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Pittsburg State University

Coordinates: 37°23′29″N 94°42′13″W / 37.391334°N 94.703629°W / 37.391334; -94.703629
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Pittsburg State University
MottoWhere People Succeed
TypePublic
Established1903
Endowment$39.9 million[1]
PresidentSteven A. Scott
Academic staff
301[2]
Students7,400[3]
Undergraduates6,000
Postgraduates1,200
Address
1701 South Broadway
Pittsburg KS 66762
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CampusRural, 223 acres (0.90 km2)
ColorsCrimson and Gold
NicknameGorillas
AffiliationsNCAA DII, MIAA, ASAIHL
MascotGus the Gorilla
Websitewww.pittstate.edu

Pittsburg State University is a university in the city of Pittsburg, Kansas. It has around 7,100 students, 5,900 who are undergraduates, and 1,200 who are graduate students. Most of the students live near Pittsburg. There are around the same number of boys as girls. A little more than three fourths of the students are Americans. For every 19 students there is 1 teacher or staff member. It is a member of the Kansas Board of Regents. Pittsburg State has endowments worth around $40,000,000. It also has a newspaper run by students called the Collegio.

Pittsburg State University has a 223-acre campus.[4] This campus also houses the Kansas Technology Center, which is a state-of-the-art technology program.[5]

Academics

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Pittsburg State has the following schools:

  • College of Arts and Science
  • Kelce College of Business
  • College of Education
  • College of Technology

References

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  1. As of June 30, 2009. "U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2009 Endowment Market Value and Percentage Change in Endowment Market Value from FY 2008 to FY 2009" (PDF). 2009 NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments. National Association of College and University Business Officers. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 14, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
  2. "College Portrait of Pittsburg State in 2007" (PDF). Archived from the original (English) on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  3. "PSU sets record fall enrollment" (English). Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  4. Buildings
  5. "Pittsburg State University, Kansas". Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2014-04-07.

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