Facts & Stats
- Teaching is a strength of the School. Most faculty exceed the average student teaching evaluation averages of the university.
- The HDFS undergraduate degree program is recognized as an approved program by the National Council on Family Relations for the Certified Family Life Educator designation.
- The Communication Sciences and Disorders master’s program has a 100% employment rate and 100% of CSD graduates have passed the national exam in speech-language pathology on their first try since 2004.
- The K-State Speech & Hearing Center provides over 3,000 clinical services each year for people of Manhattan and surrounding communities.
- The Early Childhood Education unit's distance education bachelor's degree program received the Region VII Exceptional Program Award from the Association of Continuing Higher Education in 2009.
- The Couple and Family Therapy program is considered to be one of the top marriage and family therapy graduate programs in the United States.
- Couple and Family Therapy students have a pass rate of close to 100%.
- Faculty were awarded over $7 million in grants and contracts in FY19, which provide many graduate students hands-on experience in research and service.
- Faculty and students actively publish research results and give presentations at national and international conferences.
- Building from theory to practice, the Conflict Resolution program offers a professionally mentored practicum in mediation for those who want to pursue state-approval as mediators.
- The Conflict Resolution program offers two international faculty-led study tours (Northern Ireland and South Africa) as options in the curriculum.