Wichita State University and Wichita Area Technical College Announce Affiliation

Wichita Area Technical College (WATC) and Wichita State University announced today that WATC will affiliate with WSU to become the Witchita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology.  WATC was founded in 1965 and enrolls roughly 3,500 students.

You can also read more about the affiliation on the KWCH-12 website, "WATC to become the 'WSU Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology."

If you are interested in recent trends for mergers and affiliations, access College Closures since 2009 in the index at the right of any College History Garden page.  There is a separate tab for mergers, affiliations, or acquisitions.  Each tab includes basic information for each institution, i.e., Carnegie Classification, sector, accrediting agency, and the IPEDS unitid.