Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS · Public university
8 mindrive to the closest stay
13stays inside a 10-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in Kansas
6 campuses138 places to stay measured
6campusesin KS
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By the numbers
6 schools in Kansas are on this site, with 138 places to stay measured around them. At 3 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 5 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at Kansas State University.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in Kansas
6 schools in Kansas, in A to Z order
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS · Public university
3 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk16stays inside a 10-min driveKansas State University
Manhattan, KS · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min drivePittsburg State University
Pittsburg, KS · Public university
11 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk1stay inside a 10-min driveWashburn University
Topeka, KS · Public university
16 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk4stays inside a 10-min driveWichita State University
Wichita, KS · Public university
6 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk5stays inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in Kansas do you cover?
6 four-year schools in Kansas: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Kansas?
At 5 of the 6, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 6 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.