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 + Info
Enrollment
4,557
Career Outcomes (4 yr. avg)
98%
![Emporia State's Mascot, Corky, at Welch Stadium](/media/images/Corky_Stadium_.width-764.format-webp.webp)
Emporia State University
Founded 1863
Colors, Black and Gold
Mascot, Corky the Hornet
Read About ESU's History + Traditions
Learn About ESU's Mission, Vision + Values
Explore Campus
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Emporia State University is innovating its campus continually to ensure our students have access to cutting-edge residence halls, research facilities, labs and classrooms.
Colleges + Schools
Emporia State University offers undergraduate and graduate academic programs within its colleges + schools: Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, School of Library + Information Management, School of Business + Technology, School of Humanities + Social Sciences, School of Science + Mathematics, School of Visual + Performing Arts, The Teachers College and School of Applied Health Sciences.
Leadership, Faculty + Staff
![Ken Hush, Emporia State interim president, speaks at podium during Kossover Tennis Complex ribbon cutting](/media/images/web_20211002_Kossover.2e16d0ba.fill-764x504.format-webp.webp)
Office of the President
Ken Hush, Emporia State alum, is ESU's president.
![Emporia State faculty and staff at commencement](/media/images/121617_BcclrtCommncmn.2e16d0ba.fill-764x504.format-webp.webp)
Leadership, faculty + staff
ESU operates under a shared governance model.
Diversity + Inclusion
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Emporia State University is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment that is supportive of, and committed to, the success of all members of the population that it serves, a population that reflects the broad diversity of the human experience.
Visit the Diversity + Inclusion website to learn more.
For the Community
![ESU Football team running onto the football field](/media/images/092218__FB_Lidenwood_JM_2446-2.width-764.format-webp.webp)
Event Tickets
Buy tickets to watch Hornet Athletics, a theatre production or music performance.
Purchase Tickets
University Business
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Business Office
Providing fiscal services to the campus and serves as an interface with external agencies on fiscal matters.
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Accreditation, Consumer Information + Compliance
View ESU's institutional accreditations.
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Partner Institutions
Partnerships with other academic institutions provides options for students.
![Emporia State' Mascot Corky in front of Plumb Hall](/media/images/Corky_Flowers_Plumb.2e16d0ba.fill-764x504.format-webp.webp)
Discrimination + Harassment, Response + Prevention
Learn more about discrimination, harassment, Title IX.