MANHATTAN - More than 3,000 students completed degree requirements from Kansas State University in spring 2026.
The university awarded approximately 2,200 bachelor’s degrees, 650 master’s degrees and 200 doctorates. Several students earned multiple degrees.
For outstanding academic performance, more than 730 students earned graduation honors. Of those, 275 students graduated summa cum laude with a grade point average of 3.95 or above, 248 students graduated magna cum laude with a grade point average of 3.85 to 3.949, and 210 students graduated cum laude with a GPA of 3.75 to 3.849.
A full list of graduating students,listedbycounty or state and hometown, is available at k-state.edu/ news/articles/lists/sp26/ graduation-honors.html. Graduation honors, if earned, are also listed with the student’s name. If a county or state is not listed, there were no graduates from that area.
Those graduating from the area include: From Fall River: Madison Coulter, Bachelor of Fine Arts.
From Hamilton: Layne Turner, Bachelor of Science.
From Severy: Zoe Hardenbrook, Bachelor of Science, Magna cum laude.
From Howard: Hannah Whetstone, Bachelor of Science, Magna cum laude.
