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About Emporia State University

PREPARING STUDENTS FOR LIFELONG LEARNING, REWARDING CAREERS AND ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP

Why Emporia State University

ESU is an intensely personal, welcoming campus community. We challenge the idea of what education is in the minds of our students. We provide real-world, hands-on learning experiences that helps students uncover what they can offer the world because of what they start here.

Emporia State University Stats and Info

Enrollment

4,824

Career Outcomes (4 yr. avg)

98%

Emporia State's Mascot, Corky, at Welch Stadium

Emporia State University

Founded 1863
Colors, Black and Gold
Mascot, Corky the Hornet
Read About ESU's History and Traditions


Explore Campus

Nursing building cropped

Emporia State University is innovating its campus continually to ensure our students have access to cutting-edge residence halls, research facilities, labs and classrooms.

Construction and Remodeling Projects
Aerial of Emporia State University Campus

Explore campus virtually by taking a virtual tour and viewing maps.

Campus Maps

Colleges and Schools

Emporia State University offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs within its colleges and schools: School of Library and Information Management, School of Business and Technology, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Science and Mathematics, School of Visual and Performing Arts, The Teachers College and School of Applied Health Sciences.


Leadership, Faculty and Staff

Taylor Kriley "TK" at Nursing and Student Wellness Center ribbon cutting

Office of the President

Dr. Taylor Kriley, Emporia State alum, is ESU's interim president.

Office of the President page
Emporia State faculty and staff at commencement

Leadership, faculty and staff

ESU operates under a shared governance model.

Leadership, faculty and staff page

For the Community

Attractions and Resources

Learn more about the Attractions and Resources at Emporia State University.


ESU Football team running onto the football field

Event Tickets


Buy tickets to watch Hornet Athletics, a theatre production or music performance.

Purchase Tickets


University Business

Emporia State Wooster Lake fountain

Business Office

Providing fiscal services to the campus and serves as an interface with external agencies on fiscal matters.

Business Office
Aerial of Emporia State's Welch Stadium

Accreditation, Consumer Information and Compliance

View ESU's institutional accreditations.

Accreditations
Clock tower in Emporia State's Union Square

Partner Institutions

Partnerships with other academic institutions provides options for students.

Partnerships
Emporia State' Mascot Corky in front of Plumb Hall

Discrimination and Harassment, Response and Prevention

Learn more about discrimination, harassment, Title IX.

Response + Prevention

Emporia, Always an Adventure!

ESU is lucky to call the City of Emporia our home. See for yourself why Emporia, Kansas, is such a great place!