public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Pittsburg, Kan., U.S. It comprises the College of Arts and Sciences, Gladys A. Kelce School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Technology and Applied Science. In addition to undergraduate studies, the university offers a selection of master's degree programs and specialist programs in education. The university operates academic service centres in Chanute, Coffeyville, Fort Scott, Independence, Iola, and Parsons. Total enrollment is approximately 6,600.

Pittsburg State University began in 1903 as the Auxiliary Manual Training Normal School. It became a four-year college in 1913, when it was renamed Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg. In 1959 its name was changed to Kansas State College of Pittsburg; it was elevated to university standing in 1977.