Wichita State University College Portrait
Wichita State University1845 Fairmount St Wichita, KS 67260
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- Students
Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend WSU.
- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at WSU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
Learn about costs to attend WSU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.
- College Cost Estimator
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at WSU.
- Student Experiences
Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at WSU – inside and outside the classroom.
- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at WSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at WSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.
- Student Learning Outcomes
Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at WSU.
WSU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 20 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 66% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 89% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 445 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 42% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 18% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 81% |
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Campus-based Housing
36% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
8% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Public safety is one of the primary goals of the WSU police department. The police patrol the campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Other services offered include safety escorts at night, crime prevention programs, lost and found, and assistance if locked out of car. WSU also has a partnership with Designated Drivers through a program called Shocker Safe Ride, which gives free rides to WSU students that have been drinking alcohol.
Campus Crime Statistics
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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- High undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Medium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Doctoral, humanities/social sciences dominant