Wichita State University

Wichita State University (WSU), an American university, was founded as a Congregational institution in 1895. It is located in Wichita,_Kansas, which is the largest city in the state. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas_Board_of_Regents. The current President is Dr. Donald Beggs.

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America - Congregational - Wichita,_Kansas - Kansas_Board_of_Regents

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Wichita State University University offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in six undergraduate colleges: W. Frank Barton School of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering, College of Fine Arts, College of Health Professions, and Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Graduate School offers an extensive program including 44 master's degrees which offer study in more than 100 areas; a specialist in education degree; and doctoral degrees in applied mathematics; chemistry; communicative disorders and sciences; human factors and community/clinical psychology; educational administration; and aerospace, electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineering.

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With an enrollment of more than 15,000, the University's students come from almost every state in the USA and 110 foreign countries; 87 percent are from Kansas, representing nearly all counties in the state. Wichita State has 479 full-time faculty and 41 part-time faculty. Of the total, 73 percent have earned the highest degree in their field.

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The 330 acre (1.3 km²) campus is modern and accessible and at the same time retains the flavor of the University's 110-year heritage.

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