TOP SCHOLAR RANKINGS
1986-2015
Public colleges and universities
state-supported schools
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01. K-STATE
02. Arizona State U.
03. U. of Virginia
04. U. of N. Carolina
05. Penn State
6. U. of Wisconsin 0 Madison
07. U. of Kansas
08. U. of Michigan
09. U. of Washington
at Seattle
10. U. of Georgia
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03
12
1
06
05
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11
15
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29
18
25
26
1
08
4
72
56
62
44
60
69
23
34
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05
15
20
18
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57
61
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14
17
49
16
143
126
112
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102
0
098
098
096
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95
Source: Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships at Kansas State University
Includes scholarships won through May 2015.
• Kansas State University is the only state-supported university to rank
among the Top 10 of all U.S. schools for the combined total number of scholars in
Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater and Udall competitions since 1986 .
• Among all 500 state universities, K-State
Goldwater and fourth in Udall scholarship competition since each foundation
began awarding scholarships. K-State ties for second in Rhodes and ties for
fourth in Marshall competition since 1986.
• Among all of the 2,000 four-year colleges and universities in America -- 500
public; 1,500 private -- K-State is fourth nationally in the number of Goldwater
scholarships awarded, fifth in the number of Udall scholarships and seventh
in the number of Truman scholarships.
• The Truman Foundation recognized K-State in 1996 as a Truman Scholarship
achievements in Truman competition. At that time, only 17 schools were chosen
from the 454 colleges and universities which have produced Truman scholars.