Kansas Board of Regents

The Kansas Board of Regents is a body consisting of nine members that governs six state universities in the U.S. state of Kansas. In addition to these six universities, it also supervises and coordinates nineteen community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools and a municipal university. Refer to the list of colleges and universities for details on the individual schools.

Emporia St.

Fort Hays St.

Kansas St.

Pittsburg St.

Univ. of Kansas

KUMC

Wichita St.

Washburn Univ.

Member universities of the Kansas Board of Regents

Kansas Board of Regents

Formation	July 1, 1925 (1925-07-01)
Purpose	educational oversight
Headquarters	1000 SW Jackson Street Suite 520 Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Membership	32 public institutions
President & CEO	Blake Flanders
Chairman	Jon Rolph
Website	www.kansasregents.org

Member selection

The Kansas Board of Regents has nine members, each of whom is appointed by the Governor of Kansas. Each board member also serves on various committees that address higher education issues.^[1]

Schools governed by the Board of Regents

The Kansas Board of Regents oversees 33 institutions, one of which is an independent municipal university.^[2]

Public universities

Institution	Location (main campus)	Founded	Joined KBOR	Full-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022)[3]	Leader
Emporia State University	Emporia	1863	1925	3,943	Ken Hush
Fort Hays State University	Hays	1902		7,973	Tisa Mason
Kansas State University	Manhattan	1863		15,639	Richard Linton
Pittsburg State University	Pittsburg	1903		4,999	Dan Shipp
University of Kansas	Lawrence	1865		20,642	Doug Girod
University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City			2,802
Wichita State University	Wichita	1895	1964	11,784	Richard Muma
Total enrollment (2022)				67,782

Municipal universities

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined KBOR	Full-time Equivalency Enrollment (fall 2022)[3]	Leader
Washburn University[a]	Topeka	1865	1999	4,068	JuliAnn Mazachek
Washburn Institute of Technology[b]		1964 (merged with Washburn in 2008)		959
Total enrollment (2022)				5,027

Public community and technical colleges

Institution	Location	Founded	Joined KBOR	Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment (Fall 2018)	President
Allen Community College	Iola	1923	1999	1,432	John Masterson
Barton Community College	Great Bend	1965		2,553	Carl Heilman
Butler Community College	El Dorado	1927		5,323	Kimberly Krull
Cloud County Community College	Concordia	1965		1,145	Amber Knoettgen
Coffeyville Community College	Coffeyville	1923		1,451	Marlon Thornburg
Colby Community College	Colby	1964		935	Seth Carter
Cowley County Community College	Arkansas City	1922		1,914	Dennis Rittle
Dodge City Community College	Dodge City	1935		1,079	Harold Nolte
Flint Hills Technical College	Emporia	1963		685	Caron Daugherty
Fort Scott Community College	Fort Scott	1919		1,199	Alysia Johnston
Garden City Community College	Garden City	1919		1,436	Ryan Ruda
Highland Community College	Highland	1858		1,568	Deborah Fox
Hutchinson Community College	Hutchinson	1928		3,261	Carter File
Independence Community College	Independence	1925		633	Vincent Bowhay
Johnson County Community College	Overland Park	1969		9,888	Andrew Bowne
Kansas City Kansas Community College	Kansas City	1923		3,523	Greg Mosier
Labette Community College	Parsons	1923		1,099	Mark Watkins
Manhattan Area Technical College	Manhattan	1965		498	James Genandt
Neosho County Community College	Chanute	1936		1,207	Brian Inbody
North Central Kansas Technical College	Beloit	1996		654	Eric Burks
Northwest Kansas Technical College	Goodland	1964		730	Ben Schears
Pratt Community College	Pratt	1935		875	Mike Calvert
Salina Area Technical College	Salina	1965		435	Greg Nichols
Seward County Community College	Liberal	1967		1,188	Kenneth Trzaska
WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology	Wichita	1965		2,779	Sheree Utash
Total enrollment (2018)				47,491

Notes

1. Washburn University is on the independent board, of which the Kansas Board of Regents holds one seat.
2. Washburn Institute of Technology is operated by Washburn University.