This week, Kansas State University issued a press release announcing the school's upgrade to the "highest research activity" (or Carnegie I) category for doctoral universities in the 2015 update to the Carnegie Classifications of Institutions of Higher Education. The upgrade puts Kansas State on par with several peer institutions in the region, including Iowa State and the Universities of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The "highest research activity" category also includes 57 of the 65 universities in Power 5 conferences.
The classifications are updated every five years, so Kansas State has made a lot of progress since 2010.