asian art; medieval art; European and American paintings, sculpture and prints; photography; Japanese Edo-period painting and prints; textiles and quilts; 20th-century Chinese painting; and an ethnographic collection of about 10,000 Native American, African, Latin American, and Australian works.

-- About 50,000 people a year visit the Natural History Museum. Fossil exhibits of extinct mammals, dinosaurs, reptiles, and fishes are especially popular. The museum's centerpiece is a panorama of North American plants and animals first prepared by renowned zoologist L.L. Dyche for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Other Area Higher Education Institutions

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas 50 miles west of Topeka

Kansas State University ranks as one of the nation’s “cutting-edge schools,” according to a guidebook that pinpoints today’s hottest majors and the innovative colleges that offer them. K-State was the only school in the Big 12 to make the cut in Kaplan Publishing’s You Are Here: A Guide to Over 380 Colleges and Unlimited Paths to Your Future. Here’s a quick profile:

QUICK FACTS

Colleges: Arts and sciences; engineering; business administration; education; agriculture; human ecology; architecture, planning, and design; technology and aviation (K-State at Salina); and veterinary medicine.

Graduate study: The Graduate School offers 65 masters degrees, 45 doctoral degrees and 22 graduate certificates in multiple disciplines across campus.

Students: More than 23,000 from all 50 states and more than 90 countries.

Degrees: 250+ undergraduate majors and options are available.

Organizations: More than 450 student organizations and more than 20 club sports.

Sports: NCAA Division 1. Big 12 conference. Club sports range from softball to water skiing.

Financial aid: More than $190 million in scholarships, grants, loans, and work study is distributed each year.

Locations: The main campus is located in Manhattan, Kansas. The “Little Apple” is a classic college town with a zoo, a mall, 21 parks, and a recreation trail that circles the city. The College of Technology and Aviation is located in Salina, home to the Smoky Hill River Festival.

AWARDS AND RANKINGS

One of America's best colleges

The Princeton Review's "The Best 373 Colleges" (2011) picks K-State as one of the nation's top schools. And K-State is 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.

Our scholars match the 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

No. 1 in all-time Truman scholars
No. 1 in all-time Goldwater scholars
No. 2 in Rhodes scholars since 1986
No. 2 in all-time Udall scholars (tied)
No. 3 in Marshall scholars since 1986

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. No other Kansas college can claim a national Professor of the Year. K-State became the only university to win both the national and state Professor of the Year awards in the same year in 2007.
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
No. 1 among all research universities
Top 10 among all public and private universities
No. 1 among all Kansas universities