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		<title>Enrollment up at K-State for third year in a row</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[K-State enrollment is up for the third year in a row after a decade of declines.
The university has 21,213 total students according to data released Wednesday.

That’s up 4.5% from the fall 2024 enrollment of 20,295 across all campuses.
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<p>K-State enrollment is up for the third year in a row after a decade of declines.</p>
<p>The university has 21,213 total students according to data released Wednesday.</p>
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<p>That&#8217;s up 4.5% from the fall 2024 enrollment of 20,295 across all campuses.</p>
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		<title>Manhattan Tech ranked No. 2 in WalletHub list of best community colleges</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Manhattan Area Technical College has been named the second best community college in the nation by WalletHub. The personal finance website compiled its list of the best and worst community colleges in the U.S. for 2025, sampling from 653 schools from the list of member institutions in the American Association of Community Colleges. Schools were [...]
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<p><a href="https://manhattantech.edu/"  rel="noopener">Manhattan Area Technical College</a> has been named the second best community college in the nation by WalletHub.</p>
<p>The personal finance website compiled its list of the best and worst community colleges in the U.S. for 2025, sampling from 653 schools from the list of member institutions in the American Association of Community Colleges. Schools were rated on affordability, educational outcomes and career outcomes.</p>
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