Pittsburg State University, the.k.the. PSU or even Pitt State, occurs as public, co-ed university sustaining roughly 6,600 students (5,200 undergrad & 1,400 grad student) located in Pittsburg, Kansas. a big percentage of the student people consists of Kansas residents using the gender proportion comparatively peer. About 89% of the students come whiten Americans. Pitt State besides has an 18:1 student-to-faculty ratio. These are the member of the Kansas Board of Regents. Presently, it boasts an endowment of about $40,784,334. A school mascot is a Gus a Gorilla gorilla & the school colors come deep red & gold.

A student newspaper of Pittsburg State University is the Collegio [http://www.psucollegio.com].

History

Pittsburg State University began call at 1903 when a Auxiliary Manual Step by step training Normal School. Fallowing decade years, PSU was renamed Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg & became the quatern-season college. Once agaaround in 1959, its title was changed once again to Kansas State College of Pittsburg. within time, Kansas State College became Pittsburg State University in 1977.

Campus

Placed in a sou'-east Kansas, the 223-acre campus[http://www.pittstate.edu/buildings/] is considered one of a safest campuses in the United States. Pittsburg State University is as well a front yard of the $30 million Kansas Technology Center, a state-of-the-art technology program within the big academic building in Kansas.

Academic

PSU is organized into a resulting schools & colleges: [http://www.pittstate.edu/artsc/ College of Arts and Science] [http://www.pittstate.edu/kelce Kelce College of Business] [http://www.pittstate.edu/edsc/ College of Education] [http://www.pittstate.edu/tech College of Technology]

A Kelce College of Business is accredited per Our contries Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Additionally, locate institutes come placed in campus like a Business Technology Institute & a Kansas Polymer Search Center[http://www.kansaspolymer.com/].

Ranking

Pitt State is ranked #87 among Midwest Universities in which a greatest degree occurs as masters according to U.S. News & World Report [http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/univmas/ummidwest/tier3/t3univmas_mw_brief.php].

Admissions

A norm grade point average and ACT score for an admitted freshman was 3.30 & 21, severally based on data from Princeton Review. Based on data from College Board, 91% of the applier come accepted into Pittsburg State University.

Atlethics

A university is easily known for its spectacular athletic & scholastic presence in the NCAA Division II division, especially the football program. Accordingly, it has won both NAIA (1957, 1961) & a single Section II national championship (1991). Additional recently, PSU reached a Section II National Championship game around 2004, 1995, & 1992 & became a winningest Section II football program in the united states.

University Presidents

Russell S. Russ (1903-1911) George E. Myers (1911-1913) William The. Brandenburg (1913-1940) O. P. Dellinger (1940-1941) Rees H. Hughes (1941-1957) Leonard H. Axe (1957-1965) George F. Budd (1965-1977) James Appleberry (1977-1983) Donald W. Wilson (1983-1995) Ted D. Ayres (1995) Thomas Bryant (1995) John R. Dear (1995-1999) Tom W. Bryant (1999-Present)

Notable Pitt State alumni

O. Gene Bicknell, founder, National Pizza Company (owns the most Pizza Hut franchises in the world) Gary Busey, actor Dennis Franchione, college football coach (and previous coach of Pittsburg State) Kendall Gammon, NFL Longsnapper, Kansas City Chiefs Brian Mooreman, NFL Placekicker, Buffalo Bills H. Lee Scott, Wal-Mart President and CEO