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Overview
Pittsburg State University is a public university in southeastern Kansas, in a small city near the Missouri and Oklahoma borders, known for a distinctive technical and applied-engineering identity uncommon among regional public universities. Teacher education is its other longstanding institutional strength.
Academics
The College of Technology is the university's signature, offering construction, automotive, and engineering technology programs with close employer ties and a strong record of graduate job placement in skilled technical fields. Teacher education draws on a long institutional history and remains a significant undergraduate program alongside business.
Campus & student life
Pittsburg is a small city where the university plays an outsized role in local life, and most students live on or near campus. Gorillas athletics, the only program in American college sports using that mascot, draw genuine campus enthusiasm, and the small-city setting produces a tight-knit, spirited campus culture with few outside distractions.
Getting in
Admission follows a fairly standard academic-record-based process typical of regional public universities, without the elaborate essay or interview expectations of more selective private schools; students headed for the College of Technology's applied programs often choose Pittsburg State specifically for those job-placement outcomes.
Worth knowing
The College of Technology's employer connections and placement record are a genuine differentiator for students interested in applied engineering or construction management fields who might otherwise overlook a school this size.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
pittstate.edu ↗High school coursework
Required4 units of English · 4 units of Math (nothing below Algebra I), or 3 units plus ACT Math score of 22 · 3 units of Natural Sciences (1 unit must be Chemistry or Physics) · 3 units of Social Sciences · 3 units of electives (English, Math, Natural Sciences, Social Science, Fine Arts, CIS, Foreign Languages, Personal Finance, Speech, Debate, Forensics, Journalism, or Career Technical Education)
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